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Best PCIe Card: High-end

Best Graphics Cards For The Money: March 2013
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Best PCIe Card For ~£220:

Radeon HD 7950 Boost Edition

Excellent 1920x1200 performance, Good 2560x1600 performance in most games with lowered detail

Radeon HD 7950 Boost Edition
Codename: Tahiti
Process: 28 nm
Unified Shaders: 1,792
Texture Units: 112
ROPs: 32
Memory Bus: 384-bit
Core Speed MHz: 850
Memory Speed MHz: 1,250 (5,000 effective)
DirectX/Shader Model: DX 11.1/SM 5
Max TDP:200 W

As the price of Radeon HD 7950 cards with AMD's Boost technology drop closer to their reference-class predecessors, they start offering better value for somewhere between the Radeon HD 7870 (Tahiti LE) and GeForce GTX 670. The allure is that you get slightly more performance without the need to overclock manually and void your warranty coverage.

Best PCIe Card For ~£315:

GeForce GTX 670

Excellent 1920x1200 performance, Good 2560x1600 performance in most games with lowered detail

GeForce GTX 670
Codename: GK104
Process: 28 nm
Unified Shaders: 1,344
Texture Units: 112
ROPs: 32
Memory Bus: 256-bit
Core (Boost) Speed MHz: 915 (1,033)
Memory Speed MHz: 1,502 (6,008 effective)
DirectX/Shader Model: DX 11/SM 5
Max TDP:
170 W

The GeForce GTX 670 is a battle-hardened contender. Offering performance slightly below the Radeon HD 7970 and a lower price to match, this was one of our favorite cards right when it launched. It remains a cool, quiet, and attractive option today.

Read our full review of Nvidia's GeForce GTX 670 for more information on the card and its accompanying architecture.

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    blazorthon , 22 March 2013 06:11
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    hizodge , 22 March 2013 17:26
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