VGA Charts Now Offer Interactive Comparisons

Tom's Hardware newly updated VGA Charts feature interactive comparisons of 3D graphics solutions. What started as a graphics card comparison project in 2002 has evolved into a comprehensive lineup of single and dual graphics cards setups as well as multiple visual settings.

Improved performance is the main reason you should consider upgrading your graphics components. Not only will you notice an improvement in performance, but also with your visual experience.

To test the visual enhancements, we ran seven different 3D benchmarking applications in three different resolutions using various quality settings:

Age of Empire 3, 1024x768, 1280x1024 Black & White 2, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200 Call of Duty 2, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200 F.E.A.R., , 1024x768, 1280x900, 1600x1200 Quake IV, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200 Serious Sam 2, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200 3DMark06, 1024x768, 1280x1024, 1600x1200

Our updated interactive VGA Charts include all ATI X600 to X850 and X1000 series graphics cards, Nvidia's GeForce 6 and 7 series offerings as well as many of the popular Crossfire and SLI dual graphics setups. If you want to compare older graphics solutions, see our previous VGA Charts articles:

VGA Charts VII (AGP)

ATI Radeon X850, X800, 9800, 9700, 9600
Nvidia GeForce 6800, 6600, FX5950, FX5900, FX5800, FX5700

VGA Charts VI (PCI Express)

ATI Radeon X850, X800, X700, X600, X300
Nvidia GeForce 6800, 6600, 6200, PCX5900, PCX5750

VGA Charts IV (AGP)

ATI Radeon X800, 9800, 9700, 9600, 9500
GeForce 6800, FX5950, FX5900, FX5800, FX5700, FX5600, GeForce 4TI-4600, 4TI-4200
XGI Volari V8 Ultra, V5 Ultra

Interactive VGA Charts 2006