Top 5 Performance Video Cards by Gary Hendricks
This is a short list of the meanest, fastest and most powerful 3D video cards on the market today. If you own one of them, well - lucky you! XFX GeForce 7800 GTX The XFX GeForce 7800 GTX video card comes with a PCI Express interface, 256MB DDR3 video memory and supports a maximum resolution of... BFG GeForce 7800 GTX Another PCI Express graphics card, the BFG GeForce 7800 GTX runs on 256MB of DDR3 video memory and a maximum resolution of 2048 X 1536. ... Conclusion Buying a good performance video card will reap many benefits - you'll be able to play the latest 3D games in full screen...

Nvidia Geforce 7800 GTX Review by Nicholas Spriggs
Nvidia has done it again, with it's newest video card, the geforce 7800 GTX. If money is no object and you demand the best, this is the video card for you. The 7800 GTX, which promises 600 MHz, 256 MB of 256-bit DDR3 memory and a graphics core clock speed of 430 MHz, is the absolute fastest... With over 200 GFLOP's of shading avaliable, Nvidia raises the bar, once again, on video card's graphics and performance. ... This is all in just one videocard, pair them up in SLI mode and you have the best video cards in terms of speed, stability and appearance.

Upgrading, Adding or Removing a Video Card, Sound Card, or Other AGP/PCI Card by Mark Berger
For Video cards - Most PC video cards these days are AGP. But you COULD be working with PCI, or PCI express. If you're not sure which you have (more then 75% of the time it will be AGP) consult your motherboard manual. If your video card is AGP, you should see a slot smaller then the other slots... You can likely also tell your video card if it has a GPU (a processor with a fan on top of it) or a video card company printed on it like Nvidia or Geforce. ... To put in a new card, make sure the card you're putting in is properly lined up in the slot, then press the card into the slot.

What to Look for in a Video Card by John Gibb
The proper graphics card can help speed up almost any system by taking the responsibility of many visual functions, allowing the CPU to work more effectively in other areas. Let’s take a look at a few of the key features to look for in a graphics card. ... The more memory your video card has, the higher the resolution, and the larger the number of colors it can display. ... Now a days, you will have either a PCI or an AGP slot for your video card. ... If you’re just doing Excel spreadsheets you might not need to spend $500 on a video card, but if you have a 21” monitor and want to view...

How to Choose a Video Card by Gary Hendricks
Want to know what piece of technology is changing most rapidly in the world of computer? That's right - video cards. The rate at which video cards come out is simply mind boggling. We're looking at a whole plethora of video cards based on graphics processors from ATI and Nvidia. ... Complex Applications If you need to perform more complex tasks like 3D computer aided design or video editing, it will make more sense to go for a heavy duty card. ... Server If you're using your computer as a mail server, FTP server, print server, or even a game server, you definitely do not need a...

Video Cards For Desktop Computers by Alan LeStourgeon
Purchasing a video card for your desktop should be considered as one of the first performance upgrades you can make to your existing computer. If you bought your computer as a complete unit from a retail outlet, or an online computer store, chances are that your computer only has an on-board... Graphics cards offer Super-Video output, TV-tuner inputs (for recording video for multimedia projects), and much more. ... The second thing that adds to the price of a graphics card is the amount of memory that the card has.

PC Gaming Video: Meeting the Demands by Phil Moyers
If you have an interest in playing PC games that were made at least in the past couple of years, you’ve probably seen the serious video demands these games now have. It’s not only that you need a fast system that can handle all of the information in today’s games, but you need a major... The big feuding video card brands have been ATI and nVidia for some time now, although nVidia is now basically leasing out their GeForce chipsets to other manufacturers, like Chaintech. ... You should make sure you get your hands on at least a good AGP 8X video card with lots of video memory (256 megs) and...

Video Card Purchases: The More You Play...The More You Pay by Jason Busch
In case you haven't noticed, the high-end video cards are expensive with every release, and the same high-end video cards disappear from their pole position within 6 months or less due to another model replacing it. There are video card owners who feel betrayed after spending $700 on a graphics... Second, is buying a $700 video card worth it when in 6 months you'll have updated specs on the card as well as updated specs on the new games which are going to be...once again...released at about the same time as the fastest and greatest card?

The XFX 6800 XTreme 256MB Video Card: An Inexpensive High-Performance Secret by Jason Busch
XFX supplies a wide variety of video cards and has significantly grown over the years. While XFX is currently selling the 7950 GX2, there is one particular video card which is a video diamond in the internet ruff of manufacturers. The XFX GeForce 6800 XTreme 256MB DDR3 is currently selling for... For about $250, you can have two video cards which in total, pump out approximately 45GB/s of memory bandwidth, 512MB of video card memory availability, and quad RAMDACs. ... Overclocking The XFX GeForce 6800 XTreme 256MB Overclocking the 6800 XTreme 256MB is quite easy to do with the proper...

Dueling Duals: ATI Puts SLI into the CrossFire by Nicholas Spriggs
Let’s face it. In today’s modern world we like things fast. Fast cars, fast food, and especially fast computers. So when it comes to graphics on today’s PCs, we not only want them to look good, we also want them to perform as fast and as smooth as possible. ... If the slave card (the non-crossfire card) is of a lesser ability than the master card (the CrossFire card) it will automatically downgrade to the same ability of the slave. ... However, ATI is striking back by releasing their much delayed R520 GPU (now dubbed the X1000 series) and offering their own dual video card solution, named...