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1 April 08: Added: 9800 GTX. 22 June 08: Added: 9800 GTX+, GTX 260, GTX 280 and HD 4850. Updated: “Bang for Buck”. New: 7.1 LPCM and CUDA sections. 25 June 08: Added: HD 4870. Updated: “Bang for Buck”. 17 August 08: Added: 9500 GT, 9800 GT, 9600 GSO, HD 4870 X2 and...

1920x1080 or more. 1680x1050 is pretty much standard now.

Thanks for the correction.

Yes it consists of two G92s.

Here is another update: 23 March: Added: 9800 GX2, CrossFire X and Hybrid CrossFire. Updated: “Bang for Buck”.

PC accounts for 30% ($2.76B) of US gaming marked and is projected to grow 14% this year. Sure MMOs like WoW are responsible for way over one billion of the global $8.3B PC revenue last year. Digital distribution (Steam, Direct2Drive, EA Store, etc.) has now become a major sales channel. 325...

29 January 08: Added: HD 3870 X2. Updated: “Bang for Buck”. 21 February: Added: 8800 GS, 9600 GT and HD 3650. Corrected: HD 3870 X2 performance. Updated: “Bang for Buck”.

/ Excuse my crap cellphone camera and poor light conditions.

Gears of War (1920x1080 4xMSAA 16xAF) from my armchair Toshiba Regza 42Z3030D

It's now ordered. This is insane! I'm really looking forward to watching HD movies.

Thanks for the replies, although I'm still undecided.

I'm considering the Toshiba Regza 42Z3030D. Usage: - 1-2 meters away - Browsing, typing, gaming and HD movies. Will the high dot pitch destroy the experience?

03 December 07: Added: HD 3850, HD 3870, 8800 GTS SSC and 8800 GTS 512MB. Updated: performance of 8800 GTS and 8800 GTX to better reflect the influence of newer games when compared to previous generation and adjusted a bit upwards for HD 2900 GT. Updated: “Bang for Buck” cards...

10 November 07: Added: HD 2900 GT.

29 October 07: Added: X2900 Pro and 8800 GT. Updated: “Bang for Buck” cards.

15 September 07: More correctly specified performance of 8800 GTS 320MB and R5X0s which are ALU heavy (e.g. X1900 XT). Added: “Shader heavy games” section under R5X0 and some games which require SM3.0 under NV4X’s SM3.0 section. Updated: “Bang for Buck” cards.

Bang for buck cards updated.

The Buyer's Guide: 6600GT - 8800Ultra / HD2900XT - Performance and Technology This might also be useful (incomplete though): The Introduction Guide - Advices, Technologies, Drivers & Utilities

10 July 07: Added: 2400 XT, 2600 Pro, 2600 XT GDDR3/GDDR4 and 2900 XT 1GB. Improvements: Linux and HDCP sections. Edit nVidia is doing strong on the "bang for buck list" with five out of seven.

I will most likely make a update this monday.

Also, 8500 GT

Yes, the HD 2900 XT has dual-link HDCP. 8600 GTS is the only one from nVidia where all cards (mandatory) supports it, whereas both 8600 GT and 8500 GT supports it if the optional key chip is included.

14 May 07: Added: HD 2900 XT + technology and media.

pfunkman:

My orginal thread has been updated since 23/11-2004 - that's 2.5 years! Please amuse me, tell me about the info which will be outdated by next week? Btw, you are the only person who has directed such "flac". Yes, I have been critiziced, but never attacked like now.

I forgot to change the price ranges when the edit was done - thanks for noticing it. The 8800 GTS costs $100 more than the 320MB which, IMO, hardly makes it a "bang for buck" card. Just to make it clear, I have e.g. mentioned the 8800 GTX simply because it's extremely fast without being...

4 May 07: Added: 8800 Ultra, 8500 GT performance, X1950 GT AGP and G84/G86 in the Media section. Updated: bang for buck cards Edit Post 3 has now reached the 20 000 characters limit :( Edit 2 Sixthsense, I couldn't find a good power table which included the new nVidia cards. :(

Yeah, I have a few cards which are missing or incomplete. This will be taken care of soon. # 3? Do you mean G84/G86's superior H.264 performance?

It is just ~80% done @ 4900 words. I still have a lot of work left! I do not bother to post it all since "The Buyer's Guide" is no longer a sticky here - so why should this be any different? Futuremark

19 April 07: Added: 8500 GT, 8600 GT, 8600 GTS, 7950 GT AGP and X1950 XT AGP. Corrected: small performance adjustments for 8800 GTS and GTX. What do you think about the "Bang for buck" cards? Edit Done

3dfx Voodoo 2 ATI Radeon 64MB DDR nVidia Ti 4200 128MB ATI X800 Pro @ XT PE 256MB ATI X1900 XT 256MB nVidia 8800 GTX 768MB Only the GTX is left.

18 February 07: Added: 8800 GTS 320MB, X1950 GT and provided more information about G80 performance. Update: video decoding (e.g. added G8X).

Up!

I think you should look at some reviews and compare the performance/price ratio: X-bit Labs: Professional Graphics Accelerators of Today: ATI vs. Nvidia

This is why I created the guide, so it's nice that you found it usefull. What did you buy? Youri Carma Great choice you made! I just got my 8800 GTX :D

D3D AF-Tester (which was used in the example) The colours are artificially there just to make the mipmaps easier to see and compare IQ wise - nothing amazing, really Normal (without colours) with a X1900 XT: 16xAF (the famous "flower") 16xHQAF This is why colours are most used...

Not bad advices. :)

The price was good, so no.

I'm getting a 8800 GTX next week and I haven't used nVidia since the Ti4200 ... 1. Does anyone know when nvtray will support 8800? 2. Has anyone tried the 8800 Vista drivers (have downloaded 97.46) at Laptopvideo2Go? I'm currently using XP. 3. Any good tips (besides "ZOMG, use teh...