Before You Buy..!!
How to choose a video card
How to Install a Graphics Card in Your PC
PCI
The most widely used I/O bus, it provides a shared data path between the CPU and peripheral controllers,
such as network, display, SCSI and RAID cards. Though limited in terms of performance,
they are considered the best value when you upgrade your video capabilities on a PC.
The PCI interface can be found and used in nearly any motherboard.
AGP
The AGP slot is next in line of higher graphic performance.
It was designed especially for the throughput demands of 3-D graphics.
It offers up to 8x improvement over a PCI card, is 32 bits wide and runs at 66 MHz.
It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard.
The motherboard must be equipped with an AGP bus slot for an AGP card to be compatible.
(AGP 1x provided a data transfer rate of 264 Mbytes/sec. AGP 2x is 528 Mbytes/sec. AGP 4x is 1 Gbyte/sec. AGP 8x is 2 Gbytes/sec.)
PCI Express
the newest technology that is superior to both PCI and AGP, in terms of graphic performance.
It offers performance as much as 4x faster than the fastest AGP 8X slot.
PCI Express connections can support fast data transfer rates, which can be used to connect high-speed devices such as high-end video cards.
The slots come in different variations and speeds, such as x1, x4, x8, and x16. Presently,
most high-end motherboards meant for design, video production, or gaming come with PCI express slots.
To use a PCI Express card, your computer must have at least one available PCI Express slot.
The most widely used I/O bus, it provides a shared data path between the CPU and peripheral controllers,
such as network, display, SCSI and RAID cards. Though limited in terms of performance,
they are considered the best value when you upgrade your video capabilities on a PC.
The PCI interface can be found and used in nearly any motherboard.
AGP
The AGP slot is next in line of higher graphic performance.
It was designed especially for the throughput demands of 3-D graphics.
It offers up to 8x improvement over a PCI card, is 32 bits wide and runs at 66 MHz.
It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard.
The motherboard must be equipped with an AGP bus slot for an AGP card to be compatible.
(AGP 1x provided a data transfer rate of 264 Mbytes/sec. AGP 2x is 528 Mbytes/sec. AGP 4x is 1 Gbyte/sec. AGP 8x is 2 Gbytes/sec.)
PCI Express
the newest technology that is superior to both PCI and AGP, in terms of graphic performance.
It offers performance as much as 4x faster than the fastest AGP 8X slot.
PCI Express connections can support fast data transfer rates, which can be used to connect high-speed devices such as high-end video cards.
The slots come in different variations and speeds, such as x1, x4, x8, and x16. Presently,
most high-end motherboards meant for design, video production, or gaming come with PCI express slots.
To use a PCI Express card, your computer must have at least one available PCI Express slot.
Driver Download
Nvidia
ATI
GPU-Z
a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.
Download - GPU-Z
RBE - Radeon BIOS editor
RBE is a handy tool to modify several interesting parameters in ATI BIOS files. It focuses on fan and clock settings as these are the most
important things to most users. BIOS modification is an alternative to using memory resident tweaking utilities such as RivaTuner,
ATI Tray Tools or ATITool.But RBE can do more than that: It will balance the BIOS file's checksum,
lets you modify the Overdrive settings, enables superior PowerPlay functionality for some video cards,
contains a CCC profile editor for hidden features of the CCC and much more.
Download - RBE - Radeon BIOS editor
NVFlash
This DOS based software can be used to upgrade your NVIDIA video card BIOS flash ROM.
You can also use it to create a backup of the BIOS on your video card.
Download - NVFlash
ATI Tool
is an overclocking utility designed for ATI video cards.
Design target is to write a light-weight application for the enthusiast
Download latest Version - ATI Tool
Nvidia
8 Series
Nvidia 8600 Series
Nvidia
ATI
Nvidia Features
NVIDIA® SLI technology [scalable link interface]
NVIDIA® SLI technology is a revolutionary platform innovation that allows you to intelligently scale
graphics performance by combining multiple NVIDIA graphics solutions in an SLI-Certified motherboard.
Using proprietary software algorithms and dedicated scalability logic in each NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU),
NVIDIA SLI technology delivers up to twice the performance (with 2 cards) and 2.8X the performance
(with 3 cards) compared to a single graphics solution.
Nvidia PhysX
NVIDIA PhysX technology adds an element of realism never before seen in gaming. With an NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU in your PC, experience dynamic PhysX® effects like blazing explosions, reactive debris, realistic water, and lifelike characters.
NVIDIA CUDA
CUDA is a general purpose parallel computing architecture that leverages the parallel compute engine in NVIDIA
graphics processing units (GPUs) to solve many complex computational problems in a fraction of the time required on a CPU.
NVIDIA PureVideo Technology
NVIDIA® PureVideo® technology brings movies to life. PureVideo uses advanced techniques found only on very high-end
consumer players and TVs to make Blu-ray, HD DVD, standard-definition DVD movies,
PC and mobile device content look crisp, clear, smooth and vibrant. Regardless of whether you’re watching on an
LCD monitor or a plasma TV, with PureVideo the picture will always be precise, vivid and lifelike.
Hybrid SLI technology
based on NVIDIA’s industry-leading SLI technology, delivers multi-GPU (graphics processing unit) benefits when an NVIDIA® motherboard
GPU is combined with an NVIDIA discrete GPU. Hybrid SLI increases graphics performance with GeForce
Boost and provides intelligent power management with HybridPower.
Enjoy flawlessly smooth video playback on your PC, enhanced with vibrant colors, sharp images, and universal TV and display
connectivity delivered by AMD's acclaimed ATI Avivo™ technology. Now you can step up to AMD's latest High Definition
technology built into our next-generation ATI Radeon™ HD graphics processors, ATI Avivo HD.
ATI CrossFireX
the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. Enabling game-dominating power,
ATI CrossFireX technology enables two or more discrete graphics processors to work together to improve system performance.
For The Ultimate Visual Experience™, be sure to select ATI CrossFireX ready motherboards for AMD and Intel®
processors and multiple ATI Radeon™ HD graphics cards.
ATI Catalyst
AMD’s award-winning ATI Catalyst graphics and HD video configuration software delivers unprecedented control
of performance and visual quality with ATI Radeon™ graphics processors. Certified by Microsoft® Windows
Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL), ATI Catalyst drivers for Windows Vista® and Windows® XP operating systems
deliver stable performance and push the limits of innovation with advanced user-oriented features.
Video Card Related Utilities
NVIDIA® SLI technology [scalable link interface]
NVIDIA® SLI technology is a revolutionary platform innovation that allows you to intelligently scale
graphics performance by combining multiple NVIDIA graphics solutions in an SLI-Certified motherboard.
Using proprietary software algorithms and dedicated scalability logic in each NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU),
NVIDIA SLI technology delivers up to twice the performance (with 2 cards) and 2.8X the performance
(with 3 cards) compared to a single graphics solution.
Nvidia PhysX
NVIDIA PhysX technology adds an element of realism never before seen in gaming. With an NVIDIA® GeForce® GPU in your PC, experience dynamic PhysX® effects like blazing explosions, reactive debris, realistic water, and lifelike characters.
NVIDIA CUDA
CUDA is a general purpose parallel computing architecture that leverages the parallel compute engine in NVIDIA
graphics processing units (GPUs) to solve many complex computational problems in a fraction of the time required on a CPU.
NVIDIA PureVideo Technology
NVIDIA® PureVideo® technology brings movies to life. PureVideo uses advanced techniques found only on very high-end
consumer players and TVs to make Blu-ray, HD DVD, standard-definition DVD movies,
PC and mobile device content look crisp, clear, smooth and vibrant. Regardless of whether you’re watching on an
LCD monitor or a plasma TV, with PureVideo the picture will always be precise, vivid and lifelike.
Hybrid SLI technology
based on NVIDIA’s industry-leading SLI technology, delivers multi-GPU (graphics processing unit) benefits when an NVIDIA® motherboard
GPU is combined with an NVIDIA discrete GPU. Hybrid SLI increases graphics performance with GeForce
Boost and provides intelligent power management with HybridPower.
ATI Features
ATI Avivo and ATI Avivo HD 
Enjoy flawlessly smooth video playback on your PC, enhanced with vibrant colors, sharp images, and universal TV and display
connectivity delivered by AMD's acclaimed ATI Avivo™ technology. Now you can step up to AMD's latest High Definition
technology built into our next-generation ATI Radeon™ HD graphics processors, ATI Avivo HD.
ATI CrossFireX
the ultimate multi-GPU performance gaming platform. Enabling game-dominating power,
ATI CrossFireX technology enables two or more discrete graphics processors to work together to improve system performance.
For The Ultimate Visual Experience™, be sure to select ATI CrossFireX ready motherboards for AMD and Intel®
processors and multiple ATI Radeon™ HD graphics cards.
ATI Catalyst
AMD’s award-winning ATI Catalyst graphics and HD video configuration software delivers unprecedented control
of performance and visual quality with ATI Radeon™ graphics processors. Certified by Microsoft® Windows
Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL), ATI Catalyst drivers for Windows Vista® and Windows® XP operating systems
deliver stable performance and push the limits of innovation with advanced user-oriented features.
Video Card Related Utilities
GPU-Z
a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.
Download - GPU-Z
RBE - Radeon BIOS editor
RBE is a handy tool to modify several interesting parameters in ATI BIOS files. It focuses on fan and clock settings as these are the most
important things to most users. BIOS modification is an alternative to using memory resident tweaking utilities such as RivaTuner,
ATI Tray Tools or ATITool.But RBE can do more than that: It will balance the BIOS file's checksum,
lets you modify the Overdrive settings, enables superior PowerPlay functionality for some video cards,
contains a CCC profile editor for hidden features of the CCC and much more.
Download - RBE - Radeon BIOS editor
NVFlash
This DOS based software can be used to upgrade your NVIDIA video card BIOS flash ROM.
You can also use it to create a backup of the BIOS on your video card.
Download - NVFlash
ATI Tool
is an overclocking utility designed for ATI video cards.
Design target is to write a light-weight application for the enthusiast
Download latest Version - ATI Tool
Video Card Reviews
Nvidia
8 Series
Nvidia 8600 Series
Nvidia 8800 Series[Discontinued]
- BFG GeForce 8800 GT OCX
- XFX GeForce 8800 GT Alpha Dog Edition
- EVGA GeForce 8800 GT
- Palit GeForce 8800 GT Sonic Edition
- EVGA GeForce 8800 Ultra KO
- EVGA GeForce 8800 GTS Ko ACS
- XFX GeForce 8800 GTS Fatal1ty
9 SERIES
Nvidia 9400 Series
Sparkle GeForce 9400 GT Video Card
Nvidia 9500 Series
EVGA GeForce 9500 GT
Nvidia 9600 Series
- KFA2 GeForce 9600 GT 1GB
- KFA2 GeForce 9600 GT
- Palit GeForce 9600 GT Sonic
- EVGA GeForce 9600 GT
- BFG GeForce 9600 GT OC2
- BFG GeForce 9600 GT OCX [Thermo Inteligent]
- Calibre GeForce 9600 GT OC[dual fly cooler mod]
- EVGA GeForce 9600 GT Superclocked
- PNY GeForce 9600 GT
- EVGA GeForce 9600 GSO Dual Slot Edition
- XFX GeForce 9600 GSO Fatal1ty
- XFX GeForce 9600 GT XXX Edition
- XFX GeForce 9600 GT XXX Alpha Dog Edition
Nvidia 9800 Series
- XFX GeForce 9800 GTX+
- EVGA GeForce 9800 GTX+
- BFG GeForce 9800 GTX+OC
- BFG GeForce 9800 GTX H²OC
- Palit GeForce 9800 GTX
Nvidia 200 Series
- EVGA GeForce GTX 280 and 260 Video Cards
- EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216
- Galaxy KFA2 Geforce GTX 260+
- KFA2 GeForce GTX 280
ATI
- Diamond Radeon HD 3650
- Diamond Radeon HD 3870
- Sapphire Radeon HD 3870
- Palit Radeon HD 4870 Dual Edition
- HIS Radeon HD 4850
- XFX Radeon HD 4850
- HIS Radeon HD 4850 Ice Q4
- HIS Radeon HD 4670
- Diamond Radeon HD 4650
- HIS Radeon HD 4870 X2
- Diamond Radeon HD 4890 XOC
- Diamond Radeon HD 4890
- Diamond HD5850
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