Graphics Cards

The ATi HD 4870 X2 is a powerhouse... but is it really worth it?

Advantages: Powerful, excellent value
Disadvantages: Only good at higher resolutions

The 4870 x2 has been here for a few years now, and has certainly made a place for itself among the graphics card market, rivalled only by possibly-over-the-top cards such as Nvidia's GTX 295, and recently, ATi's own HD 5870 (which is also the first DirectX 11 card on the market). Setting up The card is huge, taking up the space of two slots (which is to be expected of current cards) but also being long. I found that it fitted nicely in my ...
...their case before buying the X2. In my opinion, if you are buying the 4870 X2, you should get a full tower anyway, as the cooling requirements must be considered as well. The card requires two PCI-E power connections- so be sure that your Power Supply is 'compatible' with the X2. The card uses the PCI-E 2.0 interface, which boasts higher bandwith, among other features- so be sure that you get a suitable motherboard aswell. Driver installation is ...

jag1993 27.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Sapphire RADEON HD 4870 X2

Geforce 6200 AGP 8X

Advantages: 128Mb Video Memory, Pixel Shader 2.0, Good Picture Quality, TV out jack
Disadvantages: none

the pny geforce 6200 is a pretty good graphics card for the price especially. It features pixel shader 2.0 with 128Mb of video memory so that you can play most games, but maybe not the higher end games that are coming out today. I would say that if you are in the market for a new graphics adapter this is not a bad choice to start with. Ive played games like Overlord, Neverwinter Nights, and Dawn of magic with it and it seems to run the game pretty ...

Computerman120882 24.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of PNY Verto GeForce 6 6200 AGP8X

A cheap and efficient graphics card.

Advantages: Easy installation process, Extensive connectivity options, noiseless.
Disadvantages: Some features work better with Vista operating system.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION Sapphire Technology is the main supplier of ATI based Graphics Cards for personal computers all over the world. It also produces different types of TV cards, work stations and digital photo frames for consumers. It is a Hong-Kong based company and has two ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified manufacturing plants in China. ATI launched the Radeon HD 4600 series on September 2008. This series loaded with some great additional ...
...I bought my HD 4650 graphics card (1 GB) from Dell online, and it cost me around £60. This graphics card designed on 55nm process and came with lots of useful software. EXCLUSIVE FEATURES : # It has built in HDMI support and also 7.1 surround sound support. # It has a massive memory clock speed of 800 MHz. # There is some useful software (Avivo HD Technology, ATI Power-Play Technology etc.) comes with Installation CD. # It supports maximum resolution ...

Gladiator007 05.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Sapphire RADEON HD 4650

Transform your ageing PC

Advantages: Transforms the PCs performance, smooth running, good looking games
Disadvantages: Took a while to install, required spec on packaging doesn't match website

...came to the conclusion that PNY and NVIDIA were names to look out for. I was surprised by the lack of choice in PCI graphics cards on Dabs and Ebuyer so bought my card from an eBay shop for just over £50 delivered which was at the time the cheapest I could find. In the package was the card itself, a driver CD, a case sticker, an S-Video cable, a DVI-VGA adapter should you need one, and a very basic and universal install guide. The only strange thing ...
...the required specs on the PNY website of a 300W PSU and P3 CPU. After recently installing a new PSU and CPU I was confident in my ability to install the card, after all it's just a matter of pushing it into a slot and tightening a screw. My mobo has three PCI slots and slot three was being taken up by a Firewire card, so I installed the graphics card in slot one to allow a bit of space between them as I knew it was likely to generate a considerable ...

JONXLR8 31.12.2007 · Read full review
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Review of PNY Verto GeForce 6 6200 PCI

Great card for the price

Advantages: Great for a 19-22" monitor, keeps cool, amazing graphics at good frame rates.
Disadvantages: Big card, so make sure you have room

I purchased this card to upgrade my existing 8800gt, and what a difference it has made. Although i haven't got the fastest processor in the world this card has improved my gaming no end. It can play al lthe new games (COD4, Far Cry2, Crysis) with ease at the highest levels. It was very easy to install although it is quite a big card, so make sure you have room in your PC. It runs fairly quite and cool. It is more energy efficent than my older ...

boomshankacymru 12.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of XFX GeForce 260 GTX Black Edition