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| The Bottom Line | This one is easy. Nvidia's GeForce 8800 GTX not only beats ATI to market with its next-gen 3D graphics hardware, it also eliminates ATI's image-quality advantage in current-generation titles. Throw in its sheer horsepower, and Nvidia gives the high-end enthusiast every reason to make this purchase. | Nvidia's GeForce GTX 295 is the single fastest 3D card on the market, and for a relatively aggressive price. Added bonuses like power efficiency and PhysX support sweeten the deal, but even without those extra benefits, we'd still recommend this card for its processing power and comparative value. | The step-down GeForce 8800 GTS is no slouch compared to Nvidia's flagship GTX card. Like its powerful big brother, the slightly more affordable GTS supplies top-notch performance and sweeping architectural changes that provide a solid foundation today for the OSs and games of tomorrow. | Even if it's a relative power hog, the Sapphire Radeon HD 4850 X2 brings so much speed and utility to the table it's hard for us to recommend another midrange 3D card. Only the particularly power conscious or those who play games with known multichip scaling issues should look elsewhere. | We don't think most gamers shopping for a midrange 3D card are looking for power efficiency, but for those conscientious few, the EVGA GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked is the card for you. Otherwise, you can get noticeably more performance and capability from an only slightly more expensive ATI card. |
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| Max resolution (external) | Info unavailable | 2560 x 1600 | Info unavailable | 2560 x 1600 | 2560 x 1600 |
| Video RAM installed | Info unavailable | 1792 MB | Info unavailable | 2 GB | 896 MB |
| Interface type | Info unavailable | PCI Express 2.0 x16 | Info unavailable | PCI Express 2.0 x16 | PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
| API Supported | Info unavailable | DirectX 10 OpenGL 2.1 | Info unavailable | OpenGL 2.0 DirectX 10.1 | DirectX 10 OpenGL 2.1 OpenGL 3.0 |
| Video interface(s) provided | Info unavailable | DVI-I (dual link) HDMI | Info unavailable | DVI-I HDMI HDTV output | DVI-I (dual link) HDTV output VGA |
| Graphics Processor | Info unavailable | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 | Info unavailable | ATI Radeon HD 4850 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 |
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