10 Best Graphics Cards for Desktops
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Out of thousands of reviews for 290 products, over 400 people recommended Graphics Cards specifically for Desktops. These 10 are the most highly recommended products we found.
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT
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$80
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19 People Recommend
"fortunately, there are many good pci and pci-x1 sataii cards out there...i am using the pny card and it gives me two extra sataii ports.…" - Ken C. at Newegg.com "had one issue when i didn't realize my old motherboard ran at x4 pci and this video card did not support x4 but it was worth the effort of upgrading to get this thing working right.…" - N/A at Newegg.com "the case design gives a clear spot across the entire case for the pci-ex16 slot ( could fit a 14.5" card in there no problem)it's long enough that the fan is past the back of all my expansion cards,…" - abracmike at Newegg.com |
ATI FireGL X1-256p FGL 9700
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$169
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19 People Recommend
"the card uses pci-e 2.0 and it even says so in the title.…" - mw1111 at Newegg.com "it uses only one slot which keeps my pci slots open and its easier on air flow.…" - Gen. MacArthur at Newegg.com "- visiontek radeon hd 3870 512mb 256-bit gddr4 pci express 2.0 x16 hdcp ready crossfire supported video card…" - Alex Villalobos at Newegg.com |
Gigabyte GeForce 8400GS
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$56
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14 People Recommend
"had one issue when i didn't realize my old motherboard ran at x4 pci and this video card did not support x4 but it was worth the effort of upgrading to get this thing working right.…" - N/A at Newegg.com "other thoughts: this card only takes one pci slot unlike what someone had previously posted.…" - Me at Newegg.com "from the picture it's pretty obvious that it takes up 2 pci slots, but it doesn't come with an extra pci vent on the second slot to let air in.…" - dgaribal at Newegg.com |
Gigabyte GV-NX86T256H GeForce 8600GT
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$72 - $99
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13 People Recommend
"other thoughts: nice silent card, only takes up 1 slot, leaves any pci slots next to it open for other cards.…" - Newegg.com User "had one issue when i didn't realize my old motherboard ran at x4 pci and this video card did not support x4 but it was worth the effort of upgrading to get this thing working right.…" - N/A at Newegg.com "the card with it's afterstock cooler (although nice at keeping the card cool) overlaps a pci slot, it's not a big deal for me, but i can see it being a problem for a lot of people.…" - N/A at Newegg.com |
HIS H260PRQT512DDN-R HD 2600Pro IceQ Turbo 2x
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$70 - $79
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13 People Recommend
"just make sure you have the room for this card and that it's size won’t block used/vital pci ports on your mobo.…" - J at Newegg.com "im afraid to put a pci card on my micro atx (unless it is short due to it being a longer card)…" - Newegg.com User "it blocks one of my pci slots, and the light doesn't light up anymore it only did once, but oh well not that it matters.…" - Newegg.com User |
VGA SAPPHIRE|100210L 2600XT 256MB R
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$90
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11 People Recommend
"the newest official catalyst drivers work fine (ver 8.7) this card's hardware id is 9505 which is the same for the pci-e version.…" - Tigerdirect.com User "i installed this card on my asus p5w64-ws which only support pci-e 1.1 and the card works perfectly.…" - Jason at Newegg.com "it uses only one slot which keeps my pci slots open and its easier on air flow.…" - Gen. MacArthur at Newegg.com |
Gigabyte Geforce 8500GT 256MB
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$53
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10 People Recommend
"had one issue when i didn't realize my old motherboard ran at x4 pci and this video card did not support x4 but it was worth the effort of upgrading to get this thing working right.…" - N/A at Newegg.com "the card with it's afterstock cooler (although nice at keeping the card cool) overlaps a pci slot, it's not a big deal for me, but i can see it being a problem for a lot of people.…" - N/A at Newegg.com "i have to use x8 lane and set the jumper instead of x16 lane on my pci express slot since i replaced the original fan and heatsink on my mb and i can't install any card on the 1st x16 slot...…" - N/A at Newegg.com |
HIS H260XTQT512DDN-R HD 2600XT IceQ Turbo HDMI 2x
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$106
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9 People Recommend
"if you still have issues, get a spectrum pci-slot card cooler and put it below your video card.…" - Tigerdirect.com User "jumping from a pci bus card to pci express was already big enough, but with this card it was definately worth the price, decently cheap price with amazing performance.…" - Newegg.com User "other thoughts: pull the trigger and don't fuss about it taking space away from another pci slot.…" - Beast at Newegg.com |
eVGA GeForce 8600 GT
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$59 - $122
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9 People Recommend
"the only problem i had was installing it, as when i put it in the pci express slot, i couldn't seem to fit the card in straight (but that was due to some odd shapings in the tower).…" - Tigerdirect.com User "only problem is that it runs quite hot but im fixing that with buying a pci fan only 20 bucks!…" - Tigerdirect.com User "other thoughts: make sure your power supply is at least 400w and think about having at least one of the pci slots next to this card open to allow better cooling.…" - Newegg.com User |
MSI RADEON HD 2600 XT
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$96
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8 People Recommend
"i made sure my wireless pci card was beneath it so the fan can still draw some fresh air since the card itself is only about half height.…" - AWDriver at Newegg.com "what i like about it is that it does not need a separate power supply; it feeds right from the pci-e x16 port.…" - Amazon.com User "other thoughts: it is indeed a bit "fat" and covers up a regular pci slot, but if you don't need all your slots this should work out just fine.…" - George at Newegg.com |
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