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SAPPHIRE 100265HDMI RADEON HD 4830

$101.00 Est. at Amazon

from PK, www.newegg.com
vista experience index is 5.9 for both 2d & 3d cons: none other thoughts: i ordered this card on 4/14/09 and got the money for my rebate on 5/7/09.
from Hazbothe, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i play world of warcraft and now i have a 3d effect in the game when playing.
from t, www.newegg.com
my opty 165 over clocked on air to 2.8ghz,2gb ddr 500, xp pro 32 bit, on a dfi ultra-d 7800gt had 3dmark03 score of 12,970 jump to 26,541.
from Dave T, www.newegg.com
pros: great looking graphics, upgraded from 7600gt and my 3d passmark went from a 432 to a 1259, and that's with an older pci-e 1.0 motherboard.
from Blaster, www.newegg.com
3d performance is 2x-3x better!

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Positives: Excellent Affordability, Quiet Operation, Excellent Performance, Installed Memory: 512 MB

2 RECOMMENDED by 9 people for 3D

2GB Sapphire RADEON HD4850 X2 DDR3 4DVI

$350.00 Est. at Amazon

from Shrinker, www.newegg.com
the 3d benchmarking software that came with it would not accept the serial number.
from Formula409, www.newegg.com
it is in fact used for textures, shaders and such for 3d applications and games, along with 2d rendering needs.
from SoulGangster, www.newegg.com
has a major heating problem, and hasent ever finished a single 3d bench mark.
from teraflop122, www.newegg.com
includes 3d mark vantage.
from Ungabunga, www.newegg.com
3d mark will not install on xp.

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Positives: Quiet Operation, Excellent Affordability, Fast, Installed Memory: 2 GB

3 RECOMMENDED by 6 people for 3D

EVGA 896-P3-1255-AR GeForce GTX260 Core 216 896MB DDR3 PCI-Express 2.0

$267.00 Est. at Amazon

from Flores, www.newegg.com
also this card is way easy to overclock, i have two in sli and overclocked using precision and 3d mark to overclock as far as they would go.
from Tayeke, www.newegg.com
i doubled 3d mark and tripled frames on average!
from apex seals, www.newegg.com
pros: great card, performs great, runs all games i throw at it in high qualify, rates 5.9 in vista but sucks for 2d graphics cons: not easily ocable, cant even oc to 700fan does not auto
from N/A, www.newegg.com
you also get cryostatis and 3dmark vantage free when you register on the website.
from ts, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: increased my 3dmark06 score by 2000 points over 9800gt (13600 to 15600).

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Positives: Fast, Good Affordability, Good Performance, Installed Memory: 896 MB

4 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for 3D

SAPPHIRE Vapor-X RADEON HD 4870 2GB 256-bit GDDR5

$217.00 Est. at Amazon

from gameproman, www.newegg.com
scored 18,200 in 3d mark06 with my phenom 2 x3 720 at 3.4ghz and 3 of these in crossfire.
from PC Medics, www.newegg.com
3dmark 06 score was the same and most games ran the same.
from Stomp, www.newegg.com
pros: ok so i finally setup this card in crossfire and nearly doubled my 3dmark06 score :)runs extremely quiet no matter what i throw at it.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: -plug and play with windows 7 64 bit (download the drivers anyway)-incredible performance, outperforms nvidia at this price-sapphire build quality and design stand above reference design-2 gb

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Positives: Quiet Operation, Excellent Affordability, Easy To Install, Installed Memory: 2 GB

5 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for 3D

MSI R4870-T2D1G RADEON HD 4870

$300.00 Est. at Amazon

from iamsuperbleeder, www.newegg.com
when you get into 3d intensive games and it starts working, the fan really kicks in and it can get a little noisy, but at idle it's silent.
from KainTFM, www.newegg.com
fan noise of msi's 4870 is inaudible in 2d, and while audible in 3d, it is easily drowned out by typical, low volume gaming or music.
from Mara, www.newegg.com
quiet in 2d and not too noisy in 3d.
from lazyparrott, www.newegg.com
pros: 16,004 marks in 3d 06.

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Positives: Quiet Operation, Fast, Nice Performance, Installed Memory: 1 GB

SPARKLE Computer GeForce 9400 GT Video Card

SPARKLE Computer Sparkle GeForce 9400 GT Video Card -, (512 MB) DDR2, PCI Express 2.0, Dual Link DVI, HDCP Capable, HDTV

$43.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
good price, i render my 3d-lw, poser, bryce, adobe ...with win server 2008.
from Cyb, www.newegg.com
23% on gpu, 37% on ram, 38% increase in 3d performance based on benchmarks.
from RAMMO, www.newegg.com
cons: none other thoughts: pcpitstop.com test scores for the card are: 70mpixels/second in 2d and 1057 frames/second in 3d.
from panza_verde, www.newegg.com
i did not buy this for gaming or extreme 3d rendering.

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Positives: Great Affordability, Easy To Install, Quiet Operation, Installed Memory: 512 MB

EVGA 896-P3-1170-AR GeForce GTX 275 896MB GDDR3

$279.00 Est. at Amazon

from Evil Iggy, www.newegg.com
i originally installed this on a pc with only a 300 watt supply and this caused it to crash the computer when it attempted to render 3d graphics due to a lack of available power.also, check your
from www.amazon.com
most 3d applications can be run at 2560x1600 with important graphic features turned on.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
cons: 10.5" long, had to fit it creatively in my gigabyte 3d aurora case.
from Mick, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: you might see some performance gain in your 3d apps, but if that's important, get a quadro - this is a gaming card.
from awesomerossum, www.newegg.com
3dmark 06 went from 13,500 to 19,xxx.

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Positives: Fast, Great Affordability, Good Performance, Installed Memory: 896 MB

SAPPHIRE 100245L RADEON HD 4850

$388.00 Est. at Amazon

from jed4145, www.newegg.com
i'm getting p11000 on venturemark 3d xfired which seems very respectable with my 9950 black amd.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
runs unreal 3 for me at 1440x900 all settings maxed at a steady avg of 60fps.runs fallout 3 same res max settings at a solid avg of about 46 fps.gets a 12300 3dmark06 score paired with a amd phenom
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: this card works great for 3d graphics.
from Jonathan, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: i paired this video card with mb(asus m4a79 deluxe) mem(kingston kvr800d2k2/4gr(thats two 2gb sticks)) os(windows vista home premium) cpu(amd phenom ii x4 810 at 2.6ghz) and
from N/A, www.newegg.com
(for ati profile games and benchmarks) cons: does not overclock at all in -cross fire- (system hangs with any adjustment)nvidia profile games (ie crysis, cod waw etc) do not scale well in cross

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Positives: Quiet Operation, Excellent Affordability, Fast, Installed Memory: 512 MB

Pine Technology XFX GeForce GTS 250 DDR3 PCIE 738/2.2Ghz

$146.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
mine came with a coupon for 3d mark vantage if i remember correctly.
from Big Pava, www.newegg.com
free 3d mark advantage and cod 5 which i already have.
from brbrcket, www.newegg.com
pros: for its price, you get a free game and a free advanced copy of 3d mark vantage.
from largeprint48, www.newegg.com
got 16-30 on crysis warhead at 1920x1080 max settings without aa/af and on high settings 22-39 free game and 3d mark ventage free shipping.----dont why it was $**** (not above 120) it didnt stay that

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Positives: Excellent Affordability, Fast, Good Performance, Installed Memory: 512 MB

Sapphire 21150-00-40R HD4890 DDR5

$240.00 Est. at Amazon

from Boge, www.newegg.com
i don't have a problem though with my antec 300.i'm hearing a hissing/screeching noise with the card when i run 3d applications and games.
from Dr_dx, www.newegg.com
use rbe 1.21 or later and set fan to 25% minimum (this will give you a 1:1 linear fan response 1c=1%) and adjust 3d voltage 1.3125v to 1.375v (fine for stock cooling solution).
from bj_goliad, www.newegg.com
even at full 3d load still more quiet than other cards.
from www.amazon.com
in my box, it came with the crossfire bridge, catalyst installation and driver disc, pcie power plug extension, powerdvd, the instruction manual, and 3d mark vantage.

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Positives: Quiet Operation, Great Affordability, Fast, Installed Memory: 1 GB

EVGA 896-P3-1171-AR GeForce GTX 275 Superclocked

$297.00 Est. at Amazon

from V1-ROT8, www.newegg.com
with a q9550 @ a preliminary overclock of 3.6ghz this card scored 18680 in 3dmark06 at stock clocks.
from Jordan, www.newegg.com
evga offered the free game cryostasis and also a free copy of 3d mark vantage upon registration of the card on their website.
from Dan, www.newegg.com
eliminated virtually all slowdown i had with left 4 dead (screen resolution 1900 x 1080...yep, a widescreen), no slowdown when running with 50+ players while playing world of warcraft (which was

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Positives: Excellent Affordability, Fast, Nice Performance, Installed Memory: 896 MB

EVGA 01G-P3-1280-AR Geforce GTX 280

$760.00 Est. at Amazon

from Mark, www.newegg.com
it blew away every 3d test i threw at it.
from Infinite-T, www.newegg.com
running a 22 inch 120hz monitor for nvidia 3d, and it runs all my gaves at crazy framerates at the highest detail.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
over 21,000 in 3dmark vantage on performance setting.
from Phoenixamaranth, www.newegg.com
pros: extreme performance-i use alot of 3d visual creation packages from 3ds max to terragen and this card destroys them all easily, i was shocked!!!

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Positives: Fast, Nice Affordability, Easy To Install, Installed Memory: 1 GB

ASUS En8400gs Silent/htp/512m Pci-e

$46.00 Est. at Amazon

from DannyM, www.newegg.com
it would boot into winxp, but when going to fullscreen 3d it would bluescreen and reboot the pc.
from KB, www.newegg.com
it received a 5.1 for 3d business and gaming graphics performance, but only a 3.6 for desktop performance for windows aero.
from dardenlinux, www.newegg.com
gets a 4.1 rating for windows aero; 4.9 rating for 3d games and business graphics.
from Pumphead, www.newegg.com
cons: probably can't hang with newish 3d games, but if you're reading this, i doubt you're a bleeding edge gamer.
from MoparMark, www.newegg.com
dual cubes, transparent cubes, 3d windows, bicubic filtering, etc, etc.

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Positives: Quiet Operation, Fast, Good Affordability, Installed Memory: 512 MB

VisionTek RADEON HD4870

$243.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
i do 3d graphics and video editing and this card is amazing.
from Shorty, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: have owned many 3d cards since the early rage3d and vanta days.
from spacegoast, www.newegg.com
cons: my 3d vantage score is p8338.
from The1KingBob, www.newegg.com
9950 oc to 3.0ghz ( don't want to go farther till amd has a cpu i can upgrade to if i burn this one out ) pulling over 14000 points in 3dmark06 ( remember with an amd, all you intellers should post
from www.amazon.com
=3d performance=

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Positives: Excellent Affordability, Fast, Great Performance, Installed Memory: 512 MB

EVGA 896-P3-1257-AR GeForce GTX 260 Core 216

$274.00 Est. at Amazon

from wjbyman, www.newegg.com
3d benchmark 06 was 17,330 for one card and 18,604 for two 260-216 cards.
from moosey, www.newegg.com
game play is smooth & graphics very realistic & have an almost 3d effect.
from WARgenSLi, www.newegg.com
pros: 216 core, fast so a 200 dollar card cons: replaced my 2 8800gts super clocked cards with this see all most no improvement in 3d 05 3d 06and 3d 03 lost 400 points other thoughts:
from cabbage, www.newegg.com
benchmarked them about 6 times the first day with 3d vantage and no hiccups at all.
from darthyoda75, www.newegg.com
made a big difference in 3d mark scores, and my fps in all games has improved greatly.

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Positives: Good Affordability, Fast, Quiet Operation, Installed Memory: 896 MB

MSI Geforce 9400GT

$66.00 Est. at Amazon

from rogue, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: have not tried any hard-core 3d gaming/rendering with this card, since i'm running less than the recommended power...
from N/A, www.newegg.com
when playing games all graphics are set to max except advanced 3d shadows and i get around 40-60 fps at all times.
from TOOdamnFRANK, www.newegg.com
windows scores-----------------------------5.0 - graphics (windows aero)5.3 - gaming graphics (3d)the thing looks stellar.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: hdmi built in, works on my 32" monitor great for hd movies home theater system cons: no power,15 fps on 3d mark, droped my windows score to a 5.0 compared to 5.9 with the 8800gts do not

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Positives: Easy To Install, Nice Affordability, Quiet Operation, Installed Memory: 512 MB

MSI N9800GT-T2D512-OCv2 GeForce 9800 GT 512 MB

$140.00 Est. at Amazon

from s-dawg, www.newegg.com
it needs only one 6-pin power connector as opposed to two and a 400w power supply is enough to run it (i have a 600w psu though).i tested it with far cry 2 benchmark tool, 3d mark 06 and need for
from CUSTOMPC4U, www.newegg.com
3d06 marks 12,000+ with only a e5200!
from Oak, www.newegg.com
pros: well this went into a 3700+ amd 64 system that had a x800 pulling down a 1136 in 3d06 ,installed this card and the end result was a 7400 in 3d06 .

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Positives: Great Affordability, Quiet Operation, Good Performance, Installed Memory: 512 MB

BFG Technologies GeForce GTX 280 Video Card

BFG Technologies BFG GeForce GTX 280 Video Card - OC2 Edition,, (1 GB) GDDR3, PCI Express 2.0 x16, SLI Ready, (Dual Link)

$480.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
who the heck cares about 3d mark / vantage?
from hardcore gamer, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: 3d mark vantage scores old configuration vs new configuration.old setup.
from better than CMOS, www.newegg.com
cons: 3d mark 06 score of 13900 with one card.
from www.amazon.com
even came with far cry 2 and futuremark 3d benchmark.
from Anthony, www.newegg.com
comes with a lot of extra's from bfg they don't adv; ebate flashlight and farcry2 and advantage 3d mark!

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Positives: Fast, Quiet Operation, Easy To Install, Installed Memory: 1 GB

MSI ATI HD4830

$112.00 Est. at Amazon

from N/A, www.newegg.com
the fan on this is a lot quieter than the 7800 gs, which sounded like a hair dryer in a low setting when running 3d.
from wjbyman, www.newegg.com
pros: runs hl2 lost coast at 228 fps and rates a 12,589 in 3d benchmark06.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
also, the current (binary) linux drivers are terrible - however, the oss drivers are getting better all the time (2d and video accel are in place already, 3d coming soon).for standards buffs, this

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Positives: Great Affordability, Fast, Quiet Operation, Installed Memory: 512 MB

1 GB Sapphire RADEON HD4870 Toxic DDR5 2DVI

$192.00 Est. at Amazon

from timmy, www.newegg.com
and just as well on the heavier 3d graphic games.
from Maximus, www.newegg.com
also came with the advanced full version of 3dmark vantage.
from N/A, www.newegg.com
pros: to many to list cons: doesn't make me breakfast other thoughts: i was going to get the normal sapphire 4870 1gb and i am soooooo glad i spent a little bit more and got this one the

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Positives: Good Affordability, Fast, Quiet Operation, Installed Memory: 1 GB

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