Thread: High Definition Graphics Card

Since the motherboard we have chosen does not come with an integrated graphics chipset, we need to select the right card for running the latest computer games and
other multimedia stuff. Modern graphics cards have many little brains, called stream processors, and the more a graphics card has, the faster it is. However, the stream processors from the two biggest graphics card manufacturers, Nvidia and ATI, aren't directly comparable . This is because one Nvidia stream processor is more capable than one ATI stream processor, so ATI graphics cards use more stream processors to compensate. The amount of memory graphics cards have is not as important as the graphics processing unit (GPU) being used, but 512MB memory will still give a boost over 256MB in games.



Obsessive garners playing on monitors with very high resolutions (1,920x1,200 pixels and above) benefit from SLI (for Nvidia cards) or Crossfire (for ATI cards) configurations, where two, three or four graphics cards are combined to offer improved performance. Only top motherboards and power supply units (PSUs) support such configurations and the high cost of these setups make them inappropriate for most PCs. We're going to use an XFX nVidia 9800GT 512MB Ram card that can support all the latest high-end games. For workaday graphics card, we would suggest the Sparkle nVidia 8500GT with 256MB of Ram that can be yours for Rs.4,OOO.