Graphics card?

Question

Is there a site available which can determine which is the best graphics card for my computer?

Answer 1

The first thing you need to figure out in your quest for the best graphics card for your system is the type of Bus you have in that system. Also, you need to take into consideration whether the computer is a desktop or a laptop computer as each has its own size allotement requirements. As I don't know what type of computer you are discussing here, I Googled "Graphics card comparision" and came up with many sites dedicated to this topic, as well as other related topics:

First, here is my Search Results Pages:

http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rls=SUNA,SUNA:2006-50,SUNA:en&q=Graphics+card+comparison

Next, here are a few websites I browsed to from those results:

http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=95&pgno=0

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1945704,00.asp

http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html

http://www.warp2search.net/desktop-graphics-card-comparison-guide-rev-12-8-s34512.html

Now, depending on how old or new your particular system is, you could have either of three types of Bus:

The first is a normal PCI Bus, which is the oldest type of graphic card interface inside a system. After this the AGP Bus was created, which is far faster and more realistic in how it delivers graphics. Finally, the PCI X16 is the most current Bus type and is much faster than AGP and much more realistic in how it delivers graphics to a computer. I far prefer the PCI X16 and when shopping for a computer I always look for this type of Bus. However, I currently build my own systems, as I don't care for all the crap software system builders put inside prebuilt systems these days. These types of software are a personal pet peeve, as they muck up a machine with these so called "trials" and most icky are the security software suits which are very difficult to fuly remove from a system. That is the first thing I do after buying a new machine, rid it of the pre-installed security suite, which I often have to do manually.

Anyway, good luck with your search for the right and best graphics card for an upgrade on your machine. Such an upgrade can significally increase the performance of graphics, speed up and show more lifelike images. It is also great for photo and video editing or if you use CAD software. Gaming is the number one reason for upgrading graphics cards on a quarterly basis.