[Procharger]

Anyone want to take a stab at ranking Video Cards at this time? Say a top 10 or top 20. I think a top 10 budget and a top 10 high end would cover a lot questions made on this site. Also it would help me a lot.

[doublejack]

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Geforce 	                                                                                       Radeon
8800 GTX 	 
8800 GTS 	 
7950 GX2 	                                                                                        X1950 XTX 
  	                                                                                                X1950 XT, X1900 XTX
7800 GTX 512, 7900 GTO, 7900 GTX 	                                                                X1900 XT
7800 GTX, 7900 GT, 7950 GT 	                                                                        X1800 XT, X1900 AIW, X1900 GT, X1950 PRO
7800 GT, 7900 GS, Go 7950 GTX, 8600 GTS                                                                 X1800 XL, X1950 GT, Mobility X1800 XT
6800 Ultra, 7600 GT, 7800 GS, Go 7800 GTX, Go 7900 GTX, 8600 GT 	                                X800 XT (& PE), X850 XT (& PE), X1650 XT, X1800 GTO, Mobility X1900
6800 GT, 6800 GS (PCIe), Go 7800, Go 7900 GS 	                                                        X800 XL, X800 GTO2/GTO16, Mobility X800 XT          
6800 GS (AGP), Go 6800 Ultra, Go 7600 GT 	                                                        X800 GTO 256mb, X800 PRO, X850 PRO
6800, Go 6800, 7300 GT GDDR3, 7600 GS, Go 7700 	                                                        X800, X800 GTO 128mb, X1600 XT, X1650 PRO, Mobility X1800
6600 GT, 6800LE, 6800 XT, 7300 GT DDR2, Go 7600 (128-bit), 8500 GT                                	9800 XT, X700 PRO, X800 GT, X800 SE, Mobility X800, X1300 XT, X1600 PRO
FX 5900, FX 5900 Ultra, FX 5950 Ultra, 6600 (128-bit), Go 6600, Go 6800 (128-bit) 	                9700, 9700 PRO, 9800, 9800 PRO, X700, X1300 PRO, Mobility X1450, X1550, Mobility X1600, Mobility X1700
FX 5800 Ultra, FX 5900 XT, Go 7600 (64-bit) 	                                                        9500 PRO, 9600 XT, Mobility 9800, 9800 PRO (128-bit), X600 XT, Mobility X700, X1050, Mobility X1350, Mobility X1400
4 Ti 4600, 4 Ti 4800, FX 5700 Ultra, 6200 	                                                        9600 PRO, Mobility 9700 (128-bit), 9800 LE, X600 PRO, Mobility X600, Mobility X1300
4 Ti4200, 4 Ti4400, 4 Ti4800 SE, FX 5600 Ultra, FX 5700, Go 6200, 6600 (64-bit), 7300 GS 	        9500, 9550, 9600, Mobility 9600, X300, Xpress 1150
3 Ti500, FX 5200 Ultra, FX 5600, FX 5700 LE, Go 5700, 6200 TC, 6600 LE, 7300 LE 	                8500, 9100, 9000 PRO, 9600 LE, Mobility 9700 (64-bit), X300 SE
3, 3 Ti200, FX 5200 (128-bit), FX 5500, Go 5600, Go 6200, Go 6400, Go 7200, Go 7300, Go 7400 (64-bit) 	9000, 9200, Mobility 9600 (64-bit), Mobility X300
FX 5200 (64 bit), 6100, 6150, Go 7200, Go 7400 (32-bit) 	                                        9200 SE, Xpress 200M, Xpress 1000, Xpress 1150
2 GTS, 4 MX 440, 2 Ultra, 2 Ti, 2 Ti 200 	                                                        7500
256, 2 MX 200, 4 MX 420, 2 MX 400 	                                                                SDR, LE, DDR, 7000, 7200
Nvidia TNT 	                                                                                        ATI Rage 128

That's a copy & paste from Tom's Hardware and shows the relative power of various cards. They are all ranked in order by tiers. Maybe for the June charts they will add the new r600 based ones.

Note that to see the Radeon's you have to scroll the code window over to the right.

[Procharger]

Thanks I've been to that site on mostly google searches without lurking around so maybe I should next time. Anyway I didn't realize my X800GTO2 overclocked to X850XT PE levels (I believe to be anyway) would be that high on the list because it seems as though my friends 7900GT and 7800GTX blows mine away.

Also was wondering if that list was combined ranking NVIDIA and ATI where everything would stand?

[doublejack]

It really depends on the game. I play a lot of Oblivion and found that going from a 7800gs to an x800GTO² (unlocked to 16 pipes & OC'd to XT PE speed) was an upgrade. But in other games, notably Quake4, the 7800gs was faster. So I'd say the ranking is roughly correct, give or take those two cards are pretty even and they're on the same tier.

In your case, your friends' 7900GT and 7800GTX are on the same tier, two to three tiers above yours. So they should perform better all around, more so in some games than in others.

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And the list is combined, sort of. It has the ATI and nVidia cards segregated, but they are organized into tiers where one side roughly equals the other. As of the ranking ATI had nothing to compare to the 7950 GX2 and above, which is why ATI's top card is in the fourth tier from the top.

[Procharger]

Does anyone have an update to this thread?

[Mr. Roboto]

You could just use the vga charts from toms:

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