A powerful video card is indispensable for both games and office work. From year to year, leading manufacturers offer many solutions in different price ranges.
Our 2013 rating of video cards for PC includes 10 models from recognized market leaders such as AMD, NVIDIA and ATI. Many cards have been successfully sold for several years, others have become the premiere of this year.
10. AMD Radeon HD 6670
The maximum resolution of the video card is 2560x1600 pixels, the amount of GDDR5 memory 512 or 1024 MB. The video card supports various interfaces, as well as DirectX 11. This model works on a PCI-Express 2.1 bus with a Turks graphic core with a frequency of 800 MHz. The video card can be equally successfully used both at home for games and in the office for work.
9. XFX ATI Radeon HD 7950
The ATI video card has a Radeon 800 MHz processor, transmitting HD-format resolution of 2560x1600 pixels. The model supports DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.2, OS Windows 7, XP, Vista.
8. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti
A distinctive feature of the video card is the ultra-fast, as well as the energy-efficient Kepler architecture. The model supports HD-image with a resolution of 1080p. The user can access various interfaces, as well as DirectX 11.
7. AMD Radeon HD 7870
The video card supports DirectX 11, and, therefore, Windows 8. The model is equipped with a GCN architecture with AMD Eyefinity technology for 3D displays. The graphics processor of the card has a frequency of 1 GHz.
6. XFX ATI RadeonHD6970
The card supports Shader 5.0 as well as DirectX 11. The model has 2 GB GDDR5 graphics memory. GPU frequency - 800 MHz. The cooling system includes a fan and a radiator.
5. EVGA GeForce GTX 680
The frequency of the GPU core of this card is 1 GHz. The model has a 2 GB GDDR5 memory. The card provides support for SLI mode, DirectX 11, as well as OpenGL 4.2., It has slots: HDMI, DVI, DisplayPort, works with 4-core processors.
4. AMD Radeon HD 7970
The video card supports DirectX 11, and, therefore, Windows 8. The card supports 3 GHz HDMI 1.4a and DisplayPort 1.2.
3. EVGA GeForce GTX690
The model has 4 GB of GDDR5 memory, as well as a processor with a frequency of 915 MHz. The video card supports SLI, CrossFire, as well as DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.2. This card will easily “pull” the most complex office solutions and any games.
2. NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800
The technical capabilities of this video card will certainly satisfy not only gamers, but also designers, engineers, geophysicists, and designers. The card has 4 GB of graphics memory, two DVI-I ports, DisplayPort output. The processor core frequency of this model is 650 MHz.
1. GeForce GTX Titan
This model is the absolute leader in the ranking of video cards in 2013. To support the most complex games, exclusive NVIDIA technologies are provided: smoothing TXAA ™, PhysX® and GPU Boost 2.0. The card provides simultaneous support for four displays, DirectX 11.1, PCI Express 3.0, OpenGL 4.3, OpenCL ™. And NVIDIA SLI technology allows you to use up to three Titan graphics cards together to create the world's fastest gaming PC.