Introduction There are four different types of memory that are used on current graphics cards: the new GDDR5, DDR2, GDDR3 and GDDR4 celebrated its premiere at the recent Radeon HD 4870 and can deliver a high memory bandwidth so the run despite an only 256-bit wide memory interface. Although bandwidth usually is not a high impact on the performance such as the ALU performance or the various fill rates, it uses not one, if the most powerful GPU...

Introduction Even though ATi had introduced the Radeon HD 2000 series with large promises, properly convince could never the graphics cards. To do this, not only the competition from California too strong, but also their own products were too weak. Even the low end card Radeon HD 2400 left the best impression XT, which had only their direct opponent largely under control. The Radeon HD 2600 XT with GDDR3 memory also yet was when viable...

Introduction Not everyone can or wants to, spend with all the admiration for the achieved performance of high end Accelerator, all years again 400-500€ for a new video card of the highest performance class. This is exactly the reason why shortly after the media-oriented release of top model cards like the Sapphire Radeon9500 for follow the 200 €: man wants to offer something for every budget. Whether half-price means also half...

Introduction What can actually make everything so a graphics card? At first glance, this may be a strange question, because already the word actually says what had to calculate the piece of hardware at the core, and must: graphics. The picture from the Windows desktop, the graph of a 3D application such as a game or but also the graphic real time calculations in a professional application such as for example a Renderprogramm. Right, all are...

Introduction After set up nVidia with the GeForce unrivalled the performance Crown could up 7800 GTX for several months, a competitor who was more than up to the nVidia graphics card was XT with the ATi Radeon X 1800. Long is the speed tab not ruled to however because nVidia worked in secret long at a new high end version, which should take the lead again. GeForce 7800 GTX 512 is called the miracle weapon, although is based on the proven...

Foreword With the Radeon 8500, ATI has caused graphics cards for the time being for a new reference in the high end. But how it looks in the medium and price performance segment? The good old Radeon ATI has meanwhile already some on the knob and can measure is no longer with the competition from the House of NVIDIA who have put the bar in the mid-end graphics cards area quite high with their GeForce2 TI. Different than is usual for...

Foreword When NVIDIA it is now nothing new longer, that one wants to cover as many segments as possible with a graphics chip and therefore produced many different versions of a graphics chip. Also at the GeForce3, there is again a “stripped down” version, the GeForce3 Ti200, which is to encourage more users by its cheaper price to a purchase, as the more expensive GeForce3 or even GeForce3 Ti500 can do this. To clarify the sense...

Foreword The GeForce3 Ti 500 is actually just an enlarged and improved GeForce3 and direct competitor of the ATI Radeon 8500. We have taken the Inno3D tornado GeForce3 Ti 500 more closely scrutinized and it compete against the GeForce3, GeForce3 Ti 200 as well as the ATI PowerMagic Radeon 8500 (LE).Whether the Inno3D Paroli can offer tornado GeForce3 Ti 500 of the Radeon 8500, and how much is it faster than her sisters, you will experience on...