“The GeForce GT 220 has done very little to mix things up in the low-end market segment, as it fails to offer anything new at its price point of $70 US. Yes, it is an affordable 40nm graphics card, but that bandwagon will only get Nvidia so far. The GeForce GT 220 was superior to the 14 month old Radeon HD 4670 in terms of power consumption and operating temperature when under load.”Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- Radeon HD5850 & 5870 overclocking guide @ Hardwareoverclock
- Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X @ Neoseeker
- Direct X 11 for the Masses: ATI Radeon HD 5700 Graphics Card Family @ X-bit Labs
- HIS Radeon HD4890 iCooler x4 Videocard Review @ Tweaknews
- Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 Vapor-X @ Techgage
- DIAMOND 4890PE51GXOC Radeon HD 4890 1GB @ Futurelooks
- ATI Radeon HD 5850 Crossfire @ motherboards.org
- ATI Catalyst 9.11 Beta @ NGOHQ
- All DirectX 11 Graphics Cards @ InsideHW
- PhysX Performance Tests @ Ninjalane
- Inno3D GeForce GT 220: something new from NVIDIA? @ HEXUS
- Gigabyte GeForce 210 @ Bjorn3D
King of the valley
While none of these cards will be shattering 3dMark records, every one is capable of at playing modern games and video at a reasonable rate and all of the cards are $80 or less. While the more expensive cards dominate the enthusiast level, these inexpensive cards are going to show up in a lot of prebuilt systems. Why not take advantage and slip one of these four cards into the next ‘cheap as you can make it’ PC you are asked to build. Legion Hardware’s four way lowest of the low shootout is right here.