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Budget Graphics Cards Compared

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the bang-for-the-buck dept.

EconolineCrush writes "Tired of reading reviews of high-end graphics cards that cost several hundred dollars or more? The Tech Report has a round-up of three budget cards that cost $80 or less. ATI's Radeon X1300 Pro, NVIDIA's GeForce 7300 GS, and S3's Chrome S27 are compared in an array of gaming, video playback, power consumption, and noise level tests against not only each other, but also a typical integrated graphics solution. As one might expect, the budget cards offer significantly better 3D performance than integrated solutions. What's even more impressive is the fact that even with newer games, the sub-$80 cards still have enough punch to deliver respectable performance."

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  1. Feh by The_Isle_of_Mark · · Score: 5, Funny

    If I can't do 27,000,000,000,000 triangles a second for under $80 I'll not buy one!

  2. Re:Unanswered Question. by Grant29 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That wasn't necessarily the point of the article though. They did a good job comparing the budget video cards for performance. Is there a linux tech site that reviews hardware under different flavors of linux? That would be a useful site. Especially if they dived into driver compatibility issues on different distributions.
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  3. Re:Unanswered Question. by strider44 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Is there a linux tech site that reviews hardware under different flavors of linux? That would be a useful site. Especially if they dived into driver compatibility issues on different distributions.

    Try http://www.phoronix.com/