Top performing graphics cards for different price ranges january 2009

Please find below the best performing graphics card for your money according to latest releases and game lovers.Thi is especialy for indian gamers.Best Pci express cards for rs 2000, rs 3000,rs 4000,rs 5000,rs 7000,rs 8000,rs 10000,rs 12000,rs 13000 are listed below for readers advantage.Pls note that most of the above top cards are AMD radeon cards since they perform well than Nvidia.Equivalent Nvidia toppers will be listed in headings.

Best PCIe Card For 5000 INR:

Radeon HD 3870 or GeForce 9600 GT
Codename:
RV670
Process:
55 nm
Universal Shaders:
320
Texture Units:
16
ROPs:
16
Memory Bus:
256-bit
Core Speed MHz:
775
Memory Speed MHz:
1,125 (2,250 effective)
DirectX/Shader Model:
DX 10.1/SM 4.0

Best PCIe Card For 5750 INR:

Radeon HD 4830 or GeForce 9800 GT (aka 8800 GT 512 MB)
Codename:
RV770LE
Process:
55 nm
Universal Shaders:
640
Texture Units:
32
ROPs:
16
Memory Bus:
256-bit
Core Speed MHz:
575
Memory Speed MHz:
900 (1,800 effective)
DirectX/Shader Model:
DX 10.1/SM 4.0

Best PCIe Card For 3250 INR:

Radeon HD 4650
Codename:
RV730
Process:
55 nm
Universal Shaders:
320
Texture Units:
32
Raster-Operation Processors (ROPs):
8
Memory Bus:
128-bit
Core Speed MHz:
600
Memory Speed MHz:
500 (1000 effective)
DirectX/Shader Model:
DX 10.1/SM 4.0

Best PCIe Card For 4000 INR:

Radeon HD 4670 GDDR3
Codename:
RV730
Process:
55 nm
Universal Shaders:
320
Texture Units:
32
ROPs:
8
Memory Bus:
128-bit
Core Speed MHz:
750
Memory Speed MHz:
1,000 (2,000 effective)
DirectX/Shader Model:
DX 10.1/SM 4.0

Best PCIe Card For 7000 INR:
Good 1920x1200 performance in most games, some with lowered detail
Radeon HD 4850 512 MB
Codename:
RV770
Process:
55 nm
Universal Shaders:
800
Texture Units:
40
ROPs:
16
Memory Bus:
256-bit
Core Speed MHz:
625
Memory Speed MHz:
993 (1,986 effective)
DirectX / Shader Model:
DX 10.1/SM 4.0

Best PCIe Card For 8400 INR:
Good 1920x1200 performance in most games, some with lowered detail
Radeon HD 4850 1 GB
Codename:
RV770
Process:
55 nm
Universal Shaders:
800
Texture Units:
40
ROPs:
16
Memory Bus:
256-bit
Core Speed MHz:
625
Memory Speed MHz:
993 (1,986 effective)
DirectX/Shader Model:
DX 10.1/SM 4.0

Best PCIe Card For 10000 INR:

Radeon HD 4870 512 MB or GeForce GTX 260
Codename:
RV770
Process:
55 nm
Universal Shaders:
800
Texture Units:
40
ROPs:
16
Memory Bus:
256-bit
Core Speed MHz:
750
Memory Speed MHz:
900 (3,600 effective)
DirectX/Shader Model:
DX 10.1/SM 4.0

Best PCIe Card For 12500 INR:

GeForce GTX 260+ or Radeon HD 4870 1 GB
Codename:
GT200
Process:
65 nm
Universal Shaders:
216
Texture Units:
72
ROPs:
28
Memory Bus:
448-bit
Core Speed MHz:
576
Memory Speed MHz:
999 (1,998 effective)
DirectX/Shader Model:
DX 10/SM 4.0

Best PCIe Card For 25000 INR:
Good 2560x1600 performance in most games, some with lowered detail
Radeon HD 4870 X2
Codename:
RV770
Process:
55 nm
Universal Shaders:
1,600
Texture Units:
80
ROPs:
32
Memory Bus:
256-bit
Core Speed MHz:
750
Memory Speed MHz:
900 (3,600 effective)
DirectX/Shader Model:
DX 10.1 / SM 4.0


Best PCIe Card For 15000 INR:

2x Radeon HD 4850 512 MB in CrossFire Configuration (Or Radeon 4850 X2 1 GB)
Codename:
RV770
Process:
55 nm
Universal Shaders:
800
Texture Units:
40
ROPs:
16
Memory Bus:
256-bit
Core Speed MHz:
625
Memory Speed MHz:
993 (1986 effective)
DirectX/Shader Model:
DX 10.1/SM 4.0


Best PCIe Card For 17000 INR:
Good 1920x1200 performance in most games, 2560x1600 in most titles with some lowered detail
2x Radeon HD 4850 1 GB in CrossFire Configuration (Or Radeon HD 4850 X2 2 GB)
Codename:
RV770
Process:
55 nm
Universal Shaders:
1,600
Texture Units:
80
ROPs:
32
Memory Bus:
256-bit
Core Speed MHz:
750
Memory Speed MHz:
900 (3,600 effective)
DirectX/Shader Model:
DX 10.1/SM 4.0

AMD PHENOM II LATEST Sensational 45nm chip to challenge INTEL's Icore 7 920 processors

AMD which had plans of releasing 45 nm cpu's long back finally stamped their feet on 45nm technology with its the Phenom II X4 920 at 2.8 GHz, and the Phenom II X4 940 at 3.0 GHz.Its the direct attempt to regain the momentum AMD once had with its Athlon 64 processors.Amazing improvement compared to prevous phenom is that less energy consumption thanks to 45nm achitecture and inreased power consumption rating from 125 W (TDP) to 140 W.Another fascinating fact is that this new technology based phenom II is compatible with almost all AM2 motherboards which dramatically eases the pressure of AMD's fans.Second most advantage is that AMD has knocked down 3 GHZ barrier with its PHENOM II.Bigger buffers and Cool n Quiet 3 enhanced does make a difference.Main 4 performance enhancements are listed below

1, Instructions per clock cycle enhanced

2, Clock rate enhanced

3, 6MB L3 cache

4, DDR3 1333 Support

AMD also found the name DRAGON platform for Phenom II processors combined with AMD 790 series chipsets and 4800 radeon series gpu's. After few months Phenom II will be released with new AM3 socket.This will work with faster DDR3 RAM, but to maintain backward compatibility with AM2 and AM2+ sockets, even this model will include a DDR2 RAM interface.

Best phenom x4 processor before this release 9950 BE was made to bite dust by this new sensation phenom II x4 940.But INTEL's Core i7 920 - 2.66 GHz still rides the world fast by a good margin .But AM3 Phenom II might be a heavy weight challenger for Intel's best beast Icore I7 920.Phenom II 920 is priced around 225 USD to confuse Itel quadcore q6600 lovers and 940 is priced around 275 USD to confuse Intel Icore 7 920 lovers.Hence if you want to buy a best performing quadcore than q6600 and if you are budget conscious close your eyes and swipe your card for this AMD's wonderfull smallest chip which the company has managed to manufactrure with most number of transistors ever in a single die.