Video cards

This page is still under construction. A fair bit of editing is required to make it readable and to remove redundant information

the code numbers have a logic: eg. nVidia 7 series has the cards, lets exclude the TC/GT/GTS/GTX/ect marking for now: 7100/7200/7300/7400/7600/7800/7900/7950 ( maybe i've missed some )

lets analize the 7600 card: -first number: 7 - means it's a member of the 7-th series/generation video card -second number: 6 - means performance range in relation to it's generation -third/fourth number means some exotic variety of the card ( afaik like the 7950 is actually 2x7900 chips on the same card)

so based on that, the top goes like this: -high performance level: 7950/7900/7800 -mainstream performance: 7600 -entry level performance: 7400/7300 -low performance: 7200/7100

but, from this top you won't get the big picture, you don't see how these cards compare to the previous generation so comparing the 6-th and 7-th generations we have: ( the top is more detailed in the thread that i've mentioned above) 7950 > 7900 > 7800 > 6800 > 7600 > 6600 > 7300 > 6200

and with some GT/GTS/GTX markings: 7950 > 7900 > 7800GTX > 6800GS > 6800GT > 7600GT > 7600GS > 6600GT > 6600 > 7300GT > 7300 > 7200

unfortunately the GT/GTS/GTX markings don't seem to always respect the same rules eg. 8-th series: 8800Ultra > 8800GTX > 8800GT > 8800GTS > 8800GS > 8600GTS > 8600GT > 8500GT > 8400 eg. 6-th series: 6800GS > 6800GT > 6600GT > 6600 > 6200

so always check sites like www.guru3d.com / www.rage3d.com and others that do video cards reviews so you can see what performance level you should expect from your card

anyway the 6600GT/7600GS cards were ( and still are ) the best choice, by now there pretty cheap anyway but they're still rather the minimum for The Witcher