| Graphics Card Charts: Normalized Performance Rating No clue what to choose?
Don't worry! Let your wallet decide, look at a GPU with a NPR of 3 or higher that support DX10+, Shader 4+ and OpenGL 3+. You should be able to run anything currently out there, you may not be able to run at the highest resolutions with all the eye candy, but you should be able to have a good looking and enjoyable experience if the games are properly optimized or allow the tweaking of graphic settings.
Do not base your decision on the NPR chart alone. Certain models may perform better in special areas. Be a smart consumer, study what you buy. It is your money after all. But hopefully this NPR chart is a quick starting point to help you narrow down your choices.
Upgrade Advisor instructions:
Click on your model or a model close to yours to activate the upgrade advisor. The ideal upgrade advice for average computing is roughly a 2-3 NPR point increase compared to your current model.
White is your current selection. Red means you will get less performance with these. Brown means improved performance but not enough gain compared to the cost. Green means a 2-3 NPR increase and is the advised upgrade range and hopefully affordable. Blue means too much performance increase thus potentially too expensive. | Cost Calculator instructions:
Choose two models to compare and enter their cost. The resulting cost vs performance is displayed below. Do not enter currency signs, do not enter "," or spaces. Decimal point "." is allowed though. Choosing a model in the NPR chart will auto-select it as model 2 in the calculator.
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| Brand | Model (139 entries) | Series | Cores | Memory (MiB) | Features
All: DX 9.0c, SM 3.0, GL 2.0
None: DX 11.1, GL 3.3 | NPR |
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| AMD | Radeon HD 5870 CF | Cypress XT | 1x2 | 1024x2 GDDR5 | DX 11, SM 5.0, GL 3.2 | 12.9 | | AMD | Radeon HD 5970 | Hemlock XT | 2 | 1024x2 GDDR5 | DX 11, SM 5.0, GL 3.2 | 11.5 | | AMD | Radeon HD 5850 CF | Cypress PRO | 1x2 | 1024x2 GDDR5 | DX 11, SM 5.0, GL 3.2 | 10.9 | | Nvidia | GeForce GTX 280 3-Way SLI | GT200 | 1x3 | 1024x3 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 8.8 | | Nvidia | GeForce GTX 295 SLI | GT200B | 2x2 | 896x4 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 8.6 | | Nvidia | GeForce GTX 285 SLI | GT200B | 1x2 | 1024x2 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 8.5 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4870 X2 CrossFire | RV700 | 2x2 | 1024x4 GDDR5 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 8.3 | | Nvidia | GeForce GTX 280 SLI | GT200 | 1x2 | 1024x2 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 8.3 | | AMD | Radeon HD 5770 CF | Juniper XT | 1x2 | 1024x2 GDDR5 | DX 11, SM 5.0, GL 3.2 | 8.0 | | AMD | Radeon HD 5870 | Cypress XT | 1 | 1024 GDDR5 | DX 11, SM 5.0, GL 3.2 | 8.0 | | Nvidia | GeForce GTX 260 SLI | GT200 | 1x2 | 896x2 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 7.0 | | Nvidia | GeForce 9800 GX2 Quad-SLI | G92 | 2x4 | 512x8 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 7.0 | | Nvidia | GeForce GTX 295 | GT200B | 2 | 896x2 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 6.9 | | AMD | Radeon HD 5850 | Cypress PRO | 1 | 1024 GDDR5 | DX 11, SM 5.0, GL 3.2 | 6.9 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4870 X2 | RV700 | 2 | 1024x2 GDDR5 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 6.7 | | Nvidia | GeForce 9800 GTX 3-Way SLI | G92 | 1x3 | 512x3 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 6.4 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4870 CrossFire | RV770 | 1x2 | 512x2 GDDR5 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 6.4 | | Nvidia | GeForce 9800 GTX+ SLI | G92B | 1x2 | 512x2 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 5.9 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4850 CrossFire | RV770 | 1x2 | 512x2 GDDR3 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 5.8 | | Nvidia | GeForce 9800 GTX SLI | G92 | 1x2 | 512x2 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 5.6 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4770 512MB CrossFire | RV740 | 1x2 | 512 GDDR5 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 5.4 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4890 1024MB | RV790 | 1 | 1024 GDDR5 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 5.4 | | Nvidia | GeForce GTX 285 2GB | GT200B | 1 | 2048 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 5.3 | | Nvidia | GeForce GTX 285 | GT200B | 1 | 1024 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 5.3 | | Nvidia | GeForce GTX 280 | GT200 | 1 | 1024 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 5.3 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4870 1024MB | RV770 | 1 | 1024 GDDR5 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 5.0 | | Nvidia | GeForce GTX 275 | GT200B | 1 | 896 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 5.0 | | Nvidia | GeForce GTX 260 v2 | GT200 | 1 | 896 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 4.9 | | AMD | Radeon HD 5770 | Juniper XT | 1 | 1024 GDDR5 | DX 11, SM 5.0, GL 3.2 | 4.9 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8800 GTX SLI | G80 | 1x2 | 768 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 4.8 | | AMD | Radeon HD 3870 X2 Quad-CrossFire | RV770 | 2x4 | 512x8 GDDR3 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 4.7 | | Nvidia | GeForce 9800 GX2 | G92 | 2 | 512x2 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 4.6 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4870 512MB | RV770 | 1 | 512 GDDR5 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 4.5 | | Nvidia | GeForce GTX 260 | GT200 | 1 | 896 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 4.3 | | AMD | Radeon HD 5750 | Juniper LE | 1 | 1024 GDDR5 | DX 11, SM 5.0, GL 3.2 | 4.1 | | Nvidia | GeForce GTS 250 | G92B | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 4.0 | | AMD | Radeon HD 2900 XT CrossFire | R600 | 1x2 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.0 | 4.0 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8800 GTS SLI 640MB | G80 | 1x2 | 640 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 3.9 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8800 GTS SLI 320MB | G80 | 1x2 | 320 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 3.9 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4850 512MB | RV770 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 3.8 | | Nvidia | GeForce 9800 GTX+ | G92B | 1 | 512 GGDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 3.8 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4770 512MB | RV740 | 1 | 512 GDDR5 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 3.6 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8800 Ultra | G80 | 1 | 768 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 3.5 | | Nvidia | GeForce 9800 GTX | G92 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 3.4 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4830 512MB | RV770 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 3.4 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8800 GTX | G80 | 1 | 768 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 3.3 | | AMD | Radeon X1950 XTX CrossFire | R580+ | 1x2 | 512 GDDR4 | | 3.2 | | AMD | Radeon HD 3870 X2 | RV680 | 2 | 512x2 GDDR3 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 3.1 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB | G92 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 3.1 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8800 GT 512MB | G92 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 3.1 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7900 GTX SLI | G71 | 1x2 | 512 GDDR3 | | 3.1 | | Nvidia | GeForce 9800 GT 1024MB | G92 | 1 | 1024 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 2.9 | | AMD | Radeon X1900 XTX CrossFire | R580 | 1x2 | 512 GDDR3 | | 2.9 | | AMD | Radeon HD 5670 | Redwood XT | 1 | 1024 GDDR5 | DX 11, SM 5.0, GL 3.2 | 2.9 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7800 GTX SLI 512MB | G70 | 1x2 | 512 GDDR3 | | 2.8 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7950 GX2 SLI | G71 | 2x2 | 512x4 GDDR3 | | 2.8 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7950 GT SLI | G71 | 1x2 | 512 GDDR3 | | 2.8 | | Nvidia | GeForce 9600 GT | G94 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 2.7 | | AMD | Radeon HD 3870 | RV670 | 1 | 512 GDDR4 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 2.7 | | AMD | Radeon X1900 XT CrossFire | R580 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | | 2.6 | | AMD | Radeon HD 2900 XT | R600 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.0 | 2.6 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB | G80 | 1 | 640 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 2.6 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB | G80 | 1 | 320 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 2.5 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7900 GT SLI | G71 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | | 2.5 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7950 GX2 | G71 | 2 | 512x2 GDDR3 | | 2.4 | | AMD | Radeon X1950 XT CrossFire | R580+ | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | | 2.4 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8800 GT 256MB | G92 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 2.4 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4670 512MB | RV730 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 2.3 | | Nvidia | GeForce 9600 GSO 384MB | G92 | 1 | 384 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 2.3 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8600 GTS SLI | G84 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 2.3 | | AMD | Radeon HD 3850 | RV670 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 2.3 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7800 GTX SLI 256MB | G70 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | | 2.2 | | AMD | Radeon X1950 XTX | R580+ | 1 | 512 GDDR4 | | 2.1 | | AMD | Radeon X1900 XTX | R580 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | | 2.0 | | AMD | Radeon HD 3690 256MB | RV635PRO | 1 | 256 DDR2 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 2.0 | | Nvidia | GeForce GT240 | GT215 | 1 | 1GB GDDR5 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.2 | 1.9 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7900 GTX | G71 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | | 1.9 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7800 GT SLI | G70 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.9 | | AMD | Radeon X1950 XT | R580+ | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.9 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4650 512MB | RV730PRO | 1 | 512 DDR2 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 1.9 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8600 GT SLI | G84 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 1.8 | | AMD | Radeon X1900 XT | R580 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.8 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7800 GTX 512MB | G70 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | | 1.8 | | AMD | Radeon X1800 XT 512MB | R520 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | | 1.7 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7950 GT | G71 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | | 1.7 | | Nvidia | GeForce GT220 | GT216 | 1 | 1GB DDR3 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.2 | 1.7 | | AMD | Radeon HD 2600 XT CrossFire | RV630 | 1x2 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.0 | 1.7 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7600 GT SLI | G73 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.6 | | AMD | Radeon X1800 XT 256MB | R520 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.6 | | AMD | Radeon X1650 XT CrossFire | RV560 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.6 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7900 GT | G71 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.6 | | AMD | Radeon X1950 Pro | RV570 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.5 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8600 GTS 512MB | G84 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 1.5 | | AMD | Radeon X1900 GT | R580 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.4 | | AMD | Radeon HD 2600 Pro CrossFire | RV630 | 1x2 | 256 DDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.0 | 1.4 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8600 GTS 256MB | G84 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 1.4 | | AMD | Radeon X1950 GT | RV570LE | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.4 | | Nvidia | GeForce 9500 GT 512MB | G96 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 1.4 | | Nvidia | GeForce 6800 Ultra SLI | NV45 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.4 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB | G70 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.3 | | AMD | Radeon X1800 XL | R520 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.3 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7900 GS | G71 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.3 | | Nvidia | GeForce 6800 GT SLI | NV45 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.2 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7800 GT | G70 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.2 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8600 GT | G84 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 1.2 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7600 GS SLI | G73 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR2 | | 1.2 | | AMD | Radeon HD 3650 512MB | RV635 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 1.1 | | AMD | Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB | RV630 | 1 | 256 GDDR4 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.0 | 1.1 | | AMD | Radeon HD 2600 XT 512MB | RV630 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.0 | 1.1 | | AMD | Radeon X1800 GTO | R520 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.1 | | AMD | Radeon X1650 Pro CrossFire | RV535 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.1 | | AMD | Radeon X1600 XT CrossFire | RV530 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.1 | | AMD | Radeon X1300 XT CrossFire | RV530 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.1 | | AMD | Radeon X1650 XT | RV560 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.0 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7600 GT | G73 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 1.0 | | AMD | Radeon HD 2600 Pro | RV630 | 1 | 256 DDR3 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.0 | 0.9 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4550 512MB | RV710 | 1 | 512 GDDR3 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 0.9 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8500 GT SLI | G86 | 1x2 | 512 DDR2 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 0.9 | | Nvidia | GeForce 6800 Ultra | NV45 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 0.9 | | AMD | Radeon X1600 Pro CrossFire | RV530 | 1x2 | 256 GDDR2 | | 0.8 | | Nvidia | GeForce 6800 GT | NV45 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 0.8 | | AMD | Radeon HD 4350 512MB | RV710 | 1 | 512 DDR2 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 0.8 | | AMD | Radeon X1650 Pro | RV535 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 0.8 | | AMD | Radeon X1600 XT | RV530 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 0.7 | | AMD | Radeon X1300 XT | RV530 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | | 0.7 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7600 GS | G73 | 1 | 256 GDDR2 | | 0.7 | | Nvidia | GeForce 6600 GT SLI | NV43 | 1x2 | 128 GDDR3 | | 0.7 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8500 GT | G86 | 1 | 512 DDR2 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 0.6 | | AMD | Radeon X1600 Pro | RV530 | 1 | 256 GDDR2 | | 0.6 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7300 GT | G73 | 1 | 256 DDR2 | | 0.5 | | Nvidia | GeForce GT210 | GT218 | 1 | 512MB DDR2 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.2 | 0.5 | | AMD | Radeon HD 2400 XT HM | RV610 | 1 | 128/512 DDR2 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.0 | 0.5 | | AMD | Radeon HD 2400 Pro HM | RV610 | 1 | 256/512 DDR2 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.0 | 0.5 | | AMD | Radeon X1300 Pro | RV515 | 1 | 256 DDR2 | | 0.4 | | Nvidia | GeForce 8400 GS TC | G86 | 1 | 256/512 DDR2 | DX 10.0, SM 4.0, GL 3.1 | 0.4 | | Nvidia | GeForce 6600 GT | NV43 | 1 | 128 GDDR3 | | 0.4 | | AMD | Radeon X1300 HM | RV515 | 1 | 128/512 DDR2 | | 0.4 | | AMD | Radeon HD 3450 256MB | RV620 | 1 | 256 GDDR3 | DX 10.1, SM 4.1, GL 3.0 | 0.3 | | Nvidia | GeForce 7300 GS TC | G72 | 1 | 128/512 DDR2 | | 0.3 | NPR Chart, upgrade advisor, cost calculator and CSV file © Roger Hågensen, EmSai 2010
Sources: Tom's Hardware 2007 VGA Roundup used for initial data. New models added individually when convenient from Tom's Hardware, techPowerUp, AnandTech, Firing Squad, Hot Hardware, Tech Report. |
