Top 10 Extreme Gaming Video Cards

Here are the Top 10 Extreme Gaming Video Cards, which are all best suited to the purpose of providing the absolute best value in Extreme Gaming from ATi and nVidia. Since different applications utilize varying performance qualities of graphics subsystems, the total performance index is not sufficient to make a clear determination of which video card is best for your use. If your application is engaged in performing some CUDA computations on an nVidia card, for instance, you might want to go for the highest FLOPS percentage on the pie chart for that card. That would indicate that the card is skewed towards high level GPU computation which is best suited for CUDA apps.

nVidia GeForce GTX 295
Manufacturer - nVidia
Series - GeForce GTX 200
GPU - GT200b x 2
Month of Release - 01/09
Interface - PCI-E 2.0 x16
Memory Clock, MHz - 999 (1998 DDR)
Core Clock, MHz - 576
Shader Clock, MHz - 1242
Memory Bandwidth, GB/sec - 223.8
FLOPS ,GFLOPS - 1788.5
Pixel Fill Rate, MPixels/sec - 32256
Texture Fill Rate, Mtexels/sec - 92160
Core Clock Index - 0.93
Shader Clock Index - 1.22
Memory Bandwidth Index - 4.08
FLOPS Index - 4.65
Pixel Fill Rate Index - 3.76
Texture Fill Rate Index - 4.63
Weighted Index - 13.99

nVidia GeForce GTX 285
Manufacturer - nVidia
Series - GeForce GTX 200
GPU - GT200b
Month of Release - 01/09
Interface - PCI-E 2.0 x16
Memory Clock, MHz - 1242 (2484 DDR)
Core Clock, MHz - 648
Shader Clock, MHz - 1476
Memory Bandwidth, GB/sec - 159.0
FLOPS ,GFLOPS - 1062.7
Pixel Fill Rate, MPixels/sec - 20736
Texture Fill Rate, Mtexels/sec - 51840
Core Clock Index - 1.05
Shader Clock Index - 1.45
Memory Bandwidth Index - 2.90
FLOPS Index - 2.76
Pixel Fill Rate Index - 2.42
Texture Fill Rate Index - 2.60
Weighted Index - 9.41

nVidia GeForce 9800 GX2
Manufacturer - nVidia
Series - GeForce 9
GPU - G92 x 2
Month of Release - 03/08
Interface - PCI-E 2.0 x16
Memory Clock, MHz - 1000 (2000 DDR)
Core Clock, MHz - 600
Shader Clock, MHz - 1500
Memory Bandwidth, GB/sec - 128.0
FLOPS ,GFLOPS - 768.0
Pixel Fill Rate, MPixels/sec - 19200
Texture Fill Rate, Mtexels/sec - 76800
Core Clock Index - 0.97
Shader Clock Index - 1.47
Memory Bandwidth Index - 2.33
FLOPS Index - 2.00
Pixel Fill Rate Index - 2.24
Texture Fill Rate Index - 3.86
Weighted Index - 8.59

ATi Radeon HD 4890
Manufacturer - ATi
Series - Radeon HD 4K
GPU - RV790
Month of Release - 04/09
Interface - PCI-E 2.0 x16
Memory Clock, MHz - 1950 (3900 DDR)
Core Clock, MHz - 850
Shader Clock, MHz - 850
Memory Bandwidth, GB/sec - 124.8
FLOPS ,GFLOPS - 1360.0
Pixel Fill Rate, MPixels/sec - 13600
Texture Fill Rate, Mtexels/sec - 34000
Core Clock Index - 1.37
Shader Clock Index - 0.83
Memory Bandwidth Index - 2.27
FLOPS Index - 3.53
Pixel Fill Rate Index - 1.59
Texture Fill Rate Index - 1.71
Weighted Index - 8.56

nVidia GeForce GTX 280
Manufacturer - nVidia
Series - GeForce GTX 200
GPU - GT200
Month of Release - 06/08
Interface - PCI-E 2.0 x16
Memory Clock, MHz - 1107 (2214 DDR)
Core Clock, MHz - 602
Shader Clock, MHz - 1296
Memory Bandwidth, GB/sec - 141.7
FLOPS ,GFLOPS - 933.1
Pixel Fill Rate, MPixels/sec - 19264
Texture Fill Rate, Mtexels/sec - 48160
Core Clock Index - 0.97
Shader Clock Index - 1.27
Memory Bandwidth Index - 2.58
FLOPS Index - 2.42
Pixel Fill Rate Index - 2.25
Texture Fill Rate Index - 2.42
Weighted Index - 8.46

nVidia GeForce GTX 275
Manufacturer - nVidia
Series - GeForce GTX 200
GPU - GT200b
Month of Release - 04/09
Interface - PCI-E 2.0 x16
Memory Clock, MHz - 1134 (2268 DDR)
Core Clock, MHz - 633
Shader Clock, MHz - 1404
Memory Bandwidth, GB/sec - 127.0
FLOPS ,GFLOPS - 1010.9
Pixel Fill Rate, MPixels/sec - 17724
Texture Fill Rate, Mtexels/sec - 50640
Core Clock Index - 1.02
Shader Clock Index - 1.38
Memory Bandwidth Index - 2.31
FLOPS Index - 2.63
Pixel Fill Rate Index - 2.07
Texture Fill Rate Index - 2.54
Weighted Index - 8.44

ATi Radeon HD 3870 X2
Manufacturer - ATi
Series - Radeon HD 3k
GPU - RV670 x 2
Month of Release - 01/08
Interface - PCI-E 2.0 x16
Memory Clock, MHz - 900 (1800 DDR)
Core Clock, MHz - 825
Shader Clock, MHz - 825
Memory Bandwidth, GB/sec - 115.2
FLOPS ,GFLOPS - 1056.0
Pixel Fill Rate, MPixels/sec - 26400
Texture Fill Rate, Mtexels/sec - 26400
Core Clock Index - 1.33
Shader Clock Index - 0.81
Memory Bandwidth Index - 2.10
FLOPS Index - 2.74
Pixel Fill Rate Index - 3.08
Texture Fill Rate Index - 1.33
Weighted Index - 8.11

ATi Radeon HD 4870
Manufacturer - ATi
Series - Radeon HD 4K
GPU - RV770
Month of Release - 06/08
Interface - PCI-E 2.0 x16
Memory Clock, MHz - 1800 (3600 DDR)
Core Clock, MHz - 750
Shader Clock, MHz - 750
Memory Bandwidth, GB/sec - 115.2
FLOPS ,GFLOPS - 1200.0
Pixel Fill Rate, MPixels/sec - 12000
Texture Fill Rate, Mtexels/sec - 30000
Core Clock Index - 1.21
Shader Clock Index - 0.73
Memory Bandwidth Index - 2.10
FLOPS Index - 3.12
Pixel Fill Rate Index - 1.40
Texture Fill Rate Index - 1.51
Weighted Index - 7.64

nVidia GeForce GTX 260 (55nm)
Manufacturer - nVidia
Series - GeForce GTX 200
GPU - GT200b
Month of Release - 12/08
Interface - PCI-E 2.0 x16
Memory Clock, MHz - 999 (1998 DDR)
Core Clock, MHz - 576
Shader Clock, MHz - 1350
Memory Bandwidth, GB/sec - 111.9
FLOPS ,GFLOPS - 874.8
Pixel Fill Rate, MPixels/sec - 16128
Texture Fill Rate, Mtexels/sec - 41472
Core Clock Index - 0.93
Shader Clock Index - 1.32
Memory Bandwidth Index - 2.04
FLOPS Index - 2.27
Pixel Fill Rate Index - 1.88
Texture Fill Rate Index - 2.08
Weighted Index - 7.42

nVidia GeForce GTX 260 (216 Shaders)
Manufacturer - nVidia
Series - GeForce GTX 200
GPU - GT200
Month of Release - 09/08
Interface - PCI-E 2.0 x16
Memory Clock, MHz - 999 (1998 DDR)
Core Clock, MHz - 576
Shader Clock, MHz - 1240
Memory Bandwidth, GB/sec - 111.9
FLOPS ,GFLOPS - 803.5
Pixel Fill Rate, MPixels/sec - 16128
Texture Fill Rate, Mtexels/sec - 41472
Core Clock Index - 0.93
Shader Clock Index - 1.21
Memory Bandwidth Index - 2.04
FLOPS Index - 2.09
Pixel Fill Rate Index - 1.88
Texture Fill Rate Index - 2.08
Weighted Index - 7.18