Rating of the best video cards for PC 2012

Last year, we already published a rating of the best graphics cards for PC 2011 on performance, it's time to update the indicators and present you with an updated line and graphics card rating of 2012.There was no fundamental difference in the composition of the producers, and no. The main battle has been unfolding for several years between Radeon and GeForce, which are clearly not going to give each other the pedestal of the rating.

Compare the changes in the top ten tops for 2011 and 2012.If a year earlier in the first ten there were 6 places for AMD and 4 for NVidia, then this time the gap increased: 7 video cards Radeon, against 3 GeForce.

Let's turn to the final table, so:

Rating of the best video cards for PC 2012

Let's take a closer look at the top three best video cards for PC 2012.

Radeon HD 6990 - is built on the Antilles core, on the process of 0.040 microns, with the number of transistors 5289 millionWith a peak current consumption of 375 watts, the core frequency is 830 MHz, and the 512-bit GDDR5 memory runs at 1250 MHz, allowing the bandwidth to be expanded to 320 GB / s. There is support for DirectX 11, HDTV, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio.

GeForce GTX 590 - core GF110x2, power consumption 365 watts, core frequency 607 MHz, GDDR5 memory with a frequency of 854 MHz and a bit capacity of 768 bits. Also supported: DirectX 11, nVidia PhysX, nVidia 3D Vision, HDTV, 7.1 sound, Dolby Digital Plus( DD +).

Radeon HD 5970 - the main differences from the above video cards: the Hemlock core, power consumption 294 Watts, core frequency 725 MHz, memory 1000 MHz, with 512-bit bus.
Having got acquainted with our rating of the best video cards for PC , it will be easier for you to choose the model that suits your needs, and if you are facing a choice of a laptop, read the rating of mobile video cards 2012.