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PassMark Software has delved into the thousands of benchmark results that PerformanceTest users have posted to its web site and produced four charts to help compare the relative performance of different video cards (less frequently known as graphics accelerator cards or display adapters) from major manufacturers such as ATI, nVidia, Intel and others. Higher quality video cards improve overall system performance for many computing activities such as PC gaming, video editing and software development. Recently introduced ATI video cards (such as the ATI Radeon HD) and nVidia graphics cards (such as the nVidia GTX and nVidia Quadro FX) using the PCI-Express (or PCI-E) standard are common in our high end video card charts.

High End Video Card Chart

Mid Range Video Card Chart

Low End Video Card Chart

Searchable Video Card List

Video Card Market Share 30 Days

Last updated on the 8th of February 2010

Benchmark Test Description

Video Card Benchmark results (“Baselines”) were gathered from users’ submissions to the PassMark web site as well as from internal testing. PerformanceTest conducts three different tests and then averages the results together to determine the PassMark 3D Mark rating for a system... [ Read the entire article]

Notes Related to the Graphs

Rarely is a graph completely accurate in what it is representing. There are many factors that can skew the results and make a graph misleading. As such it is necessary to have some background understanding of the data being presented.

In the case of these Video Card Benchmarks there are several factors to consider, such as different system setups the Video Cards are running under and the possibility that users have overclocked their systems.... [ Learn more about the graphs]

Current Top Ten List

#1 Radeon HD 5870
#2 Radeon HD 5850
#3 GeForce GTX 285
#4 Radeon HD 4890
#5 GeForce GTX 280
#6 ASUS EAH4890
#7 GeForce GTX 275
#8 Radeon HD 4870
#9 RV790
#10 GeForce GTX 260

How to Add Your Graphics Card to our Graphs

Download and install the latest version of PerformanceTest.
Start PerformanceTest then from the menu bar select "Tests -> Run All Tests".
Once the tests have run select "Baseline -> Upload Baseline to Web".

Your results will not appear in the graphs immediately as the graphs are only updated once per day. Additionally, only Video Cards of which there are at least three samples are included in the graphs.