There is a huge range of video cards on the market now. It is worth coming to the store - your eyes immediately run up from a huge number of bright, colored boxes and ominous-looking video cards with painted terrible coolers and no less terrible prices. But how to look behind the price and find out what characteristics they hide?
Instructions
Step 1
If you are just choosing which video card to buy and want to know its characteristics, then the easiest way to do this is by going to the manufacturer's website and choosing the product you are interested in. If you have not yet decided on the choice and are just thinking about where to stop, then it is best to look at reviews of various cards on the Internet on specialized sites, or just type in any search engine "comparison of video cards". There, by charts and tables, you can easily determine what is better and what is worse.
Step 2
If you have already purchased a card and now want to find out what is inside it, then for this you need diagnostic programs such as SiSoft Sandra, Aida, Everest or any similar program that can tell in detail what is on the other side of the cover. computer.
Step 3
If you want to check the performance of a video card, then you need to opt for various benchmarks and synthetic tests that load the video card to the maximum, squeeze all the juices out of it, and at the end give the result in the form of some abstract numbers. True, there is often a comparison with other popular cards. The most popular of these tests are 3DMark, CINEBENCH, AquaMark and many others. In addition, some modern games also have built-in graphics tests, you can use them as well.
Step 4
Another program that can tell you about the characteristics of a video card is RivaTuner. However, this is not so much a diagnostic program as a software package for overclocking a video card, unlocking disabled blocks in GPUs, cooling control and much more. It will be useful for both Nvidia and ATI cardholders.
