Best Graphics Cards for the Money, Nov Ed.
November 9, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Deals, Desktops, Gaming
As manufacturers constantly come out with new hardware, the answer to the question “what is the best graphic card for my money?” also changes. I don’t have the time to do the research and check out the specs, and that’s why I’m thankful Tom’s Hardware takes care of that for me, through the website’s Best Graphics Cards for the Money series.
Like previous editions, the November 2009 issue simply lists the best graphics card(s) for a particular price point, and explains why it is so. Without further ado, here are the cards:
Price
Card
$55
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4650 100253HDMI
$80
HIS Radeon HD 4670 H467QS1GH
$90
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NVIDIA Releases Drivers for Windows 7 RC1
April 30, 2009 by Rico Mossesgeld
Filed under Tools
Coinciding with the release of Windows 7 release candidate 1 (today for MSDN and Technet subscribers and on the 5th for the laymen), NVIDIA has released drivers for the OS. The package comes in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors The tech-heads over at Anandtech declare version 185.81 “much more polished” than 185.71, released for the first beta version of Windows 7.
Why is this development important? Well, anyone wanting to run their NVIDIA graphics cards properly on Windows 7 will obviously need this. Which cards are supported? Let’s take a look at the release notes (a more detailed version is available here):
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