Windows Vista gaming and graphics ratings for the most popular video cards
Windows Vista has introduced a new way of rating the speed and capabilities of video cards. It does so by a program called WinSAT, which benchmarks your PC's most important parts and gives each part a score (also called a Windows Experience Index), usually between 1 and 6, with 6 being the best and 1 being the lowest.
For video cards, Vista computes 2 ratings:
Gaming rating - this refers to your video board's ability of running the latest games in very high quality and with the highest frame rate.
Graphics rating - this refers to the ability of Windows Vista to run its Aero user interface (which includes transparent window borders) at high speed.
ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285
NVIDIA Geforce 9800 GT
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra
Radeon X1800 Series
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | |
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Radeon X1900 Series
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | |
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Radeon X1950 Series
also known as:
Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | |
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ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | |
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NVIDIA GeForce 7900 GTX
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | |
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ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | |
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 230
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | |
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NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | |
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 140
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | |
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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | |
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ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series
also known as:
ATI Radeon HD 3850, ASUS EAH3850 Series
| Video memory | 256 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | |
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ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
also known as:
ATI Radeon HD 4870, ASUS EAH4870 series
| Video memory | 1 GB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 5.80 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
| Video memory | 1 GB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 5.80 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
| Video memory | 1 GB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 5.70 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 5.80 ... 6.40 |
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ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
also known as:
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 5.80 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 5.80 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 5.80 ... 5.90 |
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Radeon X1950 Series
| Video memory | 256 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 5.60 ... 5.90 |
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ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2
also known as:
ASUS EAH4870x2
| Video memory | 1 GB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 5.00 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 5.30 ... 5.90 |
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ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
also known as:
ATI Radeon HD 4850 Series, ASUS EAH4850 series
| Video memory | 1 GB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 5.10 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 5.30 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX
| Video memory | 1 GB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 5.60 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 5.30 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 5.30 ... 5.90 |
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ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO
also known as:
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 5.20 ... 5.90 |
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