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.
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 3.50 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 4.60 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
| Video memory | 1 GB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 3.30 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 4.20 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260
also known as:
WinFast GTX 260 Extreme
| Video memory | 1 GB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 4.30 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 4.00 ... 5.90 |
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ASUS EAH4850 series
also known as:
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 4850 Series
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 3.40 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 3.50 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
also known as:
WinFast PX8800 GT
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 3.20 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 3.20 ... 5.90 |
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ASUS EAH3870 Series
also known as:
ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 3870
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 3.10 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 3.00 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA Geforce 9800 GT
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 3.00 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 3.00 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 3.70 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 3.00 ... 5.90 |
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ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series
also known as:
ASUS EAH4870 series, ATI Radeon HD 4870 Series
| Video memory | 1 GB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 2.20 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 2.30 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 2.00 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.90 | between 2.30 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
also known as:
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT [Dox Optimised 182.46], NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT [Dox Optimised 185.68]
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
Radeon X1900 CrossFire Edition
also known as:
Radeon X1900 Series
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | |
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Radeon X1950 Pro
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | |
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NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
also known as:
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | |
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Radeon X1950 Pro
also known as:
Radeon X1950 Series
| Video memory | 256 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | |
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Radeon X1950 Series
also known as:
Radeon X1900 Series, ASUS X1950 Series, Radeon X1950 CrossFire Edition
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.70 ... 5.80 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
also known as:
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX [Dox Optimised 185.68]
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.70 ... 5.80 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GX2
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.70 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.70 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
also known as:
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.70 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
also known as:
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.70 ... 5.80 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT [Custom Forceware 180.70]
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.70 ... 5.90 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.70 ... 5.80 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.70 ... 5.80 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
also known as:
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS
| Video memory | 512 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | between 5.80 ... 5.90 |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.70 ... 5.90 |
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Radeon X1900 Series
also known as:
Radeon X1950 Series
| Video memory | 256 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.70 ... 5.80 |
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Radeon X1900 GT
also known as:
Radeon X1900 Series
| Video memory | 256 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.70 ... 5.80 |
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NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
| Video memory | 256 MB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.70 ... 5.90 |
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ASUS EAH3850 Series
also known as:
ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 3850
| Video memory | 1 GB | |
| Graphics rating | 5.90 | |
| Gaming rating | 5.80 | between 5.60 ... 5.90 |
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