Pickin' a processor

[Matthew Gillen]

Mark J. Dulcey wrote:
> Matthew Gillen wrote:
>>
>> Honestly, at this point I just want to learn a single vendor's
>> numbering/naming scheme so that I can keep my sanity.  Nvidia's system is
>> maddening (who would think that a 7800 is a /much/ better card than a
>> 8400?), I can't imagine ATI's system is much better.
> 
> The video card system actually isn't all that bad. The first digit tells
> which generation of hardware it is (a slight wrinkle from ATI, x, x1,
> and x2 count as first "digits"), and the rest gives some idea of the
> performance level of the card (higher is better). They do muddy the
> waters a b it with suffixes; for example, a GTX card is faster than a
> GTS which is faster than a GT which is faster than a GS, and an LE card
> is always the worst. But it's a little easier to sort out than the CPUs
> right now.

That was a great post with lots of good info, but I still don't see how you
are supposed to know which card will be better for you (unless there's
difference of 1000 or more in the model number, in which case the newer
generation is always better):  going back to the 7800 vs. 8400, I think it's
sort of silly that I have to go to Tom's Hardware to figure out how they
compare.  And that's within the same vendor's product line!

Thanks for the detailed info though, that was great :-)

Matt

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