Best Graphics card for the money- March 2009

An article that may be of use to folks who are looking to upgrade, or who might want to in the near future.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforc...ml#xtor=RSS-182

Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart- January 2009
(also has best cards sorted by price range and interface, if you explore the drop-down menu)
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-g...ard,2118-7.html

Handy PNG format for DLing:

I was reading that this morning. Certainly some good information and food for thought there. I'm hopeful that prices will continue to drop, at least until May when I plan to start on a major PC overhaul....

Sarge wrote:I was reading that this morning. Certainly some good information and food for thought there. I'm hopeful that prices will continue to drop, at least until May when I plan to start on a major PC overhaul....

Some more info added to OP.

That chart is great. It's almost impossible to keep the various cards straight otherwise given the confusing numbering schemes that each company (purposely) uses.

The rule of thumb that the author used was that if you weren't jumping up more than 3 levels on the hierarchy, it wasn't worth doing an upgrade.