EVGA GeForce GTX 275 Superclocked

Description: The eVGA GTX 275 graphics card delivers best-in-class graphics performance in the hottest games. And with full GPU-acceleration for NVIDIA PhysX technology, eVGA GTX 275 will change your 3D gaming with insane PhysX gaming effects by bringing dynamic forces of nature and massively destructible environments to games such as Sacred 2 and Mirror's Edge. With up to 1792MB of super fast DDR3 memory, you get enough memory to handle the highest of resolutions and texture quality. A graphics card that does just graphics isn't enough anymore, the eVGA GTX 275 with NVIDIA CUDA technology delivers Graphics Plus.

Intro: The eVGA GeForce GTX 275 Superclocked is an 896 MB, mainstream 3D card.Compared to other mainstream 3D display cards on the market, it is expensive at around $265.

Noteworthy Features: Has a 2.38 GHz memory clock speed.This is faster than the average graphics card on the market today, but is to be expected for a graphics card of this price.Also, this graphics card has 896 MB RAM, which is more than some similarly priced display cards.

Weaker Features: None noted, given available product data.

Suitability: Suited for all productivity tasks, as well as for the casual 3D gamer.This card supports DirectX 10 technology, used in Microsoft's Windows Vista OS, and is the new technology for the upcoming generation of high-performance games.

Value: In general, this graphics card's features are as expected for this price.Also, if you were to judge primarily by the card's chipset you could expect to pay about 30% less for a similarly capable card.

Suggestions: (1) This card has DVI-out to connect to similarly enabled flat panel or plasma monitors and produce a clearer picture than does analog-to-digital conversion.(2) For Editor's Reviews of the latest graphics cards, visit the graphics and sound section of CNET's website.

GPU Performance: This card is compatible with the new rendering features of DirectX 10, which is featured in the Windows Vista operating system.

Vista Capability: This is a modern video card capable of running all the new features in Windows Vista, including the upcoming DirectX 10.