Guide on buying a new Graphics Card

The video graphics card made its appearance a long time ago, it is a vital component for your computer especially if you play video games . With the introduction of Win XP rendering graphics on PC took a new outlook and it brought many cheaper graphics card to digital market.3Dfx was the first company to introduce 3d video accelerator.It was sold to OEMs who put in their brands and sold to market.

It was followed by many other companies but none could succeed. Then nVidia and ATI hit the markets and the rest is history. Let us find some basic essentials you need to look out when buying a new graphics card.

Size of the memory :

This is very vital for your system’s performance. Choose wisely considering your applications demand.

Fill rate :

Speed at which your image will be rendered.

Anti-aliasing :

A technique used to smoothen images. Click here for more info.

Models :

Click here to view top 10 Graphics cards for Windows Xp.

Clock speed :

Though not critical, it is the per-clock performance of Graphics card.

Use the facilities @ http://wize.com/graphics-cards/for/windows-xp/503 to compare Graphics cards.