Here’s a comparison, review, and rating of our top rated graphics/video cards of 2011 (ordered by rating and popularity).
Top 10 Graphics/Video Cards 2011
| Product | Price and Rating | Memory Size/ Interface/ Type/ Engine Clock | Ports | Warranty |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ASUS HD7850-DC2-2GD5 Radeon 2GB DDR5 VGA/DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort GPU Tweak Utilities PCI-Express 3.0 Graphics Card HD7850-DC2-2GD5 | 870MHz core clock/ 1024 Stream Processing Units/ 1210MHz (4.84Gbps) effective memory clock/ 2GB memory size/ | 1 x HDMI/ 2 x Mini DisplayPort/ 1 x DVI | 3 years parts and labor warranty. | |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 7850 2 GB DDR5 HDMI/DVI-I/Dual Mini DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11200-00-20G | 860MHZ core clock/ 1024 Stream Processing Units/ 1200MHz (4.8Gbps) effective memory clock/ 2GB memory size/ | 1 x HDMI/ 2 x Mini DisplayPort/ 1 x DVI | 2 years limited parts and labor | |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 OC 3GB DDR5 HDMI/DVI-I/Dual Mini DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 11197-01-40G | 950/1000MHz Core Clock / 2048 Stream Processing Units/ 5700/5800MHz effective memory clock/ 3GB memory size/ 384-bit/ GDDR5/ | 1 x HDMI/ 2 x Mini DisplayPort/ 1 x DVI | 2 years limited parts and labor | |
| EVGA GeForce GTX480 1536MB GDDR5 Dual DVI, HDMI, SLI Graphics Cards 015-P3-1480-KR | 1536MB/ 384-bit/ GDDR5/ Core Clock 700MHz/ Shader Clock 1401MHz/ | 1 x mini HDMI/ 2 x DVI/ 2560 x 1600 max resolution | 3 years parts and labor warranty. | |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Superclocked 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Card - Lifetime Warranty 01G-P3-1563-AR | 1GB/ 256-bit/ GDDR5 | 1 x mini HDMI/ 2 x DVI | Lifetime warranty period for parts and labor. | |
| Sapphire Radeon Eyefinity HD 6970 2 GB DDR5 DL-DVI-I/SL-DVI-D/HDMI/Dual Mini DP PCI-Express Graphics Card 100311-2SR | 2GB/ 256-bit/ GDDR5/ 1536 Stream Processing Units/ 1375MHz effective memory clock/ 880MHz core clock/ | 1 x HDMI/ 2 x Mini DisplayPort/ 2 x DVI/ max resolution of 2560 x 1600/ Eyefinity support, CrossFire X support | 2 years parts and labor warranty. | |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 550 Ti FPB 1024 MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 2DVI/Mini-HDMI SLI Ready Graphics Card, 01G-P3-1556-KR | 1GB/ 192-bit/ GDDR5 | 1 x mini HDMI/ 2 x DVI | 2 year parts and labor warranty. | |
| XFX ATI Radeon HD6870 GPU 1 GB DDR5 HD687AZNFC | 1GB/ 256-bit/ DDR5/ Effective Memory Clock 1050MHz (4.2Gbps)/ Core Clock 900MHz | 2 x DVI/ 2 x Mini DisplayPort/ 1 x HDMI | Lifetime Limited Parts and Labor Warranty | |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 6950 2 GB DDR5 100312SR | 2GB/ 256-bit/ GDDR5/ RAMDAC 400 MHz/ 1408 Stream Processing Units | 2 x DVI/ 2 x Mini DisplayPort/ 1 x HDMI | 2 Years Limited Parts and Labor | |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 570 1280MB GDDR5 012-P3-1570-AR | 1280MB/ 320-bit/ GDDR5/ Effective Memory 3800MHz/ Core 732MHz/ RAMDAC 400 MHz | 2 x DVI/ 1 x mini HDMI | Lifetime Limited Parts and Labor Warranty | |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 590 Classified 3072 MB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 3DVI/Mini-Display Port SLI Ready Limited Lifetime Warranty Graphics Card, 03G-P3-1596-AR | 3GB/ 768-bit/ GDDR5/ 3456MHz/ 630MHz/ Shader 1260MHz/ PCI Express 2.0 x16 | Max Resolution 2560 x 1600/ 1 x Mini DisplayPort/ 3 x DVI | Lifetime Limited Parts and Labor Warranty. | |
| Sapphire Radeon HD 6850 1 GB GDDR5 | 1GB/ 256-bit/ GDDR5/ Effective Memory Clock 1000MHz (4.0Gbps)/ Core Clock 775MHz | 1 x HDMI/ 1 x DisplayPort/ 2 x DVI | 2 Years Parts and Labor | |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 580 3072 MB GDDR5 PCB PCI Express 2.0 2DVI/Mini-HDMI SLI Ready Limited Lifetime Warranty Graphics Card, 03G-P3-1584-AR | 3072MB/ 384-bit/ GDDR5/ 1544MHz shader clock/ 772MHz core clock/ 400 MHz RAMDAC | 1 x mini HDMI/ 2 x DVI/ NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround Ready/ NVIDIA CUDA technolog/ NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology | Lifetime Limited Warranty for Parts and Labor. | |
| EVGA nVidia GeForce 9500GT graphics card - Over 800 days on the bestseller list and still number 1. | 1GB/ 128-bit/ DDR2/ 550MHz | 2 x DVI/ HDTV / S-Video Out | 2 years limited parts and labor | |
| HIS Radeon HD 4670 Graphics Card H467QR1GH | 1GB/ 128-bit/ DDR3/ 750MHz | 1 x HDMI/ 1 x D-SUB/ 1 x DVI | 2 years limited parts and labor | |
| MSI GeForce GTX560 1 GB DDR5 | 1GB/ 256-bit/ GDDR5/ Effective Memory 4200MHz/ Core Clock - 880MHz | 1 x mini HDMI/ 2 x DVI | 3 Years limited parts/ 2 years limited labor | |
| EVGA GeForce GTX460 Graphics Card1024 MB DDR5 01G-P3-1371-AR | 1GB/ 256-bit/ GDDR5/ Effective Memory Clock 3600MHz/ Core Clock 720MHz | 1 x mini HDMI 1.4/ 2 x DVI | Lifetime Limited Parts and Labor | |
| Sapphire Radeon HD5770 Video Card Vapor-X 1 GB DDR5 | 1GB/ 128-bit/ GDDR5/ RAMDAC 400 MHz/ 800 Stream Processing Units | 2 x DVI/ 1 x DisplayPort/ 1 x HDMI | 2 Years Limited Parts and Labor | |
| EVGA GeForce GTX 580 Superclocked 1536 MB GDDR5 015-P3-1582-AR | 1536MB/ 384-bit/ GDDR5/ Effective Memory 4050 MHz/ Core Clock 797Mhz | 2 x DVI/ 1 x mini HDMI | Lifetime Limited Parts and Labor Warranty |