AMD Radeon HD 7850 Read Our Review
Our Verdict: This $249 video card is a price-vs.-performance winner. Its frame rates approach or top much pricier Nvidia GeForce GTX 500-series cards while using much less power. Unless you need more speed for extreme resolutions or multiple LCDs, this card is an excellent value.
EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Ti Superclocked Read Our Review
Our Verdict: Nvidia’s mid-tier, Kepler-based graphics card was worth the wait, delivering excellent performance for the price while sipping less power than its predecessors and its direct competition.
AMD Radeon HD 7950 Read Our Review
Our Verdict: AMD’s Radeon HD 7970 may be the new single-GPU video-card performance leader, but at $100 less and nearly as fast, the HD 7950 is the smarter buy if you’re looking for both power and value. (Like its sibling, however, some of its future-looking features look a bit far over the horizon.)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 Read Our Review
Our Verdict: Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 670 performs nearly as well, in some cases, as the pricier GTX 680, and it bests AMD’s similarly priced Radeon HD 7950. It’s a good fit for demanding gamers who want serious performance at high resolutions, but don’t want to pay more.
Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 Read Our Review
Our Verdict: Nvidia's 2012 flagship card may not top AMD's HD 7970 in every game or benchmark test, but it won or came close in every one we ran. It's also priced $50 less than AMD's competing card and uses much less power under load. It's more muscle than most gamers need, but it's hard to discount this card's abilities.
EVGA GeForce GTX 660 Superclocked Read Our Review
Our Verdict: The GTX 660 offers excellent performance on 1080p monitors and gives AMD serious competition. With speeds approaching those of last year’s high-end cards, it packs a wallop for a card its price.
AMD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition Read Our Review
Our Verdict: At $349, the Radeon HD 7870 is pricey. But overall, it manages impressive performance, outpacing Nvidia's similarly priced GeForce GTX 570 on most tests, even besting the step-up GTX 580 on a few. It's a safe choice for those who need this level of performance now, but cautious gamers might wait to see what Nvidia offers later this year.
AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition Read Our Review
Our Verdict: The Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition offers the best overall gaming frame rates we've seen at or near its $159 price, plus the same future-looking features of AMD's much pricier cards. Its main limitation: At 1080p resolutions, you may have to dial back some settings in today's most-demanding titles.
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