Graphics cards these days are no longer considered as luxuries especially when you need some juice in your computer, whether it is a laptop or desktop, to view HD movies, play non-lagging 3D games, and even experience multi-tasking images, videos, and photos with almost no delay or interruption. Since this is a necessity, two companies have emerged to provide the best kind of graphic cards that can satisfy any user. And with new computers being released this year, you can also encounter the top 10best graphic cards that will attract the crowd for 2012.
Note: The rank has been based on the comparison of vital specs for graphic cards such as Memory Compositions such as Bus Size, Storage Size, and Memory Bandwidth. One specification in this part can compensate for another card’s weakness. Also Graphics Clock speed is vital to data processing of images when meeting demands of pixilation, shading, and other effects that supply whatever is needed for OpenGL and DirectX supporting games. An below are 10 best graphic cards 2012
10. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti
GPU Model: Kepler GK106
Graphics Clock: ~1100 MHz
Stream Processors: 448
Memory: 128-bit 2048 MB GDDR5 at ~150 GB/sec
DirectX Support: 11.1
OpenGL Support: 4.1
9. AMD Radeon HD 6970
GPU Model: Cayman XT
Graphics Clock: ~880 MHz
Stream Processors: 1536
Memory: 256-bit 2048 MB GDDR5 at ~176 GB/sec
DirectX Support: 11.0
OpenGL Support: 4.0
8. AMD Radeon HD 5970
Graphics Clock: ~725 MHz
Stream Processors: 1600
Memory: 512-bit 2048 MB GDDR5 at ~256.0 GB/sec
DirectX Support: 11.0
OpenGL Support: 3.2
7. AMD Radeon HD 7950
GPU Model: Tahiti Pro
Graphics Clock: ~800 MHz
Stream Processors: 1792
Memory: 384-bit 3072 MB GDDR5 at ~240 GB/sec
DirectX Support: 11.1
OpenGL Support: 4.2
6. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670
GPU Model: Kepler GK104
Graphics Clock: ~1050 MHz
Stream Processors: 576
Memory: 256-bit 2048 MB GDDR5 at ~204.8 GB/sec
DirectX Support: 11.1
OpenGL Support: 4.2
5. AMD Radeon HD 7970
GPU Model: Tahiti XT
Graphics Clock: ~925 MHz
Stream Processors: 2048
Memory: 384-bit 3072 MB GDDR5 at ~264 GB/sec
DirectX Support: 11.1
OpenGL Support: 4.2
4. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
GPU Model: Kepler GK104
Graphics Clock: ~1200 MHz
Stream Processors: 640
Memory: 256-bit 2048 MB GDDR5 at ~230.4 GB/sec
DirectX Support: 11.1
OpenGL Support: 4.2
3. NVIDIA Geforce GTX 590
Graphics Clock: ~607 MHz
Stream Processors: 1024
Memory: 768-bit 3072 MB GDDR5 at ~327.7 GB/sec
DirectX Support: 11.1
OpenGL Support: 4.2
2. AMD Radeon HD 6990
Graphics Clock: ~830 MHz
Stream Processors: 3072
Memory: 512-bit 4096 MB GDDR5 at ~320 GB/sec
DirectX Support: 11.1
OpenGL Support: 4.2
1. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 690
GPU Model: 2 x Kepler GK104
Graphics Clock: ~ 900 MHz
Stream Processors: 1280
Memory: 512-bit 4096 MB GDDR5 at ~384 GB/sec
DirectX Support: 11.1
OpenGL Support: 4.2
