PCR’s guide to graphics cards

Often regarded as one of the most prominent upgrades for a gaming PC, graphics cards can carry some serious processing power in their own right.

PCR takes a look at some of the latest products to hit this lucrative market.

PALIT GTX 680 – £399 plus VAT
Distributor: VIP Computers
The Palit Jetstream series of graphics cards features innovative cooling and an optimised product design to deliver gamers the ultimate gaming experience.

ASUS GEFORCE GT 640 – £63.89 plus VAT
Distributor: Spire Technology
A perfect bang-for- buck card that offers future proof performance for your everyday needs, 3D gaming, photo and graphic manipulation.

ZOTAC GTX 660 TI – Price TBC
Distributor: Entatech
Powered by our new Kepler architecture, the GeForce GTX 680 is the fastest, most efficient GPU ever built.

ASUS RADEON HD 7970 – £291.61 plus VAT
Distributor: Spire Technology
Excellent temperatures, even better noise levels, and a product built out of the best components.

GIGABYTE GEFORCE GTX 670 – £330
Distributor: Ingram Micro
The Gigabyte GeForce 670 offers a faster, smoother and richer gaming experience with performance that 9.8 per cent better than stock models.

GAINWARD GEFORCE GTX 680 PHANTOM 4GB – £500
Distributor: Entatech
It is really a ‘silent monster’, the fastest GTX 680 in the market and is extremely cool under gaming environments.

ASUS GEFORCE GTX 670 – £347.36 plus VAT
Distributor: Spire Technology
Pure performance – this card is fully ready to take on any challenge you can possibly throw at it now, and in years to come.

CLUB3D RADEON HD 7850 ROYALQUEEN – £140 plus VAT
Distributor: Ingram Micro
Get ready for the future with 28nm GPU technology, Graphics Core Next Architecture, AMD App Acceleration and support for Ultra HD 4096p resolutions and PCI Express 3.0.

GIGABYTE GEFORCE GTX 680 – £420
Distributor: Ingram Micro
The faster, smoother and smarter GeForce GTX 680 is equipped with Gigabyte’s latest innovative Triangle Cool technology.

SAPPHIRE TOXIC HD 7970 GHZ EDITION – £539.99
Distributor: Realtime Distribution
The Sapphire HD 7970 Toxic Edition is based on the latest HD 7970 GHz Edition GPU from AMD, together with a host of industry first and exclusive features to deliver maximum performance.

PNY GEFORCE GTX 670 – £299.99
Distributor: Micro-P
The GeForce GTX 670 combines high performance with exceptional power efficiency.

EVGA GEFORCE GTX 680 SUPERCLOCKED – £409.99
Distributor: Realtime Distribution, Micro-P
This card delivers truly game-changing performance that taps into the powerful new GeForce architecture to redefine smooth, seamless, lifelike gaming.

GAINWARD GEFORCE GTX 660 TI PHANTOM – £240
Distributor: Entatech
Gainward GTX 660 Ti Phantom continues the elegant design of the first generation.

CLUB 3D RADEON HD7970 ROYALACE – £319 plus VAT
Distributor: Ingram Micro
Club 3D takes a giant leap and destroys the competition with the release of the most quiet, cool and brutally fast Club 3D Radeon HD 7970 RoyalAce graphic card.

GAINWARD GEFORCE GTX 670 PHANTOM – £329
Distributor: Entatech
It is the ‘Shadowy Beast’. The Gainward GeForce GTX 670 Phantom, with the DNA of his big brother – GTX 680 Phantom, delivers elegant design and great performance for NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 670.

CLUB3D GEFORCE GTX 680 – £375
Distributor: Ingram Micro
The Club3D GeForce GTX 680 is the fastest and most power efficient GPU we’ve ever built.

SAPPHIRE VAPOR-X HD7970 GHZ EDITION – £399.99
Distributor: Realtime Distributon
SAPPHIRE HD 7970 3GB Vapor-X Edition has the latest GDDR5 memory clocked at 6000MHz effective, and runs with a core clock speed of 1000 MHz which with PowerTune Dynamic Boost rises to 1050 MHz on the engine.

XFX RADEON HD 7850 1GB – £129.99
Distributor: Entatech
The AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series is the upgrade gamers deserve. Based on the award-winning GCN Architecture, these cards are engineered for supremacy with the industry’s very first 28nm GPU design.

AFOX GEFORCE GTX S60TI – £170.99
Distributor: Target Components
With 384 CUDA cores and an improved architecture, the AF560-2048D5H1 is up to 25 per cent faster than its predecessor in DirectX 11 games.

CLUB3D GEFORCE GTX 670 – £255 plus VAT
Distributor: Ingram Micro
The Club 3D GeForce GTX 670 is the fastest and most power efficient GPU after the recently introduced GTX 680.

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