Performance-Mainstream Category

The results obtained during the tests in Performance-Mainstream category also turned out quite good. They confirmed that Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood doesn’t require a $500 graphics accelerator. If you are playing in 1920x1200 maximum resolution, you can do just fine with a Radeon HD 4770 priced at only $100. Even if this rare graphics card is not available, you can settle for a Radeon HD 4850.

The advantage of Nvidia solutions is not so obvious here, because GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 yields to Radeon HD 4870 in minimal performance. Therefore, the only argument in favor of this particular card will be lower power consumption and noise, and also performance in other games, if you decide to take into account more diverse performance aspects when choosing a graphics accelerator. However, GeForce GTX 275 has no competitors whatsoever and this solution can work in even higher resolutions that 1920x1200.

But the ultimate favorite of the Performance-Mainstream category is a modest Radeon HD 4770 that seems to be pretty confident among several much more “muscular” opponents. It has every right to take over the true people’s graphics card title from Radeon HD 4850.