It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that better graphics cards will result in a better gaming experience. Just by looking at the price, you'll be able to know that the piece of hardware that you're going to add-on to your motherboard will significantly improve how your computer runs.

Graphics cards that are aimed at gamers are the ones that get the most attention because these are the cards that push your hardware to the limit. It is the single factor that essentially gives you an edge whenever you're running high-end games on huge resolutions. Because of this, the latest technology in graphics cards is quite expensive.

The better it performs the higher in price it goes. The following couple of video cards are the ones that perform the very best. These are the cards that essentially push the video game to its very best. They are the fastest and consequently, the most expensive video cards that are out there.

Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT

The first of the bunch is the Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT. This is the latest card that the Nvidia Company is offering in their 8800 series. In this latest release, they have made several improvements to the chipset in the sense that they have made it so that the graphics cards consumes less power than the other 8800 chips that are currently out in the market.

It also has an integrated HD video decoding which makes it even more capable of playing back HD video. The 8800 GT also performs even much better than the 8800 GTS because on several benchmark tests, it almost catches up to the more costly 8800 GTX. This makes the GTS and the GTX hard to recommend to people who are looking for quality and affordability

ATI Radeon HD 3870

The ATI Radeon lineup has always been a favorite of the gaming gurus. Even though the popularity and the sales dipped because of the lackluster performance in the past, the ATI cards are beginning to look at lot more attractive again with its new release.

The ATI Radeon HD 3800 series includes the most recent round of DX10 video cards. The HD 3870 has a core clock speed of 775 MHz and it comes with 512 MB of DDR4 memory. ATI Radeon has been able to come up with a chip that rivals their former champion, the HD 2900 XT at a much lower cost. Even though the HD 3870 isn't as quite as fast as the GeForce 8800 GT, it is still priced very competitively.