1. Graphics card manufacturer

According to the current market share, the common display chip manufacturers are: Intel, ATI, nVidia, VIA (S3), SIS, Matrox, XGI and 3D Labs. Among them, Intel, VIA (S3) and SIS mainly produce integrated chips; ATI and nVidia are mainly independent chips, which are the mainstream in the market at present; Matrox and 3D Labs are mainly aimed at the professional graphics market.

Super brand:

These graphics card manufacturers can also manufacture display chips. Although some of their brands are dead and some are hard to see, their technical strength exceeds that of ordinary graphics card manufacturers, so we call them super brands. (Zuo Yingwei)

3dfx:

Maybe this name is strange to you, but it is 3dfx that has brought us from the 2D era to the 3D era. His "Voodoo" series of graphics cards is the dream of countless players, and there are still quite a few voodoo fans around the world. The failure of 3dfx lies in its complacency and refusal to sell chips to other graphics card manufacturers, which led to the high cost of graphics cards and the slow launch of new products, which eventually led to its acquisition by NVIDIA. However, the influence of 3dfx is still far-reaching. At present, the technology of 3dfx is also applied to the latest graphics card. In short, if you are a 3D gamer, you must remember this name-3DFX.

ATI:

Although the veteran graphics card manufacturer started late in 3D, he learned the lesson of 3dfx, followed NVIDIA in time and opened the production license, while focusing on chip design. Now he can compete with NVIDIA. ATI original graphics card (actually made of sapphire) has excellent workmanship and image quality, and the all-round series of integrated TV cards is deeply loved by DIYer. However, after oauth2.0, the original card gradually withdrew from the Chinese mainland market, but it was still sold overseas. Now all we have is nostalgia.

Matrox:

The Chinese name is Mai Chuang, and his graphics card has always been famous for its excellent 2D image quality. Matrox has also made great efforts in 3D: G400 is the first to introduce the 3D special effect of "environmental bump map", but it has not been widely supported; In 2002, Matrox introduced the "Parhelia" graphics card supporting DirectX9.0 for the first time. Its technical parameters are luxurious, but its performance is not as good as that of ATI and nVidia's previous generation products. The "Phantom" can only be reduced to "Phantom" in the end. At present, Matrox only keeps part of the market share in the field of 2D drawing, and it has been difficult to get the favor of the majority of players.

XGI:

The full name is Xabre Graphics Inc, and the Chinese name is Tucheng Technology. Founded in June 2003, it was formed by the merger of graphic departments of SIS and Trident. XGI introduced the Volari V8 chip supporting DirectX9.0 in 2004, and its performance is quite good. However, ATI and nVidia have carved up the independent graphics card market, and most graphics card manufacturers are unwilling to produce graphics cards based on Volari V8, so XGI has to launch its own brand (actually, it is contracted by a manufacturer in Taiwan Province Province). Whether it can be successful remains to be tested by the market.

3D lab:

A well-known professional 3D graphics card manufacturer, his "Wildcat" series graphics cards are quite influential in the industry, and they are among the best in ATI FireGL and nVidia Quadro series. However, 3D Labs does not produce entertainment-grade display chips, so it is rare.

As mentioned above, ATI and nVidia basically occupy the mainstream graphics card market. Some manufacturers produce graphics cards based on two kinds of chips at the same time, while others use only one of them. We will mark them with "A+N", "a" and "n" respectively.

First-line brands:

They are all international brands and world-class manufacturers. * * * The same features are strong R&D capability, complete product line and excellent quality. Because the production process of motherboard and graphics card is close, many motherboard manufacturers are also graphics card manufacturers. What needs to be mentioned here is that Hercules, the former graphics giant who originally belonged to the first-line brand, has withdrawn from the graphics card market due to competitive pressure.

MSI: A+N

MSI ranked first in graphics card shipments for several years in a row, and still ranked first in the world with 8 million pieces in 2004. MSI has strong independent research and development capabilities, and it is one of the few manufacturers that can independently launch and optimize non-public graphics cards. Its graphics card is excellent in workmanship, but the channel of MSI is not very smooth, it is not easy to buy in the domestic secondary market, and sometimes it is troubled by shortage.

Asus: a+n

In 2004, the shipment of ASUS graphics cards was about 7.9 million, ranking second with a slight disadvantage. Needless to say, the quality of ASUS graphics cards is remarkable, and his high-end graphics cards are often optimized and enhanced versions of non-public versions. As the overlord of the motherboard industry, ASUS certainly can't stand the backwardness of graphics cards. In the past two years, ASUS has gradually begun to exert its strength in the graphics card business, which will launch a strong challenge to MSI's position as the boss.

Power color: a

It is also a manufacturer from Taiwan Province Province, China, and its brand in Chinese mainland is called "Dataland", with excellent workmanship and outstanding high-end graphics cards. In 2004, Han Xun shipped 4 million pieces, ranking third in the world and one of ATI's three major partners. For friends who like cards, Jixun (Dylan Hengjin) is a good choice.

Leader: n

Senior graphics card manufacturer is the most heavyweight partner in NVIDIA, which can not only produce entertainment graphics cards, but also the only manufacturer in Asia that can produce NVIDIA Quadro series professional graphics cards. In addition, Lee Tae's TV cards have a good reputation in the industry. The workmanship of Lee Tae graphics cards has always been excellent. It's a little expensive, but it's really worth it. In 2004, Lee Tae exported 3 million sets.

Movies, among the top five.

Gigabyte: A+N

Compared with MSI, Gigabyte cooperated with ATI earlier, and now it is one of ATI's three major partners, with the same shipment of 3 million pieces in 2004. Gigabyte's high-end graphics cards have unique design and excellent quality, but many low-end models are shrink cards made by Tongde (which will be introduced below), and the workmanship is relatively poor. At present, the Gigabyte graphics card with red PCB is Tongde, and the blue PCB is Gigabyte's. In addition, GigaCube also has a subsidiary, Taiwan Province Cube, which has been focusing on channel orders, mainly for the low-end graphics card market.

Sapphire: a

Sapphire's company name is PC Partner, and its headquarters is in Hongkong, China. Its predecessor is the foundry of "ATI original graphics card", with ten years of experience in A card manufacturing, and it is ATI's largest partner. In addition, the original A card currently sold overseas is still manufactured by PC Partner. The production technology, quality control and factory mode of sapphire graphics card strictly follow ATI production standards, adopt high-quality electronic components and accessories, have excellent stability and compatibility, and can be called a card model. The official of Baineng has not announced the exact shipment, and it is estimated that there should be millions (I got 9 million pieces from a certain channel, but it has not been confirmed). In any case, it is well-deserved as a first-line manufacturer.

The uncrowned king:

Foxconn: a+n

Hon Hai (Foxconn) has been producing graphics cards for many first-line brands such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard. Last year, Hon Hai successively acquired two powerful manufacturers, Han Xun and Lee Tae, and gradually turned to them for OEM. In this way, in 2004, Hon Hai Group's graphics card shipments exceeded10,000,000, and it has become the de facto dominant graphics card industry. But Hon Hai has not launched its own brand so far, so now it can only be the uncrowned king.

Gangster boss:

Palit: a+n

Almost all graphics cards produced by Tongde are OEM for other brands, and the shipment in 2004 was around 6 million. Although Tongde can also produce high-end graphics cards with excellent quality, he doesn't have his own brand, and his customers are many dealers with no production capacity, led by Qicai, which enables him to boldly cut corners and regularly introduce low-priced and low-quality shrink cards (although this may not be his intention), and Tongde himself has been lurking behind the scenes, calling him a gangster.

Second-tier brands:

Although the scale is not as large as that of the first-line manufacturers, it still has strong research and development capabilities, and its products have their own characteristics and outstanding quality. In addition, Diamond and TerraTec, two powerful second-tier brands famous for their sound cards, have also withdrawn from the graphics card market.

Elsa: a+n

Elsa from Germany used to be the overlord of the graphics card industry. Almost all of his products are improved non-public versions, with excellent workmanship, and he also has the ability to develop non-public drivers, which is unmatched by other graphics card manufacturers. Unfortunately, Elsa's head office went bankrupt due to investment mistakes. Elsa graphics cards that can be seen now are basically Elsa's in Asia. They are mainly produced by several manufacturers in Taiwan Province Province, and their quality is still very good. At the same time, they can also produce FireGL series professional graphics cards, but it is not the same as the previous Elsa.

Gainward: n

Geng Xu, a native of Taiwan Province Province, China, was renamed Geng Xu because it was squatted in the mainland. Rehabilitating graphics cards have always been luxurious in workmanship and have outstanding overclocking ability. It has the reputation of "upgrading graphics card technology", and "magic jumper" is unique in the industry. Although Gengsheng is favored by many DIYer, he pays too much attention to technology but ignores publicity, which leads to the gradual erosion of market share and the continuous loss of enterprises. At the end of 2004, Gengsheng was acquired by Palit, but fortunately, Gengsheng's brand remained. I believe that the rehabilitation after reorganization will not disappoint many players!

Xfx: n

The manufacturer is Matsui Technology, also from Taiwan Province Province, China. Previously, Matsui has been committed to OEM business, and it has only been two years since he entered the DIY market, but it has grown rapidly. Jing Xun has introduced new cards very quickly and has a complete product line. In addition to regular graphics cards, there are personal cinema series graphics cards and nVIDIA NVTV TV cards, all of which are outstanding in workmanship. At present, Jing Xun is gradually loved by more and more players.

Spark: n

Another enterprise in Taiwan Province Province, China, has 20 years of experience in graphics card manufacturing, and is an old-fashioned powerhouse. Graphics card material is good, cost-effective.

Galaxy: n

This brand comes from Hong Kong and is produced by Jiawei Technology. Yingchi graphics card is very diligent in DIY, and the graphics card is gorgeous in workmanship. It has made a lot of efforts in radiator and overclocking, and its influence in China is gradually expanding.

Innovation 3d: n

It is also a brand in Hong Kong. The company's name is InnoVISION, so some people call it Zhongtian graphics card, and its workmanship is excellent. In addition, this company can also produce InnoDV series TV/graphics cards, InnoAX series sound cards and other products, and its technical strength is quite good.

Big Mars: a+n

He is also from Hong Kong. Unlike other manufacturers, he also sells graphics cards based on two chips. But all his products are produced by OEM, and the OEM is mainly GigaCube, a subsidiary of Gigabyte mentioned above. He does a good job and his overclocking ability is not bad.

Super color: a

A famous graphics card brand from Europe is one of ATI's main partners. The quality of the graphics card is excellent. It was popularized in China two years ago, but now it is rare.

Creativity: a+n

The famous sound card brand actually has a high innovative position in the graphics card industry, and the famous 3D Labs is already an innovative subsidiary. Innovative civil graphics cards are mainly produced by MSI and other big factories, with outstanding quality, but not very nice.

Understanding: n

Speaking of this brand, the first thing that comes to mind is his "Apocalypse" series of TV/video products. In fact, this company has been engaged in the OEM production of graphics cards for a long time, and the promotion of its own brand graphics cards has not been strong, but the workmanship is still worthy of recognition.

Asmat (a wise man)

The time-honored brand in Taiwan Province Province, China, is made by Dingshen Technology. The graphics card is not bad, but it is rare.

Mediamax: n

In order to consolidate the market in Chinese mainland, nVidia launched this new brand in April this year together with the famous domestic agent Du Jia Group, so Liyuan can be regarded as the clique of N faction. At present, his graphics card is relatively rare. From the picture, the high-end products are good, but some low-end models are slightly worse. Faced with the joint suppression of many incompetent brands in China, the future of Liyuan is uncertain.

Second-tier brand motherboard manufacturers:

In the past two years, with the continuous expansion of the scale gap between motherboard manufacturers, second-tier motherboard brands have gradually declined. In order to make up for the loss of motherboard business, they have turned to the graphics card field. With their experience in motherboard, their graphics cards are also good, which can basically be classified as second-line or quasi-second-line.

Taian: A.

Famous server/workstation motherboard manufacturers cooperated with ATI to launch a series of high-end graphics cards earlier. The quality is impeccable, but the price is also high. So his graphics card has always been good and ugly, and then it gradually faded out of people's sight.

Link: n

It can be regarded as an old-fashioned graphics card manufacturer with excellent quality and large OEM output, but its own brand is unknown. Recently, Chengqi has also stepped up publicity, expecting his better performance.

Gateway: a+n

There are abundant OEM resources. The mobile version 9600 on the market last year was actually made by Jebel. Relatively speaking, his own brand name is not very big, the price advantage of graphics card is obvious, and the workmanship is reasonable.

A little: A.

With its reputation in the motherboard industry, it entered the graphics card market and still sold products with overclocking and excellent materials.

Qingyun technology

The graphics card is as good as his motherboard, the main problem is that it is not recognized, so the sales volume has not been able to go up.

Saltek: a+n

Most of his graphics cards are mainstream chips, and there are few high-end products. There is nothing outstanding in the workmanship.

Cordia, mt

Even Lenovo graphics cards used to be OEM for others, and the materials used for work were good, but they were not accepted.

Fic: a

In cooperation with AIT, some high-end graphics cards were launched. Despite their outstanding workmanship, they failed to open the market.

Biological star

Is a new army in the graphics card industry, with insufficient experience and outstanding workmanship.

Epoxy resin: a+n

I just entered the graphics card market this year, and my design and production are obviously unfamiliar. Compared with his motherboard, the graphics card can be said to be slightly rough.

Elite (ECS): a+n

It is said that it will return to the graphics card market in the near future and launch its own brand. The graphics card market will be more lively in the future.

a+n

The publicity is not strong, and it is rarely seen in the market. I don't want to say more.

Grammar: a+n

From California, USA, the board is fine, but nobody cares.

Third-line brands:

Small-scale, ordinary workmanship, or a few brands with poor image have certain price advantages.

Triple: a+n

The well-known brand in Taiwan Province Province also has its own silver-plated PCB. However, at the end of 2004, Qiheng's image was greatly affected when the incident of polishing memory was exposed and it was suspected of commercial fraud. It is barely a third-line brand now, and it is estimated that the future will be more difficult.

Pixel view: a+n

Taiwan Province brand, which has always been based on OEM, has recently entered the DIY market. The high-end graphics card works well, but the low-end is almost the same. Because it is relatively rare, it is temporarily listed as the third line.

Enya: No.

It is also a brand in Taiwan Province province, and its popularity is not high. Graphics cards are mainly low-end and medium-end, and the workmanship is average.

Ascension: a+n

From Shenzhen, the manufacturing capacity is good, and some other brands are also OEM. However, there is a big gap between the technical strength and Taiwan Province manufacturers, so we can only fight for the price, and the materials used for work can only be considered as average.

Eagle: n

Also from Shenzhen, there are many OEM businesses, and their own brands are well-known, but they are just cheap and can't work.

Incompetent brand:

These brands are well-known in China, especially the top brands are household names. Some people even say that the graphics card is colorful, but is it really that good? In fact, these brands are dealers and have no manufacturing capacity, so we still call them "incompetent manufacturers". The main OEMs are Tongde, Chengqi, Jiebo, Jingyu, QDI, Xiangsheng and Golden Eagle. In addition, some high-end A cards are manufactured by Han Xun and Lanbao. Price war is the trump card of these brands, so even well-known manufacturers can only provide them with shrinking or low-quality graphics cards to reduce costs. Many times, even several brands of graphics cards work in exactly the same way, obviously made by the same manufacturer. Incompetent brands mainly include the following: Colorful, Shuangmin, MG, Onda, Yingtong, Qixiang, Spartak, Shuojing, Ogilvy & Mather, Sunflower, Meida, Jianbang, Zhimei, Radium, Jia Chuang, Kamonka and Shuang Jie. ...

Other brands:

There are a large number of miscellaneous cards, and the names are extremely confusing: from one word to five words, as well as Arabic numerals and English. These brands are inferior in workmanship and the quality is not guaranteed, so it is not recommended to buy them. In addition, the sales of miscellaneous brands have gone up, which may be transformed into incompetent brands by packaging.

Dream, Zhongcheng, Zhida, Guanmeng, Jubang, Haichuang, Butterfly, Shadow Fox, Wei Shuo, Meng Ke, Bai Jie, Crossing Rainbow, Lingzuan, Yupai, Lei Feng, Morphy, Shang Feng, Zhongyu, Wan Li, Tong Guan, Xunjia, Hurricane, Sunny, Ding Xin, Taixun, Parkson, etc.

Sheng, Sina News, Zhifutong, Titanium Zifeng, Baolongda, Golden Apple, Great White Shark, Hong, Ke Xunda, De Yi Jie, Pu Weitong, Jin Caiba, E-generation Fengyun, Phantom True Color, Sunshine Phantom, Arthur, Dream Combination, Giant Belt Sun Shadow. ...

Two. Graphics card model suffix meaning

1, NVIDIA graphics card:

Wanta: The literal meaning is unknown. According to NVIDIA, it is a simplified version of the corresponding chip. There are only a few times in the TNT era. So I won't introduce it much. Masterpiece: TNT2 Vanta

STD: standard, standard version. Generally, labeling is not required.

Professor: You can literally understand the meaning of' strengthening'. As long as it appears, it represents a relatively high-end version of the corresponding chip. Originally in TNT2 series, the last one appeared in Geforce2 series, and now it has almost become ATI's patent. Masterpieces: TNT2 Pro, Geforce2 Pro

Ultra: Literally means' radical and extreme'. The same is true for nVidia products. As long as the suffix takes this guy, it must be the most awesome chip. Counting NV Wang, you can basically see its familiar figure. And the pronunciation of this word, many people pronounce it as' ultra' but the actual pronunciation is' altra'. Masterpieces: TNT2Ultra, Geforce2Ultra, GeforceFX5200Ultra, GeforceFX5600Ultra, GeforceFX5700Ultra, GeforceFX5800Ultra, GeforceFX5900Ultra, GeforceFX5950Ultra, Geforce6800Ultra.

MX: Literally, it doesn't make any sense. In NVIDIA's planning, it stands for cheap version, which means mass level, and it is for NVIDIA. Cards with suffixes are estimated to have a high international share. Masterpieces: Geforce2 MX, Geforce2 MX 100, Geforce2 MX200, Geforce2 MX400, Geforce4 MX420, Geforce4 MX440, Geforce4 MX440-8X, Geforce4MX460 and Geforce4 MX4000.

GTS: the abbreviation of "Giga-texel shader", which means 10 million pixels, that is, the pixel filling rate per second reaches more than 10 million. GTS only appeared in Geforce2 products for the first time, representing the highest-end Geforce2 at that time. The performance at that time was terrible. Unfortunately, he is a short-lived hero. Now it is usually a smaller version of GTX. Masterpieces: Geforce2 GTS, Geforce8800GTS GTS, 8800GTS

GTX: Generally, it can be understood as GT extreme, such as 8800GTX.

Ti: Literally, it means the abbreviation of' titanium', which is the space metal' titanium'. The place where it appears generally represents the high-end version of nVidia. It first appeared in Geforce3, then joined Geforce2 Ti, and finally reached its peak in Geforce4 series. You will never forget that peerless classic-geforce 4ti4200. Masterpieces: Geforce2 Ti, Geforce3 Ti200, Geforce3 Ti500, Geforce4 Ti4200, Geforce4 Ti4400, Geforce 4 Ti4600, Geforce4 Ti4200-8X.

XT: This word is very funny, because in nVidia's explanation and ATI's explanation, it is completely opposite and particularly confusing, so I will focus on it. According to NVIDIA, XT should refer to the down-converted version. In ATI's dictionary, it stands for high-end' extreme', so nVidia played a word game for us here to tease ATI. Masterpieces: Geforce FX5600XT, GeforceFX5900XT, Geforce 6800XT.

Le: Le: the abbreviation of "limited edition", which stands for limited edition and low-end products in a production series, mainly with a frequency lower than the standard edition. Such as: 7300LE masterpieces: Geforce 6600LE, Geforce 7300LE.

ZT: the literal meaning is unknown. NVidia is used to promote Doom's works. On the basis of XT, it reduces the frequency again to lower the price, which represents a lower market positioning than XT and is the lowest-end product in the series. Masterpiece: GeforceFX5900ZT

Gt: the abbreviation of "geforce technology", which means super sports car. Masterpieces: Geforce6600GT, Geforce7600GT.

SE: It is also a simplified version, which is only used for Geforce4 series and its down-frequency version. Very rare. Masterpieces: Geforce4 MX440SE, geforce 4ti4800se (8X version 4600)

G: First, it is the abbreviation of "GAMER EDITION", that is, the player version; It's in HD. Personally, I think it should be optimized from the GS version, which is the essence. Representative: Galaxy 7600GE HD Edition, Galaxy 7900GS HD Edition.

Ultra Extreme: it is the highest level version of ultra and belongs to the flagship product.

TC: TC: short for Turbo Cache, a technology of nVidia, which can make Unigraphics card * * * enjoy memory like video memory.

Attachment: NV chip suffix performance ranking: ZT

2.ATI's graphics card:

Le: The meaning of' low edition' is basically the same as that of NVIDIA series. The matching ATI display chip shows that it is a low-end version. Since the era of Radeon7500. Masterpieces: Radeon7500LE, Radeon8500LE

Se: The abbreviation of "Special Edition" stands for special version, mainly because the memory bit width is only half of STD version, or the number of pixel pipelines is reduced (for example, 9800SE), and it is also a low-end product in a series, such as X300S masterpieces: Radeon9200SE and Radeon9600SE. Radeon9800SE, radium dragon X300SE

Pro: the abbreviation of professional, which means' enhanced version', is the pipeline shielding version of XT. But in X 100 series and later, it represents the mainstream version, such as X700Pro and X 1600Pro. It is an indispensable part of ATI suffix and runs through the whole process of ATI naming. Masterpieces: Radeon9000Pro, Radeon9500Pro, Radeon9600Pro, Radeon9700Pro, Radeon9800Pro, RadonX700Pro, Radium Dragon X800Pro, Radium Dragon X850Pro.

XT: ATI's "XT" is the abbreviation of "extreme", with higher core frequency and memory frequency. After X800, the number of rendering pipelines has also increased: Radeon9600XT, Radeon9800XT, radium X600XT, RadeonX700XT, RadeonX800XT and RadeonX850XT.

The new naming rules of XTX, X 1000 series, as well as GTX, XT eXtreme.

GD2: The word "GD2" here does not represent GeForce series, but means that GDDR2 video memory has been tried. Similarly, GD3 means that GDDR3 video memory has been used.

XTPE: The' Extreme Platinum Edition' is the so-called Extreme Edition, which appears in the X 100 series. Mainly stands for higher frequencies. It's a flagship product.

XL, the lower model in the high-end series, can be specifically understood as the limit.

GT/GTO: It is a down-converted or pipeline shielded version of PRO, which appears in X5, X6, X7, X8 and other graphics cards.

Hm: Hypermemory, just like TC above.

Attachment: The RV670 core graphics card products planned by ATI will become their HD 3800 series. At the same time, ATI will abandon the suffix forms of GT, XT and PRO, and completely rely on numbers to distinguish products with different positioning. The larger the number, the better the performance of the graphics card. The advantage of this is that it is easier to understand, as if everyone knows. Now HD 3800 series, HD 3870 is RV670XT, and HD 3850 is RV670PRO.