I have been out of the game since 2007 so I don't really know the specs for most of the cards available. I'll admit, I was just using the newest one as an example because, well, it's the newest. I've started my research back up to figure out what I want for my new up coming build so I've been seeing a couple things about the new cards and the last gen ones as well. I think the last graphic card I bought was a 8800 GTX.