Reviewed on April 26, 2006The GeForce 7900 GTX offers excellent visual quality and lets you crank the settings on just about any game. Though it's expensive, it costs significantly less than the previous generation of top-end 3D cards.TAGS:Nvidia GeForce, Half-Life 2, NVidia, card, GPU, power supply, 3D, video card, memory, games
Reviewed on September 7, 2006ATI's Radeon lineup features a confusing array of cards. The budget Radeon X1300 XT is a good card for the money, but we recommend the faster Radeon X1650 Pro because it costs only $10 more.TAGS:ATI Radeon, Radeon, clock speed, ATI Technologies, Half-Life 2, card, NVidia, Nvidia GeForce, 3D
Reviewed on May 5, 2006Its sub-$300 price makes the Radeon X1800 GTO tempting, but its performance isn't compelling enough, and upgrading to two cards is expensive and inefficient, thanks to ATI's clunky CrossFire technology.TAGS:Radeon, Nvidia GeForce, ATI Technologies, NVidia, Half-Life 2, card, ATI Radeon, GPU