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, card, NVidia, 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:clock speed, ATI Radeon, Radeon, ATI Technologies, Half-Life 2, card, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, 3D
Reviewed on October 3, 2006It can't hang with ATI's faster (and wider) Radeon X1900 XT in performance, but if you're building a small PC or you're concerned about noise levels, the GeForce 7950 distinguishes itself as the only single-slot 3D card in its price range. If efficiency is more important than speed, Nvidia makes it easy.TAGS:Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, Radeon, Half-Life 2, ATI Technologies, ATI Radeon