Reviewed on June 24, 2008AMD's new ATI Radeon HD 4850 is a solid midrange 3D card that will run pretty much anything, and it boasts some forward-looking features to boot. It might be worth waiting for the price to drop just a bit, at which point this card will become much more attractive.TAGS:ATI Radeon, Nvidia GeForce, Radeon, NVidia, Diamond Multimedia Inc., ATI Technologies, clock speed, AMD, card
Reviewed on November 21, 2007Despite the usual caveats of an ever-fluctuating 3D market, for the moment, at least, ATI's new Radeon HD 3850 graphics card delivers the best bang-for-the buck in PC graphics hardware. Until now we haven't had an acceptable sub-$200 option for PC gaming this year. Thanks to AMD, now we do.TAGS:Radeon, DirectX, ATI Technologies, PCI Express, PCI, Nvidia GeForce, motherboard, card, video card, NVidia, games, PC
Reviewed on July 15, 2003The ATI Radeon 9200 redefines the level of 3D performance for budget graphics cards, but it still trails the competition.TAGS:ATI Technologies, Radeon
Reviewed on August 2, 2007If you're looking to build a home theater PC, we recommend ATI's Radeon HD 2600 XT as the midrange card to use, thanks to its nearly perfect HD video image and its no-fuss installation. But for 3D gaming, you'd be much better off looking for a good deal on a faster, older graphics card.TAGS:Radeon, ATI Technologies, NVidia, ATI Radeon, Nvidia GeForce, DirectX, card, video card, generation, 3D, games
Reviewed on February 21, 2008Nvidia's new GeForce 9600 GT graphics chip gives the Asus EN9600 GT some of the best bang-for-the-buck we've seen in a midrange 3D card. If your goal is reliable frame rates in the latest PC games, you should pick this card up as soon as you can.TAGS:Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, Radeon, ATI Technologies, ATI Radeon, ASUS, AsusTek Computer, card
Reviewed on October 19, 2006If you're looking for a gaming card to run Vista and play most games, ATI's Radeon X1950 Pro will get you there, but not perfectly, and its real-world pricing is higher than we'd like. We're more interested to see ATI's next-gen cards use the newly refined CrossFire dual-card technology, debuted here, but that will have to wait.TAGS:Radeon, ATI Technologies, power supply, Nvidia GeForce, ATI Radeon, card, NVidia, pricing, PC, games
Reviewed on February 21, 2008Maingear's Ephex combines aggressive overclocking and a refined sense of what gamers want in a high-end PC. Crysis remains a challenge for even a top-of-the-line PC like this one, but if you can get past that hitch (and the multi-thousand-dollar price tag), we'd recommend this system in a second.TAGS:Maingear, Crysis, Radeon, video card, ATI Technologies, hard drive, Intel, games, PC, Microsoft Windows
Reviewed on January 24, 2006ATI's newest high-end 3D cards race to the top of the 3D performance charts. Too bad doubling them up is still a hassle.TAGS:Radeon, ATI Technologies, NVidia, card, ATI Radeon, gamer
Reviewed on November 9, 2006The step-down GeForce 8800 GTS is no slouch compared to Nvidia's flagship GTX card. Like its powerful big brother, the slightly more affordable GTS supplies top-notch performance and sweeping architectural changes that provide a solid foundation today for the OSs and games of tomorrow.TAGS:Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, Radeon, DirectX, card, power supply, GPU, ATI Technologies, manufacturing, games
Reviewed on August 23, 2006ATI's Radeon X1950 XTX is the fastest single-chip 3D card that you can buy. Unfortunately, with Windows Vista and its accompanying gaming technology, it's going to become obsolete in just five months. ATI adjusted the price of the Radeon X1950 XTX accordingly, but at $450, it's still not an insignificant purchase. We recommend it only if money is no object.TAGS:Radeon, Crysis, ATI Technologies, DirectX, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, ATI Radeon, clock speed, OpenGL, card, 3D, memory, games, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
Reviewed on February 12, 2007No other 3D graphics card comes close to this bang for the buck, making the 320MB XFX GeForce 8800 GTS mostly an easy decision if you need a midrange upgrade. Nvidia still has to polish off its Vista software, and the sooner-or-later arrival of competing cards muddies the waters a bit, but if you need a midprice graphics card today, this should be your pick.TAGS:XFX Inc, Nvidia GeForce, Radeon, NVidia, card, clock speed, DirectX, ATI Technologies, video card, 3D, AMD, Microsoft Windows Vista, games, Microsoft Windows