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:Crysis, Radeon, ATI Technologies, DirectX, ATI Radeon, NVidia, Nvidia GeForce, OpenGL, clock speed, 3D, card, memory, games, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows
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:Half-Life 2, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, card, GPU, power supply, memory, 3D, video card, games