Gigabyte has done a great job of making this card run silent. It's not a high-end gaming card, but it will suit those who wish to build a media centre and still hope to play some games.

The Inno3D I-9600GT (H5GTCD) is a top notch graphics card when judged on its own merits, delivering plenty of processing power at a price anybody can afford. However, when compared against similarly priced equivalent cards from other vendors, its performance is left slightly wanting.

Considering the price this is a very good card. It's fairly on par with NVIDIA's own 8800 GTS and will keep keen gamers happy, though it won't run the latest games at the highest settings.

This card will handle any DirectX 9-based game on the market, but it's still not as fast as cards based on NVIDIA's high-end 8800 GPU in DirectX 10-based games. However, DX 10-based games are still playable with this card at resolutions lower than 1920x1200 and is a good value card.

The Sapphire HD3870 is ATI's next generation of GPUs, superseding the HD2000 series and challenging NVIDIA's 8800 GT cards for a place in the mid-range market.

This GPU is one of the best value-for-money options currently out there, but the additional cost of buying this pre-overclocked version may not be worth the few extra frames and the additional heat.

An excellent value card with a nice Zalman cooler and a copy of Neverwinter Nights 2 to boot.

An excellent choice for casual gamers who care more about noise than getting the best performance out of the latest games.

The Galaxy 9600GT Overclocked is an excellent mid-range graphics card that easily stacks up against anything else on the market. With the inclusion of Xtreme Tuner overclocking software, it's value remains unmatched.

This is a standard graphics card that's suitable for not-too-serious gaming, and for watching Blu-ray movies.

This is a slightly-better-than mid-range graphics card that's suitable for playing DirectX 9-based games at high resolution and detail settings, and DirectX 10-based games at mid-range resolution and detail settings.

At last ATI has made a comeback of noteworthy proportions with this new board. Our look at the Sapphire Radeon HD3870 X2 has left us impressed, even if we're a little concerned with the limitations of this hardware-doubling technique.