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, NVidia, Radeon, Diamond Multimedia Inc., ATI Technologies, clock speed, AMD, card
Reviewed on September 8, 2008Velocity Micro's Edge Z15 represents one of the best deal's we've seen this year in midrange gaming PCs. It has all the power necessary to play current games (even Crysis) at smooth frame rates, and its clean, spacious interior gives you plenty of upgrade room. We recommend this system to any PC gamer looking for a sub-$2,000 desktop.TAGS:Maingear, Velocity Micro, Dell XPS, ATI Radeon, video card, ATI Technologies, PC
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, ASUS, Radeon, ATI Technologies, ATI Radeon, card
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 December 16, 2007Asus and Nvidia have teamed up for a compelling midrange 3D graphics card with this EN8800 GT. It doesn't completely dominate a less expensive card from ATI like we'd hoped, so players of certain games should stay away. But if you can find this card for a good price, we recommend it, especially if you intend to use two of them.TAGS:Nvidia GeForce, NVidia, ATI Radeon, ATI Technologies, ASUS, Radeon, card, games