A reworking of an old card from Palit, but it’s not quite enough to beat the 9600 GT

You pay for what you get online, or do you? Ron Osborn tells a tale of confusing branding and high expectations.

The 9600 GT redefines the mainstream graphics market, offering high-end power at a mid-range price. At this price we want one.

On its last legs, it costs as much as faster cards.

A wonderful return to form, leaving the disappointment of the 8600 GT as just a distant memory.

Apple computers from the sweetest to the rottenest

The RADEON 9600 is a funny beast. Technologically it is quite advanced, although it suffers from slightly limited memory bandwidth.

Not the perfect value card it once was, but still worth a look.

The RADEON 9600 PRO was an interesting chip when it came to the 3DMark2001SE Pro tests. It actually performed better at high resolution than low resolution at default settings.

Impressive performance for an affordable card, but the 9600 GT treads on its toes.

First GPU in GeForce 9 range unveiled.

With a price beaten only by Apple's iBook, Targa's offering to the multimedia market segment could easily be confused for their budget line of products. Clocking in at only 1.5GHz, this isn't the beefiest CPU in our roundup, but the 64MB of dedicated video memory, based on ATIs Mobility RADEON 9600 generation GPU, helped carry it through.

We see plenty of red, green, blue and even the occasional black or silver PCB in the Labs, but it's not often we see a purple one.

While we wait with bated breath for the imminent (or was that eventual?) release of Microsoft Media Centre into Australia, the number of companies cashing in on the media functionality of next generation consumer electronics is growing quickly.

David Moss tackles misbehaving com ports and resolves a windows share issue.

Taking first place overall, the MegaBook M510C had a bit of a mixed run to the final score tally, managing only fifth place in PCMark04 then unanimously taking out first place with a score nearly breaking 10,000 3DMarks, impressive for a notebook, let alone one under $2500.

New card replaces 8600 GTS and aims for playable DirectX 10 performance without breaking the bank.

Great performance at an appealing price, although the 9600 GT encroaches on its turf

Superseded by both Nvidia’s new 9600 card and ATi’s excellent HD 3800 series

Affordable and fast, the 8800 GS was our top budget choice until the 9600 GT arrived to spoil the party.