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

Cheap and functional, but rivals perform better.

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

Can't handle gaming and beaten by cheaper media cards too.

Still holding its own at this price, but note the HD 4830.

Intel's Netburst might have become a retrospective embarrassment for the firm, but CPUs based on the best-forgotten architecture are apparently still hitting sky-high clock speeds.

The design is impeccable, the build superb and the screen extraordinary, but the price is a huge barrier. We ponder the icon that is the Macbook Pro 17in

A beautifully designed, powerful system that almost no-one will be able to justify buying. If your IT department can find the budget to put a new Mac Pro on your desktop, you're lucky indeed

No Mac vs PC guy, no Seinfeld. Instead we get a 4 and half year old girl who apparently looooves Windows Live.

Nvidia’s long-awaited 3D kit finally arrives and when it works, it’s every bit as good as we’d hoped it would be.

An HD screen, Blu-ray drive, TV tuner and competitive price result in an excellent-value entertainment laptop.

Apple has just outed the spanking new Mac pro, unleashing two new versions with a spec sheet aimed right at high–powered punters.

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Incredibly powerful laptop system, with a few small issues that hold it back from true glory.

A capable card – decent performance without a high price.

Incredibly powerful laptop system at high spec, but you can also opt for a cheaper, lower spec version

The ATI HD 4800s hit a sweet-spot of performance and price. If you're after high-end performance at a few hundred dollars less than the 4870, then this is your card

A cheap card, with the bonus of reasonable gaming ability.

Can’t handle gaming, and beaten by cheaper media cards too.

Impressive Blu-ray performance from the cheapest card on test.