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

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

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

An affordable way to get excellent frame rates.

It may be affordable, but we’d rather spend a little more to guarantee some genuine gaming ability

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

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.

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

Video and almost decent gaming at fantastic prices

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

Superseded by both Nvidia’s new 9600 card and ATi’s excellent HD 3800 series

More power, a little noisy and less watts.

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.

First GPU in GeForce 9 range unveiled.

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