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.

The Quadro FX3000 is based on the same NV35 core that powers the latest GeForce FX 5900 cards, but with a few new additions to cater to the professional market. Compared to the older Quadro FX2000, which was based on the NV30, or GeForce FX5800, the FX3000 has double the memory, at 256MB, as well as a 256-bit memory interface, giving double the theoretical graphics bandwidth, hitting just over 27GB/s. It also supports other features from the NV35, including a 128-bit floating-point precision graphics pipeline, 128-bit colour, 12-bit sub-pixel accuracy, 16x full-scene anti-aliasing, 3D volumetric textures, and of course support for all the latest OpenGL, DirectX and NVIDIA’s own Cg graphics language versions.

Nvidia’s remix of the popular netbook platform lends Intel’s stripped-down Atom some added Graphical clout. We test the technology to see how it performs

Takes the crown as today’s fastest graphics architecture, but you’ll have to pay for it

A surprise return to form for Nvidia, as this card matches ATI’s latest for both performance and value.

Hugely powerful for such a reasonable price, it’s far more appealing than a GTX or an Ultra

Nvidia’s card is fast, but ATI’s is still faster.

An interesting concept But performance is determined by drivers and ultimately it smacks of gimmick.

A little over a year has passed since releasing the GeForce 6800, and right on cue, NVIDIA’s new chip is hitting town in the form of the GeForce 7800 GTX.

Cheap and functional, but rivals perform better.

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

Video and almost decent gaming at fantastic prices

The fastest card we’ve seen, but the performance boost doesn’t justify the price.

The fastest single-GPU card we've seen, but it can't shake ATI in the price war.

It’s fast, but not quite fast enough for the huge price.

A step behind ATI’s HD 4870 on price and performance.

A minor performance boost isn’t enough to fend off its rivals.

A popular and fast top-end option, but it’s losing its grip to new competition from both sides.

Superseded by both Nvidia’s new 9600 card and ATi’s excellent HD 3800 series

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