Sapphire is plugging AMD's next graphics driver release – Catalyst 8.12 – claiming it will make all recent generations of Sapphire graphics cards better, enabling them to make use of the on-board stream processors to boot.

Better the devil you know, apparently.

All the current chipsets from both the big gaming guns – ATi and Nvidia – tested, reviewed and rated.

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

Video and almost decent gaming at fantastic prices

A great media-centre card with some nice features – and at an affordable price

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

ATI has a new weapon in the battle for the title of kingpin-of-all-game-graphics - it's the 7xx series.

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

We’ve examined the data from more than 8000 readers to reveal exactly what sort of reliability, customer service and satisfaction you can expect in 2007.

Open documentation allows open source developers to create drivers.

New Radeons optimised for Vista and HD video.

First chipset promises Vista Premium experience without discrete graphicscard.

An exciting glimpse at future performance, but by the time games appear to make them worth buying, the price will have plummeted.

The 512MB makes little difference but the heatsink is quieter than XFX’s.

A final price will decide the fate of this chipset. It needs to be well under $200 to compete.

Price drops for the X1800 GTO make this new card obsolete from the start.

Canadian Minister of Industry gives the nod.

Potentially Much faster than a X1900 XTX in games with large textures yet it costs the same. At over $100 less than Nvidia’s 7950 GX2, it’s a fine card.