It’s incredibly powerful, but recent releases offer similar performance for significantly less money.

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

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

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

It had little competition at this price, and it knocks Nvidia 8600 cards out of the race, but Nvidia’s 9600 GT trumps it.

Quad core at this price is fantastic, but it’s not as fast as it should be.

Another big name brand PC gets a cutting-edge, all-format, high-def optical drive capable of playing Blu-ray and HD DVD.

A monster PC thanks to some very high-end components. But it’s noisy and expensive.

Not the best road handling, but the offroad features could make it very attractive.

A very fast, well-built high-end PC. But a few niggles and high price keep it off the A-List.

A decent machine with plenty of power, but it’s not earth shattering in terms of features and value.

Expensive but potentially very useful for those whose Wi-Fi has failed.

A decent multimedia notebook, but it’s not exciting enough for the price.

An adequate Media Centre PC, but Asus’ competitor blows it out of the water.