How did a vibrant palace of bargains and trust turn into a standoff between buyers and sellers? Part one of our major feature.

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

The 720’s features make it a winner. But the high price reflects Map Share: which isn’t available in Australia

Nick Ross is on the show floor in the Thunderdome of component-land - Taipei. Check out the pics.

Two of the best small compacts on the market. Quality differences are on a knife edge, but the Canon wins for superior features and handling.

Like Volvos of old, Lenovo was a solid, reliable and unexciting name. Up until now. The business-masters have turned out a very desirable, stylish and powerful laptop.

A fast, quiet, good-looking PC that's great value.

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

Nick Ross gets gadget fever on day two - a laptop with a built in projector, Sapphire's latest, the Asus v Gigabyte fight, extreme cooling, 3D monitors, GPS, and the Eee-killing Acer One.

An excellent mashup of features, phone and battery life in a Windows Mobile 6 package.

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.

Lite-On’s DVD writer was our A-List choice for almost a year. At the time we said it was practically perfect – offering compatibility with every format, plus Lightscribe, for a bargain price. But Asus has managed to trump it.

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

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

A retrograde step from its predecessor, but a super low price makes this dinky PC very desirable

It was all looking good until Nvidia’s new cards overtook it on the final straight.

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

Still the easiest GPS to use, the new third generation TomTom trounces the competition.

Covering the massive Computex technology expo is no small feat, and here Nick Ross leaves his final report from Taipei.