XFX GeForce 8800 GT Alpha Dog Edition XXX

I went for this card when I built a new PC, My old one wouldn't play Oblivion on high spec. You could only see about 20 feet in front of you. I also upgraded to vista so I wanted a a card that was direct x10 compatable. This card is very impresive, especially for the price. On reinstalling Elder scrolls Oblivion the differance was staggering. I can now run it on maximum and the clarity of the draw distance is amazing. I also played Bioshock, which was one of the first direct x10 games. This also ran on max graphics and the anti aliasing was fantastic. This makes this card a good alround affordable one. Obviously it has now been superseeded by the new ...  Read the complete review

I bought this graphics card about 18 months ago when I built a new PC. I was trying to build a pretty powerful PC on a budget and when it came to the graphics card I was at something of a loss. There were so many cards available and then there were different versions of each card. After considerable research I ended up choosing this card and it turns out the research was worth it. I'm still using the same PC now and although hard drives and monitors have come and gone, this card remains, doing it's job admirably. I'm trying to keep the review short on specs and jargon and instead focus on the actual tangable effects of the card. Having said that I think it's ...  Read the complete review