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Today's graphics cards do more than let the teenager in your house scream through first-person shooter games until all hours of the night. In fact, we tested a variety of boards that offer all sorts of options as individual as your computing needs.

Some cards let you save TV shows on your hard drive and record them onto DVDs. Another has a FireWire port into which video editing fans can plug a digital camcorder. You can find budget cards with TV tuners, video inputs, dual-display support, and excellent game performance; some high-end cards permit you to plug in any peripheral you own.

The Matrox Parhelia-512 lets you bump up your screen resolution to a roomy 3840 by 1024, effectively allowing you to stretch a spreadsheet, a browser, and a word processing app across three displays. (And while your boss isn't looking, you can play a little Flight Simulator.)

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