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High-Flying Graphics Cards

We pick 10 next-generation boards that make your PC soar.

Alexandra Krasne

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VisionTek XTASY GeForce4 TI4400 AGP 128MB DDR 3D/TV Video Card (VisionTek-30001524)

MSI G4MX440-T

Gainward Pro/600TV Golden Sample

Gainward GeForce4 Ultra/650XP 128MB DDR

MSI MSI G4 MX460-VTP (MS-8867) GeForce4 MX460 64MB DDR Video Card w Dual VGA & ViVO Retail (Microstar/MSI-MS8867)

MSI MSI G4Ti4400-VTD 128MB DDR AGP w/ TV-Out (Microstar/MSI-MS8871)

ASUS ASUS V8440 GEFORCE4 TI 4400 (Asus-V8440TD128M)

ATI Radeon 9000 Pro AGP 64MB DDR 2D/3D w/TV Out (ATI Technologies-100433001)

VisionTek Xtasy GeForce4 MX420 AGP 64MB SDRAM 2D/3D w/ TV Out (VisionTek-30001521)

eVGA E-GeForce4 Ti 4600

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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