Polycom VSX 7000

Advantages: Fantastic budget card.
Disadvantages: Limited overclocking facilities. Fails to run the latest titles.

...Last December, I was assigned the task of building a low -cost PC for a relative. With only a maximum of 35 pounds to spend on a video card my choice was limited. I finally opted for Sapphire's version of the Ati Radeon 7000 model. It cost about 28 pounds at the time, and is possibly the finest budget card I've come across. One of its main advantages is its stability, I used a tool called Riva Tuner to overclock it somewhat, the heatsink handled it fine! Sadly though, the overclocking didn't produce any marked improvement, the only benefit being a slight increase of frame rate on Counter-Strike and Medal of Honour: Allied Assualt. This aside, the card is fantastic for the price. It runs popular games such as Counterstrike (Non-source of course) aswell as any game predating the year 2002. However, it doesn't run more recent... Read review

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Advantages: Fast, Range of Features
Disadvantages: Pretty Slow

...Last Year i brought a brand new Voodoo 4 4500 32mb PCI graphics card. I decided to get a new one as the voodoo 4 4500 one had passed its shelf and base unit life. I went into my local wholesaler who i usually get my computer part off and he recommended to me using the ATI Radeon 7000 64Mb Graphics Card. At first i was tempted to say no untill he told me what features it had. I said that it must have more than the basic Voodoo 4 4500 32mb card, and believe me when saying basic, i mean everything. Its easy to plug into your PCI port on your motherboard, The software and drivers are easy to install, not that you have to anyway. It has a the basic design as many other PCI Graphics cards but i mean the colour of this one shows that it is built for the future. By the way the colour is Red. Now how many graphics cards do you know that are... Read review

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Advantages: Extremely Fast and Powerful.
Disadvantages: In-built speaker volume could be improved upon.

...A few months ago I went on the hunt at my local computer outlet to find the perfect laptop. In my personal opinion, I very much think I did. The HP G7000 is value for money in every aspect. It's extremely stylish with its slim wide screen but at the same time it's a highly powerful piece of hardware. With the name HP, comes quality. I managed to get the price down to £450 however I believe the RRP is £499. It comes with the Windows Vista operating system which is fairly easy to use and has a great help centre if you are unsure on any aspects of its functioning. It has a fashionable jet black look, which is very durable e.g. hard to mark or scrape and is extremely portable with its brilliant integrated WiFi which has a phenomenal range. Its touchpad is easy to use, however at times it can be rather sensitive. It has the stand left... Read review

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