The ASUS EN7900GT is one of the best of its breed, the 7900GT. There are faster clocked 7900GTs from XFX and EVGA, but there have been reports of problems with some of those overclocked versions. I had 0 issues with stability and artifacts with the ASUS card, and frankly, the 7900GT with a 520/1.44 clock speed is fast enough for everyone but the totally crazy, and those people would want the 7900GTX or 7900GX2 or a ATI X1900XTX card, costing more money.

The Bang for the buck tradeoff on the ASUS EN7900GT is excellent. At a MSRP of $299 the EN7900GT TOP can hold its own with the latest games and is ready for today's demanding applications. The next iteration of Microsoft operating systems, Microsoft Vista is due to release to the consumer early next year, and to big businesses later this year. Vista will bring a new GUI (Graphics User Interface) called Windows Aero Glass. The 7900GT and other Shader Model 3.0 parts are fully ready for the new GUI. Vista will also bring the next iteration of Direct3D, Direct3D10. This will introduce Shader Model 4.0. It's likely that NVIDIA and ATI will announce new video cards to support SM 4.0 before Vista reaches the masses, but we'll have to wait and see.

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