Sapphire has a new Radeon X1600XT video card which has a passive cooler with a twist, while MSI has a new GeForce 7600 GS card with a passive cooler. Both support video acceleration and HD playback - which one should end up in your rig?

Hot on the heels of the Radeon X1900XT and XTX, ATI has released the X1900 All-in-Wonder. It's clocked a little lower, but still sports great gaming performance, as well as the added benefit of the multimedia functionality. But does it still have a place in today's changing video landscape?

ATI has extended its X1000 range of cards with a software update that some cool functionality. H.264 decoding in hardware, as well as lightning fast transcoding of video is on offer. We take an initial look at the software, ahead of its release later this week.