It's been a good year for PC game hardware, both for graphics and general power. ATI and Nvidia released a pair of new high-performance cards--the Radeon 9600 XT and GeForce FX 5700, respectively--for less than $200, and they are now the surefire gaming upgrades for most mainstream PCs. While Intel and AMD are now competing to make high-end systems faster than ever--with the Athlon 64 now ready for future 64-bit applications and the Pentium 4 clocking in at 3.2GHz and up--ordinary PCs are also plenty fast and are a comparable bargain.

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