Zotac GeForce 8600 GT ZONE Edition
 

ltimately, the buying decision is going to depend on your needs because there is no clear must buy in the midrange at the moment. Previous-generation DirectX 9 cards outperform their replacements, but the new generation of cards have DX10 support and better HD video capabilities.

I guess if you're after a mainstream graphics card with a good set of home theatre features and respectable performance in both DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 games, Zotac's card looks to be a better purchase than the Radeon HD 2600 XT, but it's a bit expensive for our tastes at the moment. You could say Zotac's GeForce 8600 GT ZONE Edition is a jack of all trades, master of none at its current price.

http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...zone_edition/1