Inno3D GeForce GTX 260 Accelero XXX, likely to be priced at £210, performs the best in practically every area. It's the fastest, quietest, and best overclocker of the trio, and the package includes free games. We really like the Arctic Cooling Accelero XXX cooler, enabling whisper-quiet operation, and it's a well-thought-out package from start to finish. Unfortunately for UK buyers, stock availability is poor, and the sharp pricing of default-clocked GTX 260s means that it's not the bargain it may look on paper. Moving on, XFX's Radeon HD 4870 XXX 1GB takes in the reference design with a modicum of overclocking. The larger-than-normal frame-buffer will begin to pay dividends if gaming at ultra-high resolutions and with everything turned on, especially as a greater number of texture-heavy titles are released in 2009, but the performance differences between this card and a Radeon HD 4870 512MB are minimal in our suite. Pricing is good, sure, but we'd be tempted to wait for the next iteration of ATI GPUs instead.

You can grab the XFX Radeon 4870 XXX 1GB starting at $208 here.

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