hi. i do a lot of work with hdtv recordings, editing and encoding of said videos. very rarely do i do any gaming. if i do its likely card games. i'd like to keep the cost down but could spend up to $200. i don't know much about the ati lineup of cards to know which is better for me to get. i do know i want to go with ati and not nvidia. i currently have a msi k9a2 platinum mb and amd phenom 9500 with 4g ram running vista. i mostly use this pc as my home media/file server. another pc is the one actually recording all the shows.