Just need an honest opinion on w/c video card i should buy. Don't care about brands like asus, msi, albatron, etc. Just want the gpu name. I want to have a $200 card that can run Half-Life 2 the fastest and w/ the best graphics quality. I was planning on getting a geforce fx 5900xt, but i did some research and came across this article on vr-zone.com, and i quote "Performance wise, the 5900XT was able to outperform the Radeon 9600XT in every game and at every resolution tested, except in the Direct X 9.0 and Pixel Shader 2.0 loaded Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness game. This leads us to question how well the card will perform when hardcore Direct X 9.0 based games like Half-Life 2 and Doom 3 come out later this summer". So it would seem like the 9600xt is the better choice for half-life 2. This got me confused, and now im asking all the experts here for advice on w/c card to buy. I'm not actually limiting my options to the 5900xt and the 9600xt. I'm open to suggestions for the 5800, 5700, 9800, 9700, or whatever. As long as it's either nvidia or ati, and must not cost beyond $200. Thanx in advance.