OK I'm getting a 3200+ Venice soon with 1 GIG ram probably with SATA or SATA II and I'm looking for a GFX card. I got a few questions:

1) ATi or NVidia? I know the 7800 is a [-peep-] bomb but it's way overpriced. ATi X850 also.

2)I'm not looking for the latest card that's gonna be, in 3 months down to 50% of it's current price. A decent, slightly above average card, will be good for me. Maybe planning to play BF2 but not that sure.

Should I buy a Vid card / year at mainstream performance or one crazy ass 500$ card that's gonna last who knows how long?

Currently watching over the GF6 6600 GT, GF6 6800 or ATi X800LT.

Thanks

How long can you wait before you buy your new vid card?

Well, I'm buying my new cpu in 2 weeks butr I got an old 9250 to play guild wars so I guess I could wait a month but I REALLLY wanna play Half-Life 2, why?

Hello?

It's up to you. I have a x800xl and it's a great card but sometimes when I'm playing BF2 I wish I had something better. Either way unless you want to bust the bank wide open I'd stick to this card. It's a good deal.

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