oblivion and graphics card ...new pc

I am having a pc built by a local shop....so far I am going for a e6300 or 6400 core 2 duo with 1G ram.

The big question is the graphics card.

I have been looking at the nvidia 256k 7900GS, but I here that Oblivion gets along better with ATI ...something about a couple things that can't be turned on at the same time with Nvidia drivers?

Anyway...what ATI board would be roughly equivalent to a 7900gs? x1900?

What GPU would you guys suggest at this level?.....I don't need the best, but I want something that isn't obsolete overnite. DX10 isn't even a consideration for me for another year.

Wade 8^)

I would suggest the X1900XTX

With that card you will be able to use both HDR and AA in the game, the 7900gt doesnt support that

yeah go with the x1950pro. You can have HDR and AA with that card which is the main advantage over the 7900GS I think

Well I think its safe to say the 7900GT beats the x1950pro in most benchmarks. arnt they on tomshardware VGA bencmarks??

If you want something better you could get the x1950XT which beats the 7950GT although the x1950pro is still very good. there is also the x1950pro ultimate from saphire

I can't believe nobody posted this yet. forget everybody's personal opinions, here's the only post you'll ever need (until it stops being updated anyways), with more research done than you'll care to do yourself:

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/har [...] 69937.html

You don't really need to choose a card, just decide how much money to spend. then use that post and choose. done!