Need new video card, advice needed.

[mediar]

They are, but since most games these days uses nVidia's PhysX for physics, I've found that nVidia cards tend to perform a bit better with dynamic rendering.  Static rendering, such as 3d-modeling and the like, ATI still trumps.

It's more a matter of preference these days, as others have states.  I promote nVidia for gaming from my personal preference.

I agree, and I used to be a Nvidia fan boi, now I am a ATI fan boi because I am an AMD fanboi.. it's complicated :P

[Silvermink]

I've got a metal nVidia mini-briefcase thing somewhere that I got with a reference RIVA TNT card back in the day. 's'pretty bitchin'. Got it from a friend in the industry.