Nvidia EVGA 7600 or ATI Sapphire Radeon X850XT 256MB

[ProSlayer]

I've heard ATI cards have slightly more speed, but cause more noise, heat, and power consumption.

 

[Deathawk]

Really depends on which card, can't have a blanket statement like that for every card.

And if you are going to get an x850xt(pe) you might want to adjust how the fans work, because if I remember correctly they are set horribly.

 

[Mjmitch2]

I've heard ATI cards have slightly more speed, but cause more noise, heat, and power consumption.

Speed - hmm, maybe, depends on the game and settings.

noise - mine is very reasonable quiet with the Arctic Cooler.

heat - depends on your cooling solution ( Arctic Cooler & AS5 work great for me)

power comsumption - yes, they do have a 4-pin power connector.


* If you look at my rig at the bottom, it only uses about 275 watts.