Originally Posted by Andaho 
WOAH! Don't tell him that an ATI 1950 is the same as a 8600 GTS, thats a lie!
Check this out
Tom's Hardware 2007 VGA Charts
I was hoping to buy a X1950 XT as you can see on the chart is great for the cost of it (around £110), but over the last week, everywhere is running out of stock of them, and withdrawing them (replacing them with DX10 cards, but you don't need DX10 yet, and not for a long time cause games will still have support for DX9, just prittier graphics with DX10 support)
So the X1950 Pro is a good choice, I'm considering this one for only £92
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...oductID=619503 cause it comes with a quiet 3rd party cooler installed.
But don't just take my word for it, spend 10 mins studying Tom's VGA chart.
If you believe anything in Toms Hardware you also prolly believe that fairys live at the bottom of your garden and the man in the moon is real (sorry to disappoint anyone
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No eye candy all........doesnt make for good benches now does it as if you wanted low settings, why would you buy an expensive card? You wouldnt!
Take a look at those tests. They do this to make ATI cards look like they are 'up to' nVidia standards when clearly they aren't.
Because Toms Hardware is so popular among the ill informed when they search engine, they get paid to write nice things to distort the facts.