While I generally do not like the site Tom's hardware as I find their reviews are often biased or they are testing on a platform that is not suitable for the test, I do like the summaries they do called "Best gaming video cards for the money".
If you intend to buy a graphics card it is certainly worth reading.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/11/the_best_gaming_video_cards_for_the_money/
This page has a nice clean summary of where all the various graphics cards (there is a lot of them) sit when compared to their brethren.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/11/the_best_gaming_video_cards_for_the_money/page6.html
Personally, I would recommend buying in the X1950 PRO/ 7950GT range. You can pick these up for around 150 dollars, sometimes less, and they represent the best value for money. It is simply not worth it to purchase bleeding edge technology as it's value deprecates the most overtime.
If you intend to buy a graphics card it is certainly worth reading.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/11/the_best_gaming_video_cards_for_the_money/
This page has a nice clean summary of where all the various graphics cards (there is a lot of them) sit when compared to their brethren.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/11/the_best_gaming_video_cards_for_the_money/page6.html
Personally, I would recommend buying in the X1950 PRO/ 7950GT range. You can pick these up for around 150 dollars, sometimes less, and they represent the best value for money. It is simply not worth it to purchase bleeding edge technology as it's value deprecates the most overtime.