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Originally Posted by nicky9499 
Are there any other video cards out there that perform better but at cheaper than the 8800? I can't find any in my immediate neighbourhoods, but I haven't the time to go hunting yet anyway.
I would recommend that you get the ATi 4850 or if you have more cash get the 4870.
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Alright, one more question.
I'm not really familiar with ATi's line of video cards. What are some of their mid to high end cards and what are their Nvidia counterparts of similar performance? Is there a comparism chart somewhere on the internet? If one of these cards can handle Grand Theft Auto IV for PC this November, I think it can pretty much do everything else.
Also, when buying a video card, what are the more important specs I should look out for and what are some of the technical terms (example shader pipelines, teraFLOP and GDDR memory, if it's related to mobo memory at all).
On a sidenote, I'm wondering if I should use XP or Vista (and 32-bit or 64-bit).
Having used Vista on my notebook for almost a year now, I'm still quite reluctant to switch any of my PCs to Vista because of all it's "general errors" and know-it-all-screw-it-all behaviour (also, it's harder to theme). The only reason I can think of is it's DirectX 10 advantages and some Vista-only GFW games.
Also, what are the pros and cons of 32 bit and 64 bit?
Cheers,
nicky9499
Edit:
Pimp, I assume you're referring to the ATi Radeon (what's with Sapphire?) HD4850 below?
