New graphic card. Any good tips?

[Mirco]

Hey guys and happy new year to you all.

Well I`m thinking of buying a new graphics card and was thinking of this one: Sapphire Radeon 9800 PRO 128 MB which is gonna set me back about 365 dollars or 201 £.

I`ve noticed that this card is fairly old and I wonder if it is worth its price or if I should go for something cheaper like the 9600xt series perhaps. Or is there anything new in the pipeline that I should save my money for?

I`m having a bit of trouble of orientating my self in the graphic card jungle so a little help would be...ehh helpfull:p. I`ve been sticking to nvidea for a long time now and currently own a asus gf4 ti4600.

[Xizor]

Why on earth are you changing your graphics card when you have a TI4600?
Wait till you NEED the card, the most stupid thing you can do in the hardware world is buying hardware before you need it.

I would advise the 5900XT/5900SE (it's the same). It's basically a highend card with a midend price.
Proof and benchmarks:

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/evga_e-geforce_fx_5900_xt_review/default.asp
http://www.hothardware.com/hh_files/S&V/gffx_5900xt.shtml
http://www.tech-report.com/reviews/2003q4/geforcefx-5900xt/index.x?pg=1

[Mirco]

Tnx man.