On Tue, 19 Jul 2005 16:48:41 +0100, "GT"
<ContactGT_remove_@hotmail.com> wrote:

>"Cuzman" <cuzNOSPAM@supanet.com> wrote in message
>news:dbisie$u1g$1@news.freedom2surf.net...
>> GT wrote:
>>
>> " Are they be in a different league, or would I not really notice a
>> difference? "
>>
>>
>> Forget 256MB cards; You'll be paying more for a card that has slower RAM.
>> 128MB equivalents will cost you less, and have faster RAM chips.
>>
>> You can have this from me for £40 (including recorded delivery):
>>
>> *** MSI GEFORCE FX5700-TD128 (128MB AGP8x) ***
>
>Thanks for the offer, but I think I am going to go for Radeon (9600 Pro/Xt
>or 9800 Pro/XT). I prefer radeon over NVidia and I have a radeon card now so
>it should be easier to upgrade!
>


Being a Radeon it may even be harder than an nVidia (or any
other) card, not easier. ATI drivers are piss-poor when it
comes to uninstalling so if anything it's harder to switch
to same family of card because there might be mixed driver
remnants left behind. Uninstall the old driver before
putting the new card in then manually set standard VGA mode.
If that isn't enough then Google for an "ATI driver
cleaner".

If it weren't that nVidia's FX5xxx series is slower in your
price range, (that is, if your budget were higher) I'd have
suggested nVidia cards for driver issues/prevention alone.