Best Graphics Card for SU/Photoshop?

[todamgood4U]

I have been working day and night on a very large project lately and told my boss I just needed a new machine. I mentioned the one I have would be great as a secondary machine just for running renderings and animations, while a new one for upgrading.

I'll be looking into specs this week with our IT guy and let you guys know what I'm thinking at getting. Feedback would be greatly appreciated.

[Krisidious]

have a look at my E4300 overclocked build here in the hardware forum

[not registered yet]

This is my first post here. I'm not yet a SU user but I'm building a system that I intend to use for SU:

ASUS A8V Deluxe (non-PCI)
Athlon X2 4200+
2GB DDR400
WinXP

As for my graphics card, I'm limited to AGP. I'm between the HIS X1950 Pro (512MB) and the XFX 7900 GS (256MB). I can't seem to find a 512MB version of the 7900 GS. Both cards are roughly $150 with rebates.

There aren't but a handful of AGP cards more powerful than these two, for example, the 7950 GT. I read today that NVidia has developed a AGP/PCI bridge for the GeForce 8 series and that an AGP version of the 8600 is just around the corner

Back to reality...
I'm thinking I should go with the X1950 PRO simply because it has 512MB. But I read elsewhere here that Nvidia based cards are best for SU. Perhaps this is no longer the case??

Advice would be appreciated.
David


[ginahoy]