Best Bang For the Buck

[Tweb]

I'm in the market for a new vid card an been surfing the net for reviews on different video cards, but still can't make up my mind :(

My price range $150 ~ $180

I need some input on the following....

1: Good card manufacture
2: Better preformer: ATI 9600 or GF FX 5600 ULTRA/780 256 mb
3: Which card is best at OpenGL
4: Useage: Games, Video editing an 2D/3D Graphics

System
Win2K Pro, AMD 2600XP, 512 mb DDR ( soon to be 1 gig )

[BipolarBill]

Stretch a little:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=N82E16814102256

While both the 5600 and 9600 are good, they are not 9500 Pros. :cool:

[Bigjakkstaffa]

9500 Pro, its the entry level card for today as far as im concerned

--Jakk:t

[Tweb]

Mmmmm, Interesting, I found a good review on the ATI RADEON cards here, SLOOOOWWW loading for modem users!
It compares the 9500 pro, 9700 an the GF 4k series cards

http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/radeon/r9500pro.html

[Tweb]

How's this card @ http://www.enetshoponline.com/ra95pro12ddr.html > Radeon 9500Pro for VC-ATRA554 Regular price: $270.00 Sale price: $172.00. Is it a good supplier an the manufactures reliable?

I see it need another way to power it, but no problem........

[Rugor]

Hmmmmmm, the picture looks more like a non-pro to me, though it could be an early Pro.

I've never heard of that seller, but I have a Sapphire 9500 Pro and it works fine. However it did come with the DVI dongle for free too.