[Yawgm0th]

Id' also say a GeForce 6800GT would be a good choice. Either Leadtek or eVGA, depending on which games you like more and whether or not you want to overclock without using an aftermarket cooler. At the very least, get a regular GeForce 6800 (same brands). Nothing less will offer an improvement great enough to be worth the money.

But Eaglee does make a valid point. I'd say if you aren't on a socket 754 or 939 system or at least a high-end Pentium 4 (2.8C or better, I'd say), then you are probably more limited by your processor in most games.

Also, what games you play should have some choice in your decision. For the most part, I recommend the high-end nVidia cards over ATI, but the games you play may give ATI an advantage if ATI cards perform better. CPU limitation can also change based on that, too. If you're playing Doom 3, then it's pretty hard to put a CPU limitation on most systems that can even support AGP 4x or 8X cards. On the other hand, UT2004 seems to rely more on the processor than the video card. What games do you play?