Hi,

Can of you kind people advice me on what ATI Radeon to buy for top gaming proformance? My budget isn't really limited. The specs of my current mahcine are as follows:

P4 3.0EGhz
1024 Mem of RAM DDR
200 Gig HDD
ATI Radeon 9600 256MB SE (Poor performance)

I'm looking to upgrade the GFX card, and maybe even the memory (at a later date)

I was looking at the Hightech ATI Radeon 9800 256 Pro. What do you people think?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Your selection(9800 Pro) is a great performer, and the 9800 XT is a notch higher, especially when AA and AF are enabled:
http://www6.tomshardware.com/graphic/20031229/index.html

I would seriously consider an Nvidia Card as well.

The GeForce FX 6500 ultra is due to come out soon, and you can reserve one on either the PNY, or BFG technologies site (here (http://www.bfgtech.com/6800U.html#zero))

The 5900ultra (currently out), is a high preformance card that precorms just as well, if not better than the 9800XT. find it at newegg.com for about $250(us)

-The Bumstedman