Well graphics card wise the Nvidia 6800 ultra performs just as well as the ati Radeon x800 in benchmark testing. one major difference being nvidia decided to add in the support for pixel shader 3.0 which is why the vpu is so much larger and the heatsink to go with it. the radeon is smaller and generates less heat because it doesnt have support for pixel shader 3.0. Thing is very few games will even take advantage of pixel shader 3.0 for a while. You would be perfectly fine going with the x800, but if you want to wait for the nvidia you will get the newest shader support so you can be ready once games start coming out in the future to take advantage of the feature. Either way both cards are awesome and neither one is lacking.
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- Dell XPS M170
OS: XP Professional SP2
CPU: Intel Pentium M 2.13Ghz
MOBO: Intel 915PM Chipset
HDD: 100Gb 7200rpm Ultra ATA
OD: DVD-RW CD-RW Burner
RAM: 2gb DDR2 533mhz
VGA: PCi16x Geforce Go 6800 Ultra 256mb GDDR3
SCREEN: 17' WUXGA Ultrasharp TFT 1920x1200 native
AUDIO: 2 Speakers, 1 1" subwoofer
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