I would NOT buy ATI. I own a 5970 and it gets beaten by nvidias 285 in stress tests on all the pcs ive tried them in with all the high end gear. and plus the drivers ati comes up with atm .... just no
Nvidia is top dwag as of now.better drivers, better features such as 3D, physx and tessellation.maybe things will change when ATI comes out with there 6xxx series.
that shouldn't be too long. rumor has it that ati (ahem) i mean amd will be releasing their HD6000 series by the ned of this month or early nov, before nv's GTX400 series is even finished.