Graphics card predicament

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My previous cards,


1x ATI 850XT - Great card, had great visual ran for 2 years highly overclocked;
2x 7900GTX OC (SLI) - Horrible just horrible visual, stutters, the works; and
1x 260GTX OC - Just bought this card at FuturShop (Canada) for $269 (evga). The visuals are a lot better than the 7900GTX OCs that I previously had. Still have a bit of weird shadows (they appear weird when displayed over water... like they are made up of lines and dots...) but other than that its great. I think it compares to my older ATI.

All in all I went with another NVIDIA card because I have an SLI MB. But from what I've seen, right now ATI (4xxx) and NVIDIA (2xx) are neck to neck. So its rather a question of personal preference.

I would not go for a 9800GT, this card is already outdated.