Skunksamsh - not to get in the middle here but why not, you never smashed on ATI at all, i personally love ATI cards in my opinion the out preform what they are rated at, just like kenwood car audio does.
i have ran both Nvidia and ATI cards, and personally the ATI cards have more options available than Nvidia and are more easily configurable, but it has been awhile since i have had a Nvidia card so that could have changed.
my mobo is actually a Nvidia chipset with the onboard video being a 8200 with 512mb, but i am running a ATI video card as i already had it and it is 1GB.
they both do the same but i prefer ATI.
there is my 2 cents.
peace out peps.
