If you want a card right now your best bet would be to go with a Radeon 9700. The 9700 has the best performance right now for its price, on par with the GFFX(in most cases). While it is true that there may be hidden performance increases via driver upgrades for the GFFX, for over a hundred dollars more it's not worth it, imho. If you want to wait a bit the R350 and RV350 from Ati should be coming out and will be a whole lot better than the 9700.