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i love my EVGA GTX 285 SC that i am using on my abit IP 35 Pro mobo which run flawless BTW

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130484

That looks like a great card, but probably way more than I need - my old 8800GT was definetly overkill.

I just bought this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814130395

I'll post back after it's installed.

Thanks again everyone - I love being able to go to a friendly place on the net for help.

Just installed the EVGA 9500 GT and with the default drivers, my Vista performance score was 4.8 for desktop and 5.3 for gaming.

I downloaded and installed the latest drivers from EVGA's site and made some modifications in the Nvidia control panel and now my desktp score is 5.0.

This should probably be just fine until I build a new rig around Windows 7 or 8 depending on which version becomes the more standard. (i.e. 98 vs. 2000)

Note: unistalliing the ATI drivers was a real pain. I had to boot into safe mode to keep the system from loading the CCC stuff [Catalyst Control Center]. Until I completely deleted all the ATI drivers, my system wouldn't let me install Nvidia drivers - 'error, your system does not have any hardware compatible with these drivers, set up will now exit'].

Thanks everyone. I'll be back when Windows 7 and then 8 come out....

Rick

Well.
Here I am abit late into this, but I always had excellent performance from the SAPPHIRE HD3870 installed on an IP35 PRO.
They are solid cards and quite affordable now.
Video playback and gaming is excellent.