Which one do i buy....?

[Clarkeymc]

If you had to choose between

(�100.46) Asus V9570TD GeForce FX 5700 256MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail (GX-023-AS) NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700 clocked at 425MHz - All-new CineFX� 2.0 engine, 500MHz DDR memory with 256-bit bus and AGP 8X
 

Or for �117.44 Asus ATI Radeon 9600XT/TVD 128MB DDR (AGP) - Retail (GX-020-AS) ATI Radeon 9600 XT Graphics Engine 500MHz Engine Clock  - 300MHz(600MHz DDR) Memory Clock - 400MHz RAMDAC - AGP8X/4X/2X Bus Standard  - 128-bit DDR Memory Interface- 2048x1536 Max Resolution (with Half Life 2 free)

[mattie]

have a look here - http://www.amdmb.com/article-display.php?ArticleID=274.

The author recommends the Radeon based card, plus you get halflife 2 free, I am playing it at the moment, and I can thoroughly recommend it.

However, the rest of your PC will need to be of fairly high spec - big hdd, quality motherboard, fast CPU and plenty of ram.

[j2buttonsw]

But the nVidia card is a higher spec: 256 vs 128 MB, 425 vs 500 MHz (OK slightly lower) and 256 vs 128 bit. It is just whether the FX 5700 chipset is better than the 9600TVD and as mattie rightly states: the Radeon card performs better.