Originally Posted by Leukybear

Yeah nothing beats dedicated graphics; I loved the time when the 88' was the top dog; good times.
And catalyst drivers are a pile of poo. As far as power usage, ATI has come out far on the lead as far as performance vs power consumption goes; top card vs. top card; nvidia's cards always uses more wattage on idle or under load.
Often times ATI cards would outperform at a lower power usage vs a Nvidia card.

Nvidia just launched out the GTX6XX series not long ago so you should be able to pick a very powerful GTX 5XX card for pretty cheap from upgraders.