ATi HD2400 Pro vs nVidia 7300GT

[asonicboom]

Afternoon gents,

Ordering a new rig at the mo as per my thread seen in GH. I want something that is silent, Vista ready, I don't play games, and I much value my 2D over 3D.

I was set on the
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO SILENT 256MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (11109-01-10R) £37.59

But was recommended to look at the 7300GT, so I think I can stretch to
Asus GeForce EN7300GT-HTD Silent 256MB DDR2 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £41.11

• Which would you guys choose and why?

• Does ATi still use those terrible Catalysts that require .NET framework ?

Thanks all

 

[asonicboom]

Hmm very interesting, does it give you all the other options found in the ATi control panel (display options like tv out, theatre mode are most important to me) ?

Cheers

 

[asonicboom]

Thanks lads.

So what kind of Control Panel features would I be missing out on if I went with the ATi Tray Tools ?