Spec me a graphics card

[Monkey Puzzle]

Hi, planning a new build, and though I mainly use my pc for web and watching movies, and use my 360 for gaming, I would like to be able to play crysis when it arrives.

I'm looking for a card for under £100 - should I go ATI or nvidia, and where is the sweet spot value-wise? How well do the 7900 series overclock compared to the x1900 cards - I'm aware the ATI cards make a lot of heat/noise, and don't really want to have to spend more money on an aftermarket GFX cooler....

Plan to have a C2D(prob 6600, but maybe an overclocked 4300/4400 if they drop in price at the end of this month) with an AC freezer 7, 2gb RAM (ballistix 5300), in a Lian Li pc7+.

 

[Monkey Puzzle]

Yeah, thing is the machine I'm using now is dying and isn't adequate to run lots of apps at once anyhow (lots of mozilla, emule, bitorrent etc) and I figure I'll need to get a GPU as the motherboard I want to get (DS3/DS3R) doesn't have onboard gfx...

 

[Monkey Puzzle]

Oh, should also mention I'm using a 20" monitor at 1680x1050.

 

[Monkey Puzzle]

Yeah I know could play not-native res I spose.

 

[Monkey Puzzle]

Yeah but as I said I want to play crysis, and that's coming in sept, right? The next round of GFX cards won't of come out by then so I'm guessing the price of current models won't have dropped by then, so what's the point in waiting if I want to play crysis when it comes out?