why there is a radeon/nvidia war i just don't know.
i play games and do lots of intense 3d modeling with a radeon card (uv mapper pro too) and have no issues at all!

personally, either card will be good. they both do the same thing.
don't confuse the poor girl.

arcadia, either nvidia or radeon will work for you. it really comes down to what mobo is linked with what card and what chip and what driver you are using. some work great together and some don't.

i encourage you to do some homework over at overclockersaustrailia.com 
they have a section where peps post their gear and benchmarks and from all of that data you can get a pretty fair idea of what is working well together.

there are some kickass systems out there that use radeon and that use nvidia.

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