by Asrale on Sat Feb 28, 2004 5:23 am
I don't know too much about the latest mobos, procs, and RAM types, or which chipset that Asus V9570 uses, but for a high-end P4 system, either nVidia's GeForce FX 5900 Ultra or ATi's Radeon 9800 Pro would be a great match. Neither is top-of-the-line anymore but both are extremely competent. They're also expensive, probably out of your budget (haven't kept track of their prices), but they do go on sale sometimes, both online and at retail stores.
And on a general note, a 256MB card is pretty much useless right now. Very few games will take advantage of that much onboard RAM, and 256MB cards have slower-clocked memory than 128MB counterparts, making them perform weaker than their 128MB versions. 256MB cards won't be viable until they can be fabricated with high-bandwidth memory at low cost, which won't happen for a while...