Intel switchover, Q6700?

[kelfen]

Yea, your in high school and the budget is tight, just OC your current chip or grab the 5000+ Black Edition (less than $100 US) and your second card for SLI and enjoy. Switch to Intel sometime next year after Core3 is out. ( I suppose thats what the'll call Nehlam)

As to nVidia vs ATI, what you've heard is tru regarding the last couple of generations (8000 series vs HD2000 and HD3000) but ATI's new HD4870 is proving to be an amazing card for the price compared to the newest nVidia offerings.

Yea, you also have to consider NVIDIA cards do not support direct 10.1x but their next gen cards are going to so that means games will take advantage of the 10.1 for better performance in the future. something you have to consider