Chucky from what I read of graphic card comparisons on the net it's pretty much a toss-up between Nvidia and ATI Radeon.They tend to follow each others innovation and everytime one comes up with something nw the other follows a few days or weeks later with something similar.
I think in order to compare you have to compare similar gcs with similar specs.Your ATI may be less performing because it is aore ancine t designs.These days one year is like what 10 years used to be in the old days in terms of technological progress.This year's model is next year'
s antique!Just an example, I have a SONY VAIO 2003 laptop which at the time was considered one the best and most advanced notebook( not to mention expensive).Well it's got barely 1.6 gig processor, 256 mb RAM,40 gigs hardisk and a 32 mb graphic card.For the same price I paid it now I get at least a 2.0gb processor, 3 gb RAM, 320 gb hard disk and a 512 mb graphic card.It's amazing how fast electronics change!
One thing I like abotu Nvidia which ATI should emulate is the graphic card control pannel that comes with it and allows you to tailor the settings according to your tastes and your pcs /laptop's capacity.
Chucky, careful with the gin when you swap cards; the last thing you want is putting your credit card in your pc and your graphic card in your wallet....
Cheers!