ATI Raideon X1950 Pro, PCI ExpressX16, 256MB of GDDR3
Which is what I have.

Or whould NVIDA be better? Which one specifically if possible? Thanks!!

Ok, so I am using Maya 8.0 on a windows XP Pro tower. The problem is that whenever I do anything it slows down my computer almost to a stall, the start menu does that blur effect as if the program...

I thought this was for the requirements to run Maya, not a ram question, btw get more of it, like 2.0GB or more!