Hi folks,

building a new system and thinking about gpu's. I would like a pc that is good for gaming and 3d; looking at cards, the 9800gtx+ and hd4870 are in my price range.

Really wanted to get the 4870 for pound to performance ratio but have been put off by some negative forum posts elsewhere about it's 3d app compatibility (esp maya) and was wondering if anyone here hade experience of it?

Would plan to run it with vista 64 and would really like to know if anyone here has run the ati with maya/houdini/zbrush.

cheers

gubar