[Mosquito]

I only used 3DMark2001 as an example of a benchmark, I never said that it was the be all and end all of benchmarks. You are hard pressed however to find a benchmark which does a better job of testing your Direct X 8 graphics subsystems including it's new OpenGL support. So it is a good overall benchmark, and generally a higher mark will translate into a higher frame rate in any 3d game including this one. Secondly, I find that rarely is the most expensive card out there actually the best! Generally the most expensive cards come from dealers with big names, and you're paying for the name painted on the box.
Example:
ASUS V8200 T5 PURE GEFORCE3 TI500 64MB DDR AGP $531.69
VISIONTEK XTASY 6964 GEFORCE3 TI 500 64MB DDR AGP W/ TV OUT & DVI RETAIL $497.28
The visiontek is $34.31 cheaper, even though the 2 card will run dead even performance wise.

And finally, last time I checked asking people knowledgeable on a subject was considered a valid form of research.

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