gainward, GLH http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=82&bid=2&sid=64877

or http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&id2=82&bid=2&sid=74171
which is on preorder atm

as for the PSU i got the 550 thermatake and it does the job nicely (molex and sata cabling well covered, and $69) http://www.umart.com.au/pro/products_listnew.phtml?id=10&bid=2&id2=140&sid=72347

cos things are hot enough in cairns already?

why Nvida only? :S

Probably because the ATI drivers are balls.

nvidia drivers are better then ati

maybe he'd like to be able to use physx?

maybe he doesn't like ATI because he had a bad one in the past, (i know i would never have another ATI and AMD in the same laptop again, i'm sure my testicles got roasted more than a few times, sure there was nothing really wrong with it, but it reduced an aspect of it's usability)

maybe it is because living in cairns with the high humidy he has found that the airflow with the ATI is less than ideal

maybe this thread is about throwing ideas at hoggy so he can narrow his choice, and it has nothing to do with which brand is better

last time i had a choice for a work car i told them anything but a holden, because of my own long long long list of dislikes and hates,

also "you're balls, nothing wrong with them" does not reinforce your point,

Thanks guys; good info. I was already naively looking at a GTX 560 so at least I was in the right ballpark. Is it worth going for 2G of video ram atm? Also how much difference is ther between the 460 and 560 series. Given that its only 50 bucks if its at all significant I should just get the 560 yeh?

In any case it should be significantly better than my current ATI 4600HD ... !

Re the obligatory brand wars, I just want to go back to NVIDIA. Sorry if that offends anyone, but I personally don't like Catalyst, and I had a few ATI specific problems over the years that I didn't get when I ran nvidia gear, and I also want physx.

I know any difference between them is negligible, but I get to decide when I'm throwing down my $ :P

hoggy you should love it, altho i've only got a baby gainward (gs450 GLH), it runs with the fan never cracking over an idle speed, (even with just cause 2 cranked to the max) apart from boot that is,

as for the 2g ram, would all depend, how long you keeping that mobo/card and what you do with it

DK: I've used an ATI video card for the past 2-3 years. I want out. I don't like Catalyst. I want PhysX.

... Personal choice dude, no need to be upset about it, the world will continue turning if Hog is somehow wrong about his opinion of ATI products despite using one for YEARS.

copuis: Given that I'm a cheap bastard this card will probably outlast every other component in my setup, so yeh its for the long haul and to play games on.

Hmm that is a tidy step up; thanks for the info step.

/salute!