Graphics Help for new card...

I'm upgrading my system soon, i need to know which card is better, bare in mind half life 2 + doom 3.

I'm deciding between;
Sparkle GeForce FX 5700 Ultra 128MB
Specs:
- 475 MHz Core clock
- 128MB DDR-II memory running at 950MHz
- 128bit memory interface
- 400 MHz RAMDAC
- Video-In / Video-Out

Hercules 3D Prophet 9600XT 128MB DDR
Specs:
- 128 MB 325MHz (650MHz DDR) Video Memory
- 500MHz Engine Clock
- 400MHz RAMDAC
- AGP8X/4X Bus Standard
- 128-bit DDR Memory Interface
- 2048x1536 Max Resolution

Leadtek WinFast A350TDH LX GeForce FX 5900 128MB DDR
Specs:
- AGP 8X
- 400MHz RAMDACs
- 256-bit Graphics Core
- 400 MHz Engine Clock
- 256-bit Memory Interface
- 2.8 ns Memory Speed
- TV-Out
- DVI Input

Asus ATI Radeon 9600XT/TVD 128MB (cheapest)
Specs:
- 128 MB DDR Video Memory
- 500MHz Engine Clock
- 300MHz(600MHz DDR) Memory Clock
- 400MHz RAMDAC
- AGP8X/4X/2X Bus Standard
- 128-bit DDR Memory Interface
- 2048x1536 Max Resolution

Thanks guys, and if you've got any personal suggestions i'm looking at spending no more then £170.
Oh and post a link if you can!

 

personally i would wait till hl2 comes out and gets reviewed before you go upgrading you rig. There should be testing and you would be able to find out which card ran best on hl2. Also im sure the prices would be a bit lower then

 

since im like a cheap guy i would go with the cheapes

so i would pick this one IMO
Asus ATI Radeon 9600XT/TVD 128MB (cheapest)
Specs:
- 128 MB DDR Video Memory
- 500MHz Engine Clock
- 300MHz(600MHz DDR) Memory Clock
- 400MHz RAMDAC
- AGP8X/4X/2X Bus Standard
- 128-bit DDR Memory Interface
- 2048x1536 Max Resolution

 

thanks for the replies so far, money isnt a problem, i just cant go over 200, and wanna spend about 170, so... anything welcome.

 

from what ive read the 9600xt is a great card, beats a lot of the nvidia models on all levels, but we don't know since hl2 isn't well at least not the actual game

 

In the tests I have seen The ATI 9600 XT is faster.

In normal fillrate and texturing it is between 4% - 37% faster the the FX 5700 Ultra.

In Pixel Shading it looks to be 30% - 70% faster then the FX 5700 Ultra.

Check out this thread.

http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8623

The Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI & Half Life 2 Bundle can be picked up now at www.overclockers.co.uk for around £126 pounds.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Sapphire_143.html

 

the main question goes, are sapphire good?
I have no idea.

 

Sapphire are a good brand, they often use better video ram chips than other brands.

 

sapphire it is, it saves me £50ish by the hercules.
means i can my fan controller too