thinkin about upgrading

I think its 'bout time to upgrade my video card after seeing videos of Doom III and Half Life 2.
What would you guys recommend me buying? I'd like to have a card that will let me play the latest games and will last a good 2 years atleast (like my current GeForce 3). I usually play games in 1024*768 x32 but would like to have silky frame rates with all graphics set to max and perhaps anistropic filtering and some anti-aliasing enabled. If possible, I'd like to stick with nVidia, but they seem to be in a certain funk right now...is the GeForce FX 5900 promising?
Given my system specs, would something like the Radeon 9800 or FX 5900 benefit me that much, or would I have a big bottleneck? Maybe by Christmas I'll upgrade my processor and RAM; but for right now, would buying a top of the line video card be a smart choice?

The 5900u is very promising IMO.:) I think that the R400 from ATI will be even more so though.:eek::)

Edit-I wouldn't worry about bottlenecking if you plan on upgrading it anyway. It will be bottlenecked, but the new card will still be a VERY nice upgrade.:)

ok, how 'bout if i DON'T plan to upgrade the system in the near future: is it still a very beneficial upgrade?
And if I do upgrade, what do you guys think I should upgrade to? I'm thinking 1 GB of the same RAM and something like a AMD 3000+ XP--you guys think that'll last me for a long time?
Thanks

I think you should upgrade when the games come out...unless of course you need an upgrade for some other reason at the moment.

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I think you should upgrade when the games come out...unless of course you need an upgrade for some other reason at the moment.

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He said he wants max details with AA and AF. A G3 will simply nto make the cut!:eek:

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ok, how 'bout if i DON'T plan to upgrade the system in the near future: is it still a very beneficial upgrade?

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I think so. Plus, when you got to upgrade everything else, you will get the added of benefit of not bottlenecking the card as much.:)