Now that I'm home I'll elaborate...
First, Brand dones't matter TOO much. I prefer Gainward because I often buy their "Golden Sample" cards (very overclockable) and even their standard cards seem to be put together in a very stable fashion, generally close to the spec board, but with some features. They offer cards from the inexpensive plain-old-video card to the VIVO digital video cards and everything in between.
As for the model, it all depends again. Personally, I love my GeForce FX 5600/256. It's a great card, it doesn't cost $600 and I game it to death and it takes the beating. I'd love to upgrade to a 6800 just for sheer geekitude, but I can't convince myself to cough up that kind of dough for something like a vid card.
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