PC upgrade video card decision

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areamike

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Ok folks I am lost. I finally gave up and decided to ask for help.

I am in the middle of a computer upgrade. I have purchased this motherboard.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=249621

I wanted Crossfire abilities for future upgrade. I am on a limited budget and I am currently perplexed by the various videos cards out there. From what I have read, the motherboard I have chosen supports ATI's Crossfire technology. I would like to purchase a video card that supports this as well.

I'd like to keep the video card cost well below 100 dollars.

After extensive reading, I believe the best card for my price range would be the ATI Radeon 2600XT shown here:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10005875

Is this a good card? My primary computer use is Video editing, Gaming and general usage.

The ONLY cons I have seen regarding the 2600XT is overheating...will this be an issue or do some versions of the 2600XT have better and worse cooling?

Is there a BIG difference in performance between 256MB and the 512MB cards?

If someone has a better/other suggestion, please, feel free to comment.

Thank you!
 
We'll see if the Wifey will "agree" to that price. It's only 30 dollars more basically. ;)

The only drawback I see with that card is no DirectX10 support. Or should I consider that a drawback? I will most likely be installing Vista, unless I get frustrated enough and opt for XP Pro.
 
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