Yeah 1GB will help you at 1920x1200 but if your running only a 22" widescreen which is running 1680x1050 then you can get away with a 512 MB card and be solid (long as the core and mem clock are decent rates) When it comes to solid single cards, ATI has really stepped up there game with the 48xx series however I'd still go with an 9800 or a 260..IMO Nvidia >> ATI (despite the strong comeback because they have a multi-billion corporation backing them up..Nvidia is sorta at a handicap at the moment in my opinion)