Turns out the answer is yes. The new AMD Radeon HD 4830 512MB graphics card
competes with NVIDIA's GeForce 9800 GT and is actually a better overall
choice in my opinion. Budget and mid-range cards are getting a BIG boost in
validity this fall and it doesn't seem to be slowing down yet.

URL: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=629&type=expert

Quote: "The HD 4830 512MB is obviously a strong contender in this area and
puts the GeForce 9800 GT on notice becoming the best card you can get for
less than $130. In our gaming tests I saw the HD 4830 clearly outpace the
GeForce 9800 GT in both Call of Duty 4 and Crysis, two games that are
usually quite favorable to NVIDIA's GPUs and drivers. Bioshock also
performed well on the HD 4830 but the tests at 2048x1536 indicate to me that
the cards are about equal in this title."

Thanks for a post!

Ryan Shrout
PC Perspective
rshrout ( -at -) pcper.com