PCI-E card help

[jdex24]

I'm currently building a computer. so far I've purchased the

case,
motherboard (ASRock xFire-eSATA2)
processor (intel p4 3.2Ghz 800MHz 2MB L2 cache 64EMT)
ram (legend 2GB dual memory 1024)
and my power supply (silverstone zeus 750W)

I'm now confused as to what graphics card to get. ive aprox $500 NZD to spend max maybe $560 NZD. I've been looking at 7900GT, 7950GT, 7800GTX, and the new 8800GTS 320Ghz models. what should i be looking for/what would be best?

I'm stuck as my motherboards support list doesn't list any of these but after e-mailing ASRock they replied with.
QUOTE: "We are sorry we don't have this card for testing(NVIDIA GEFORCE 7900GTO).in general cases, the white PCI-E slot will accept most standard PCI-E X16 cards.We suggest you to contact the card vendor to see if this card have been tested on our motherboard or not."

oh and I've already taken into consideration that the 8800GTS has the new Microsoft DirectX 10. but still cant decide. help is much appreciated
cherz

[jdex24]

oh and one other point i forgot to make. i am currently a student studying 3D animation and therefore will be working with both Maya and 3DS Max, would getting a quatro card be a better option?

[darksideleader]

ehh the 7950GT and even the 7900GT will work awesome for gaming. Since your into animation though mabye you should get the 8800GTS. Nothing more is needed

[jdex24]

thanx for reply, ive decided on the 8800gts but haven't chosen a brand yet, been looking at GIGABYTE and some others, are there any brands you recommend?

[Ayman]

ASUS is good or MSI, STlab,Inno 3d all are good brands