which one is better?

which of this video cards do you guys think is better when it comes to video quality and great graphics? if none of this are good cards please show me one that has the qualities that I mention before... also what should I be looking for when it comes to buy a new video card.

first choice:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... 09&CatId=0

2nd choice
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... 32&CatId=0

Reasons for having this card, is to play 3d games like Doom 3, etc. and video and photo editing
Also the money I have is limited, so please try to keep it under $160, thank you very much.

both are good graphics cards although for the money I would go with your first choice.

Usually I'd go for an Nvidia card, but I really don't like passively cooled cards so I'd go for the first one. I'm currently using a passively cooled 6200 in one of my machines and it runs far too hot, although it does keep my feet warm in these cold winter months...

i would go with the 6600 GT go look for it its about the same price as the x700 well on newegg at least..

or if u want to shell out 50 more bucks and get the XFX 6800gs 485 core 1100 mem

215 dollars at newegg

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814150118

or just the 6600 gt
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications ... 88&CatId=0

If you are looking for a good gamer card 6600gt is probably the best buy...honestly I don´t know that x700 with 512mb (but the overall performance of the x700´s is way lower than the 6600 gt ..but those 512mb can be handy.
But if you watch for the clocks:
x700
# Memory Speed 400MHz
# Core Clock Speed 400MHz
6600gt:
# Memory Clock Speed 1 GHz
# RAMDAC Clock Speed 400 MHz

even the x700xt can´t compete with the 6600 gt

thank you guys, your help is most appreciated.... thank you very much

The first choice is better.