I cant tell from experience, yet but I did a bit of research, and ordered an ELSA today. The Elsa and Visiontek are the same card (Visiontek manufactures Elsa's Gf3 for them) except the Elsa has 3.8 ns ram as opposed to the Visiontek's 4ns ram. All Gf3's are very similar performance-wise but the Gainward seems to come out on top by a very small margin usually. I didn't get the gainward b/c I had never heard of them before and I wanted to be sure I could get support down the road if I needed it. IMO I would get either the Visiontek or the ELSA, depending on weather you want the free copy of Giants that comes with the ELSA and whichever one you can find cheaper.