I'd have to disagree. If you run EG2 on WINNT, Maya is F*#%. up. Try extruding a polygon face and see what happens.
My machine at home has an EG2 with 512 less RAM than my comp at work running NT. At home, running w2k, all the latest patches/service packs... and I'm using the Detonator drivers. The card is 4 times as fast when it comes to UV editing in the texture window.