Getting a new system and this is the video card that worked for my price range. Coupled with AMD 3500 and 1 gig of 400 Corsair XMS, how will it perform with my system? Give me the good and the bad, I can take it.

My opinion, stay away from the X600 XT , go with the X700 Pro. The X600 was meant to be the answer to nVidia's Geforce 6600 but truth is that it preforms slightly lower than a Geforce 6200. The 6200 is a good card and so is the X600 but it's the cost that kills it. You could get an X700 Pro that keeps up with nVidia's 6600GT for about the same as the X600 XT. Which would you choose?For example. In Doom 3 high quality with no AA 8xAF. Geforce 6600GT 86fpsRadeon X700 XT 61.4fpsX700 Pro 52.5fps6600 Standard 51.2fpsGeforce 6200 40.5fpsGeforce 5900 31.5 fpsX600 XT 30.4fps.