Well, seems some nice cards, are coming down in price...found this one in the store a week or so ago.. and was curious to ask about it... I was told it would come down even more from its current 299 mark to around 199..http://www.compusa.com/products/product_in...2729&pfp=BROWSEWhat kind of performance gain could i expect if i upgrade???Check specs in sig.. :)thanks guys! :-wave

Hi,I just got myself one of those...I couldn't wait for the price drop as my old 9700pro had given up the struggle...I am amazed with the card so far... I really thought my processor (P4 2.8) was my weak point but now I realize it was as much the old graphics card.I also see image quality improvments.By the way Circuit City have 6800's at 199 ( after 100 mail in rebate.. so no good for me as I was only in the US for 1 night )I am very happy with my 850pro. Paul

Do you run AA and AF and what kind of performance do you get on the card in the sim?Thanks!

Frankly, I'd get a Geforce 6800GT anytime over ATI. I recently upgraded from a Radeon 9800 Pro and the difference is stunning. But that's just my personal opinion. I do not have any experience with the card you mentioned, but I have seen a few threads of dissapointed users who have seen little increase in performance from the ATI X series cards. I'd also not get a card from CompUsa since they're usually at least 10-30% more expensive compared to newegg.com.Good luck!!

Hi,Yes I run AA4x and AF8x and keep my frames locked at 25 now..only drops at the known really heavy airports with 100% UT traffic.Before my 9700pro was struggling with frames locked at 20.So yes I have seen a good increase in frame rates. Most significantly though I have seen an increase in the texture draw times ( on view change ). I was having a real problem with that before but now it's perfect.I would recommend shopping around. Newegg has good prices. I was forced to shop in compusa/circuit city because I am not resident in US and only passing through for 24 hours.About the ATI against Nvidia debate... well I used to be in the nvidia camp but had some bad experiences and so moved to the ATI camp and have been very happy since. Paul

I wont lie... some people bash on ati and praise nvidia, and vise versa, but i think in the end, you wont see a hug improvement or advantage in the 2 cards thats equal in power, from each company. IE, X800 vs 6800... Both have their strong and weak points... But in the end, i think they both do just as good. When it comes down to it, i believe its just preference..I think it just depends on your system and whether it likes the card or not... But for now, i am very happy with ATI... I do pretty well, but i would like to upgrade. Now that the X850 is down, i think i might ###### it. Its still a fairly high powered card and should run FS10 easily when the time comes...