.....So I ordered a new Graphics Card

[necrojustice]

I ordered an MSI NX8800GT 512mb and I'm wondering what you guys think.

I'm going from my Radeon X850XT 256mb to that and I've heard it's gonna be a huge difference.

Right now my main gameage is going to include mostly Crysis and Stalker. I've played both a fair amount but obviously without most of the visual detail that would probably make it more enjoyable (especially with Crysis).

Anyone made such a huge jump that can tell me what to expect? (I'm very knowledgeable about it so jargon's fine.)

I have a smaller LCD at the moment (1280x1024) but I also use my HDTV sometimes (1366x768).

 

[JolietJake]

I have an 8500gt and love it. Was an upgrade from an ATI x1550. An 8800gt would be even better

 

[Deathmonkey]

No hands on experience myself buy you should see a fairly big jump in performance depending on if your processor isn't holding the new graphics card back.

I'm still running an x800 Pro 256mb and am thinking of upgrading soon, but with the 8800 GS 384mb cards justing hitting the market and the 9600 GT supposedly shipping by the end of February, and both of these things possibly forcing AMD/ATI to drop the prices on the 3850/70 cards I think I just might have to wait a tad longer.