[blackhole]

The fact that there won't be any DX10 exclusive games for a long, long time makes buying a DX10 card only for those who absolutly must have the latest and greatest in graphics technology.

[CP5670]

The 8800/2900 cards are worth buying for their superior DX9 performance, not their DX10 capabilities.

That being said, now is not a good time to be buying anything, as the prices have been all out of whack for the last few months and Nvidia is releasing some new stuff in November.

[MetalDestroyer]

The fact that there won't be any DX10 exclusive games for a long, long time makes buying a DX10 card only for those who absolutly must have the latest and greatest in graphics technology.

Not really. Having a High end DX 10 graphic card allow to play a great set of games (Dx 9 at least) with incredible performance. So, more the GPU is powerfull and more you can increase your resolution, the Anti-Aliasing factor and the Anisotropic filtering.

[blackhole]

That could be considered to fall under the category of "the latest and greatest in graphics technology." If you really want all that power, go shopping. I'm just saying, you don't really *need* it.

[phreak]

hehe my 8800 ultra gets like 80-110 fps on HL2:ep1 at 1400x1050

[CP5670]

That isn't that great actually. The HL2 engine is old and it should be getting about the same framerate at 2560x1600.

[DiabloRojo]

Don't forget Ep1 introduced HDR to the HL2 engine (among other things) and is a bit of a system hog.