That is why I mentioned that the CPU in between 1gz-2gz did not step up the speed for 3d games (3d mark test) I was totaly floored when the good ole o'clocked 700 was doing so well. They were built like tanks. They can take the abuse. the new CPUs, RAM and bus are a whole new ballpark. Now they are where they are supposed to be.
As with your Radeon. It is the few cards that can run that fast by having 8x anti-aliasing and 8x Anisotropic Filtering as of 4 months ago where I was looking into vid card...hence my Radeon 9700Pro purchase. 4 months is long time and Nvidia might or might not have a Radeon killer by now. But since my main purpose of using my HTPC is for video processing...hands down the Radeon series are steps ahead of Nvidea. I just wish my 9700Pro didnt have that extra piggy back power drain. It doesn't work too well if your building a HTPC for low noise and low power.
