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That is, unless you compare it to a 7950GX2 SLI setup ;)

I first heard about the 7950 a couple days ago. Sounds like it will be the new king, at a relatively competitive price (for today's standards anyway): (Inquirer article)

Intel has a lot of resources. However, don't you think GPUs have made incredible strides in computational power relative to CPUs? Could part of the reason be that they are developed by smaller companies with a more targeted passion? Bigger is not always better...

According to the Inquirer: Do you think Intel could hope to compete with Nvidia and ATI at this point?

Yep, and the game devs will also determine which physics solution most gamers gravitate toward. My prediction is that they won't want to take the risk of consumers not investing in dedicated PhysX cards, so most game devs will go the Havok/Nvidia route at least to start. Unfortunately, that...

Hopefully the low end PPU will be under $100, for those folks that say they aren't willing to pay any more than that. With enough game support, I don't doubt that even the more expensive high end PPUs will sell like hotcakes. It's a chicken and egg thing right now though, and the ball is in the...

I've been looking forward to this. With Ageia (and now Nvidia/Havok), looks like the pressure will be on software developers to start giving us games that support physics processing. It will be nice when there is enough critical mass to support actual physics-based game features rather than just...

According to the Inquirer (yeah, I know), AM2 cpus running at 2.4GHZ with DDR 2 800 ram are only delivering a 3-5% performance increase: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30290 Sounds like DDR 2 is already available at faster speeds though, and DD3 support may not be far off. Still, I'm...

I'm thinking about just getting an Xbox 360 for now (mostly to play Oblivion), and holding off on the upgrade until Conroe/G70-R600/Vista.

Thanks for the links, wanderer27. With the recent news on Conroe though, I'm leaning toward holding off upgrading my PC until September/October. I may just go with an Xbox 360 to play Oblivion now :)

I never tried any of the Morrowind mods. Can you give some examples of the better ones?

I've been trying to decide whether to upgrad my pc to play Oblivion, or whether to buy a 360. What are others doing? I'm worried that the graphics quality will suck on the 360. I played KOTOR on my pc and loved it, but KOTOR II on the Xbox (even with HD output) was crap.

Especially with the X1800XT now going for $299 (OEM).

Just wait a couple weeks for the X1900XTX, which should beat the 7800GTX 512 in quite a few games and will actually be available.

Inquirer is now claiming that Nvidia won't release the G71 until at least a month after the R580: