Originally posted by: hans030390
If a game is built from the ground up with SM3.0, it will run fine on a 6800 card...or maybe it wont...you know what? NONE of the games out now were built from the ground up with SM3.0, so how can you judge if it will run good or bad in next gen games? you cant, i cant, NO ONE can.
I THINK that they will do fine though. They'll do better then the ATI cards out now, which is all that matters to ME. For those of you who upgrade every year, it dont think it is an issue right now.
And about SM3.0 not improving detail......wtf??? have you SEEN the next gen games? ES4

blivion, Condemned, etc, will ALL be using SM3.0....so are you saying that those games dont look any better then Doom 3 or Half Life 2?
Sure, SM3.0 doesnt do much for games NOW, but the future is more important. I dont want a system that can play the games now, but one that will play the games of the future...
IMO, if you don't upgrade your video card often, and you want to play future games at the highest quality possible with the cards of today with the best speed possible, go for the 6xxx series...now, if you can wait, get the new cards from ATI (R520).
SM3.0 should not be tested with games built with SM2.0, but games built from SM3.0, so i think we are all arguing about nothing.