The HD3870 however will produce a better quality image, and notably will run Crysis with the same results as an 8800GT. Just thought I'd drop that in. Since the HD3870 is cheaper over here than the 8800 I believe, you may as well save money...
Yeah, I would've gone with the 3870 too, but after looking at some other reviews of the 3870 vs the GT in games like World In Conflict, there is a 20fps difference I believe, which is quite a lot.
But the 3870 still costs less... Also note that the GT issue with Crysis quality can be fixed with a simple hack, although I still believe it was very stupid of nvidia to put that in the drivers.
Indeed, but nonetheless, it's stupid. As for World in Conflict, the difference is not that severe in any of the Tom's Hardware benchmarks. 24.5fps vs 35 is a large gap I'll admit, but that benchmark requires AA, which of course in Vista, the 8800 series can't render.
