Dreams do come true

Good hunting!

Yikes.. I wouldnt use "ammo" like that against you my man.. :? No one here takes joy in another mans troubles. You paid good money for that hardware.
I may like NV and their product.. but I'm not here to tear you or your stuff down. I already know most of the ATI/NV problems anyway, esp Xfires (I'm well read on that )
I liked the X1900s, their best "feature" being their superior minimum frames to GF7. Even though I might come after people sometimes when I feel NV isnt getting a fair shake.
BTW I was very "proud" of the GF7 series. It took me a while to get used to X1K-style temps on my G80. GF8 being something to be merely proud of, is nearly an understatement IMO. I believe this is our R300.

Dark Messiah rules. I love it. I rarely agree with reviews or word on the street about games, this is one of those that is a lot more fun than reviews might let on. Its unique and in ways, a sleeper hit. Like Sacrifice was, at the turn of the century.
I would recommend picking up the game. If you have any inclination towards medieval games at all, theres definitely no worries.

I had the 7800GT and $150US for that card is a good price. The 7900GT is a little better, but some of the early 7900s had issues with a capacitor that was exposed through overzealous OEM overclocking. Since you cant take advantage of the lifetime warranties, I'd probably go for that 7800GT.

From what I checked into, you arent getting ripped off. I found a few 7800GTs on ebay for $150 buy-it-now. Also, I checked some of the for sale/trade forums online, and $150 is the going price for one of those.
If you want to step up to something faster, the 7950GT is a great value to. Otherwise the 7800GT sounds good to me!

Yeah you'll be fine, depending on your resolution. You will be able to run max 1600x1200 with no AA/AF in Dark Messiah, or lower resolutions with AA/AF.

You are going to get the maximum performance out of a 7800GT using your 4200+/2GB rig, so no bottlenecks. You'll be good to go for Vista to, with the 2GB. That was a wise budget-move if you plan on moving to that, as its a horrible memory hog. Your rig will run Vista well.

LOL.

Don't be sad, Dual X1900s in Crossfire are just as badass as an 8800GTX. Two red cards are just as good as one green/gray one.

have any of you even heard of a joke.

then again if you guys liked nvidia as much as i think this guys does you never know

Hey how does MTW2 run on the 8800GTX because thats one of the games i play the most and im interest in getting a GTX(most likelt a GTS because it fits my buget more)

and can you really tell the difference from x16 AA and 4x AA?

It runs Medieval2 beautifully. Although my old 7900GTX ran it smoothly at my res with no AA/AF.. I now run 16x/16x.
As far as the difference between 4x and 16x.. lots of people will tell you yes of course. But IMO, its only really noticable in slower paced games, such as Heroes of Might and Magic. Depending on how fast you turn the game speed up and how frantically you play MTW2, you would notice unless you do play pretty fast. IMO, for shooters 4x/8x is fine. I dont believe when things are flying by at 100FPS someone can tell the difference between 4x and 16x.
Most of the slower paced games wont kill a GTS/GTX anyway so the GTS will probably be fine at 16/x16x in that game. I had a very hard time choosing between the GTS and GTX myself!
It might be a wise choice to pickup the GTS, and then wait for a smaller card like the G81 GTX will be.

I would hope so. If I spent that much on a GPU, my wife would kill me. I'd be couch surfing for sure.
That could very well explain why I am not married (any longer).