Basically like the titles says.. got a new Q6600 and eVGA 8800GT and looking for something to show it off.  Opinions on the most/best graphic intense game out there currently.    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
P5K-E LGA
Antec Nine Hundred  
2* 7200.11 seagates
Vista 64 bit
EVGA GeForce 8800GT Superclocked 512MB 256-bit  

Crisis, i don't think any machine can run it fully maxed. Could a skulltrail?

lol.. I order Crisis with the machine.. saw to many posting about it..

I do run it on very high @ 1440 x 900 but only in xp. If it's in vista then she's too slow.

Crysis with a tweaked config if you just want to show off the graphics.

is vista 64 that much of a negative?

its not vista 64, its just VISTA

So Crisis anything else?

CoD4 and Bioshock look decent. I've heard good things about STALKER as well.
 
Hmm... maybe Doom? Never played it, but it seems to use shadows pretty well.  
 
Oh, if you can to scare people, get F.E.A.R. While it doesn't look fantastic, it looks good enough... especially when it starts getting into some really freaky horror-movie'esque scenes. I wouldn't use this to showcase graphics capabilities though. I still think Crysis w/ cranked effects is the best for that.

FEAR that sounds interesting.. lol..  
 
Do I need to use a DVI-D Dual link connector to make it look the best?  What is the difference when running just a single link connector?

I believe this is what you want:

Visually, I don't believe there is a difference if you keep yourself within the resolutions defined above.

So if I am running for the desktop 1920x1200, not sure that I would want to figure the monitor being 24', I will want the resolution to be tighter.  If I want to run 1920x1200, would I need a DVI (DVI-D) cable to in these mode.  Just not sure what "(1920x1200 is achieved with reduced "blanking" signaling)" means.  
 
So does FEAR get really bloody in the scenes?

Yeah, there's a bit of blood. You'll be walking around in a level then just be like,  "WTF just happened here?!"
 
I still haven't managed to finish the game and I've had it for like 3 months now. Just creeps me out!

is the game too hard or can your stomach just not take it.. lol.

It's not the blood that disturbs me, it's the weird little crab-walking girl and the things that keep popping out at me... lol. They also like to point you down a dim-lit corridor every once in a while... "You're like, I don't want to go down there... but there is no other way >_>. Then you'll get like half-way down and the lights will cut off. AHHHHHHHH!" I won't spoil what happens next.

well my new favourite game the witcher has to get a mention, nice gfx apart from the skies, not idea what they were doing there, if only they had the skies of oblivion*sigh*

Bioshock, quake wars, Oblivion, ut3.
Doom3 or Q3 on maxed out settings, these games still look good!
 
So Chris, good to hear that you got your rig, i've got the same cpu and gpu, I still think you're going to need a good soundcard. on board sound sux.

Quake 4 you mean >? my new pc is KILLING that game looks superb, on ultra settings 1280x1024 res (yes 17" lcd is smallll) 4x AA very nice  
 
COD4 looks superbs as well and GEars of war, it looks better on VIVID setting although it is still a very dark game...
 

Crysis by far, then Oblivion and UT3, of all the others COD4 is next,Q4, ETQW, BioShock and Doom3 is last but it's the oldest, the games last year just got better each time, didnt thinks GoW was that good, have not played FEAR or Witcher or HellGate

Don't play Hellgate. Do your self a favor.

that bad.. lol.. ok..

 
If you lets us know what type of game you like the most we might be able to tell you something that looks great and at the same time something you'll enjoy playing.