It looks like my next upgrade will be going back to ATI/AMD after a short stay with nVidia. I am hoping that the 2950GT will also meet the size of the 8800GT (love the single slot design) so that I can move to a Crossfire configuration on my Asus P5W that supports Crossfire rather than running a damn nVidia card! No offense to the 8800GTS I have now, it’s a great card but I bought the mobo based on reviews and not SLI or Crossfire and the card because ATI/AMD was a bit behind but after reading recent reviews of the upcoming 2950GT as well as an admission that it does perform better than the 8800GT from nVidia it’s probably the best jump for me. I’m sure that nVidia is willing to say that because they have something incredible planed for the 9xxx series. I’m more interested in getting to a Crossfire/SLI platform without the cost of another $200-300 mobo. My only other thought is to move to a Quad-Core on the board when I do grab the two 2950′s.

It’s amazing what the 8800GT was showing in terms of results even against the 8800GTS/GTX for the $250 price range. So if they unleash the 2950 with the same results I’ll be back on the bandwagon and it fits well with my rig in Crossfire.

I have an Antec 900 case but when I was looking at a 1900xtx and 1950xtx together it was a tight fit, so the reason for the hopes of a smaller form factor for the 2950. I had looked around earlier for pic’s but didn’t see any. We’ll see… stay tuned ….

On a side note…

People, don’t believe everything you read from one source.  I read tonight how Crysis didn’t run on an 8800GTS card as well as how sales were down with a comment about “Serves them right, I’m not upgrading to Vista for DirectX10″… The game runs fine on my 8800GTS @ 1920×1200 resolution.  I had to drop it to medium but rather than thinking “wow this game is for the future to set it to high”, people would rather live in a delusion that “medium” means poor quality.  The game looks fine in the medium setting, it was the same with F.E.A.R. and Doom 3.  It also DOES NOT REQUIRE DirectX 10.  It does require some higher end gear but it runs fine on an 8800GTS and probably on an 1900 series ATI card.   Too many people like to over-sensationalize on the net and you need to learn to read past several comments and take it all in.