It just seems like more card for the money. I've been reading good things about it. Downgrading everything (RAM, PSU, CPU) and adding the 8800GTX was still $200+ passed my budget. My current and previous GPUs are ATis. I wanted to make the switch to Nvidia, just to try something new. But I've been reading the 8800gts isn't all its cracked up to be. And I really don't want to spend that much more. Plus, I hear the 2900 Pro 512 is just and under clocked 2900 XT. Which makes it even more worth the money.