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I think you could probably run most games today near max res with 1 card.

I picked up an x1950 pro AGP (yes i'm still using AGP) and could play oblivion on near max everything. With some tweaks I could probably get there. BF2 and HL2 were both maxed and getting 50fps+.

I returned the card because theres a problem with the heatsink on the VRM i believe causing the card to freeze up at some points. Other people are having this problem too. Also, I returned it because I could run games, but I didn't feel comfortable with my 430W PSU and only 20A on the 12V+ rail hooked up with everything else. The card requires 2 molex power connectors!

So i went back to my x800 pro. can still play pretty much everything on medium quality which is fine.

Next rig I will probably do a crossfire setup, but I won't purchase the second card. if I find that I need some more power, slap another card in there and should be good to go...although next setup will probably be dx10 so may need to wait a while for prices to drop, depending on where they are since ati cards aren't out yet.

I hope this answer is sufficient 5 months later. happy: