I've had an SLI 8800GT, overclocked E4600 to 3.0Ghz for over 2 years now. When crysis first came out, it was taxing at 1680 X 150, but completely playable. I just popped it in again yesterday, and it runs WAY better with the all the driver improvements since release. I still can't find a game that is REALLY taxing on my (probably below average now) gaming system. I used to buy graphics cards, and in 6 months be wondering why Half Life was struggling so much on my voodoo 1 3Dfx card. Now its been 2 years... and I still don't see the need to upgrade, other than maybe SSD in the near future. I blame consoles... they've dumbed down the graphics and slowed graphical improvements big time, now that everything goes console, then ported to PC. The upside is that maybe game developer will stop trying to make everything so shiny and pretty, and concentrate on what counts... is the game fun, and does it actually ENTERTAIN!