he said he allready owned the 8600gt, hes not asking which is a better buy hes saying which of the two cards he owns should he run in his rig. even if the 8800gt compares to a 7900gs the 7900gs still kills a x850, man u guys dont think when u read some times, some of u really need to work on literacy skills. its ****ing me off how so may people are answering questions lately with out even reading the persons question properly. i now understand why u have to pass the literacy test to graduate high school.