True, I hate when people say Nvidia=Doom 3, ATI=Half Life 2. For one thing, the Doom 3 engine is far more graphically advanced than the Source engine. Second, Nvidia can play HL2 almost as well as ATI can, while ATI doens't even come close in Doom 3.
I wish my horrid mistake of getting the X800 Pro wasn't such an expensive one. I have pretty much given up on this card. Its just hard to spend $400 on another video card (6800 GT) when I just paid $400 for this piece of crap. $400 is A LOT of money to me.
BTW: Doom 3 stress test at 1280x1024, 2xAA, High settings
31.9
If I actually play the game at these settings, i am below 25 fps more than half of the time.
*EDIT* Far Cry also gives me framerate problems, much like in Doom 3. I average about 30 fps in Far Cry at 2x AA, 1024x768, Very High settings. While Far Cry is still playable at these settings, I would think it would be smoother on a $400 card, but then again, this is ATICrap we are talking about.