Didnt appear to take on the 8800GTS very well. I mean, the 8800 GTS beat ATI at its own game of Open GL. Though for some reson, didn't do as well with direct 3d. Oddly enough...
Geez these new cards are almost as big as my ****! LOL!
with that aside, as long as ATI can keep up with quality driver development (LOL - this is what drove me to using older drivers for my MR9700) then it's a worthy competitor to the GF8. Until then, ATI's software engineers are synonymous with crap.