I hope you'r all so very happy with your 6 or 7000+ 3D Marks. However, I fail to see the point. I've got a dirt cheap Duron 600@933 with a cheapo Geforce MX. 256 Mb RAM, 2x7200rpm RAID 0 and a lovely 19" Sony tube.
Guess what ? Not one recent game wont run really fluid on this machine. I play Tribes 2, Max Payne, Operation Flashpoint, Black & White etc all at 1024 32 Bit.. no problemo. They all look wonderfull, and I experience no noticable slowdowns. Sometimes I need to turn down some options settings, however, I have yet to see the difference. Win2K works like a breeze, its more than apropriate for my occasional Photoshop use, and God only know why office, internet or whatever other current apps would need anything faster.
Unless you do divx or 3D rendering for a living, I suggest you spend your money on something more usefull (take a holiday, buy your wife a nice ring, take her out for dinner,.. buy your kids somehting new, whatever). Fugger, did you tell her you just spend $1000 bucks for a few 3D Marks extra ? (that wont change a thing about your gaming experience)
Also, spend some time away from this forum... find yourself some friends and get a life.
---- Owner of the only Dell computer with an AMD chip