with a 3.8ghz quad i would scared if you weren't doin those numbers lol. seeing as i am about 1k behind you in 06 and 700 in 05 with a 3.3ghz e6550.

But, really, who games at 1024x768 or 1280x1024 anymore

agreed. i don't really use 3dmark for anything anymore, in fact i don't really benchmark. i actually play games now lol.

i game at different resolutions, once i have my 2nd 8800gt up and running i will using my native 1920x1200 more often.

Heh... those of us who don't want to give up screenspace to a widescreen LCD but can't afford a 22"+ are still running 19" 4:3 LCDs (thus 1280X1024)......

Agreed though. 3DMark benchmarks are only a quick look. Gaming FPS scores are much more important (but unfortunately not verifiable thus open to fudging of #s).

1152x864 @ 85Hz on my 17" Sony CRT here.

I'll upgrade to an LCD sometime but I still find my CRT looks great for games and is a lot easier to power the graphics for then a high native-res LCD. Plus trends are cyclical and CRT's are going to be retro-cool in a year or so anyways.

I DO!

And I practically gave that 19" away that did 2048x1536

I'm cool with the res and size of my monitor, I just wish it had a smaller footprint.

One of my roommates actually has the LCD screen I've been contimplating getting for some time now so when he's back to living with us again (he's doing a co-op in Ontario at the moment) I'll try it out on my system and see how I like it for what I do. Oh, and it's one of those newer 2ms Samsung LCD's if anyone is wondering.