You're welcome, Currently there are three very good radeon cards that perform as good if not better, as well as, consuming less power than the 8800gts.

I recommend looking at toms hardware guide "CHARTS" for video card benchmarks that compare the ati cards vs the nvidia cards, and others.

I have the 8800gts, but looking at crossfire due to the power consumption.. Don't like to waste energy... the electric bill can go up if you game alot n you could have paid for the difference in the bill for a slightly more expensive, similar/better performing video card.. Likewise with your monitor selection, some of those CRT's are like having a 180watt incandescent bulb on "all the time" where's the LCD's are more like a 50-80watt bulb.