damn, was going to make a post.
The 9 series is pretty much going to kill ATI. The 9600 is the mid-range card for the 9 series. The high-end cards (9800, 9900, etc) won't be out for another month or so, and this card already has beat EVERYTHING else on the market.
ATI's high-end cards match the 9600 in price and performance.
Thats like tieing in a race, only you just walked.
As for your specific question, you got the "superclocked" version, which just means it's been over-clocked a bit.
So if you got the super-clocked version of the 9600, it would play as well, or better, than your 8800GT, and you would have saved a bunch of money.
Here are the benchmarks:
http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/articl...50aHVzaWFzdA==

