Yes I agree that is a bit much $$ for the core 2 duo. Seems Dell is a little high on their pricing! I will do some looking elsewhere and see what I can get it for. Appreciate the link, and just judging by that it seems the 6600 will completely smoke my lil processor lol.....:)
One thing about the 8800GTS. I bought that after taking a look at Tom's Hardware and doing a lot of comparing. Check this link out:
http://http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphics_2007.html
I had a 7900GS and wow, what an improvement. One thing I did find by researching this is that the 8800GT320 will probably outdo the GTS640 by a little bit but if you run high resolutions higher than 1280x1024, then the GTS will outdo the GT...and that is the main reason why I got the GTS rather than the GT, it was only about $75 difference.
One big thing tho, if you are a FSX fan, you will probably not see much difference. That is the ONLY sim or game that I did not notice a big improvement on, and after reading about it, it is because FSX relies mostly on processor power. I should be able to fix that with that 6600 core 2 duo tho lol :). Other than that, you will love the 8800 series .....fantastic cards....