What's important to me is the present. DX10 benches mean nothing when games are not even out. By the time Crysis and other DX10 games roll out, the R650 on 65nm will be out, which will reduce costs, be cheaper to manufacture, and have less power consumption......so I don't exactly see the point in jumping the gun and spending for an R600 which allegedly has awesome DX10 performance. DX9 wise, its not much better at all than the x1900xtx. thats a dissapointment