Oh and Macadamia, I'm running a 1gb 4850, and the 8800GTX was 768mb of ram. We all know the UE3 engine isn't a VRam hog...So, how exactly am I VRam restricted with gears of war, which mind you is the same engine as batman?

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt on the rest, as I didn't run a FX series card, but you're out-right wrong on the issue with gears...