Completely smooth for me at 1680*1050 on all max detail - unlike Metro 2033 which I can barely run in low detail:
Core I7 920 2.66GHz LGA1366
6GB * 1333MHz DDR3 (3*2GB)
NVidia GTX 295 (2*SLI)
NVidia 9800GTX (old card used for dedicated PhysX acceleration and secondary monitors)
Samsung 2233RZ 3D monitor + NVidia 3D Vision kit
Win 7 64 bit (Ultimate)
4*1TB 7200RPM disks (RAID 0 for system partition).
1,200W PSU, Thermaltake full-tower case (6 fan air-cooled)
It's no match for Knight Flyer's system, but it does the job (apart from Metro 2033), and cost me under $1,500 USD back in January - not counting the parts I scavenged from my old machine. I can also overclock it by up to 30% for a few hours at a time without heat issues.
I'm considering getting a couple of 480s to replace the 295, but it seems a lot to spend for a 50% speed increase. More video ram would be nice though, the 295 only has about 850MB per GPU.
Aah, Metro 2033 !
I've got the game but haven't played it on my current system yet (its in bits again while I'm making a bracket to mount a couple of 80mm fans to hoyck some cool air into the 5970's intakes), but I played it on my previous rig and had no problems at max settings at 1920x1080(Q9650, ATI 5870, 8gb ddr3).
One game that has given me grief is James Camerans Avatar, beautiful graphics, poor gameplay and clunky controls had me swearing and then in dx10 it was ctd every ten mins, switched to dx9 and played right through without a single crash. (I wont be playing it again so if anyone in the UK wants it, say so here and pm me your address and I'll slap it in the post, I'd rather give em away than have it sat gathering dust).
Theres sposed to be a sequel to Metro 2033 coming out shortly, looking forward to it.
