[Saxon]

If you really want to test out your machine, I hear Max Payne is the way to go. Sure, it is a first person shooter, but you don't buy a machine like you have to play strategy games.

If you are getting Shogun Total War (good game, but crashed on my machine unless I did the full instilation) you should get the Mongal Horde add on. I think they lifted the graphics up a step or two, as well as adding lots of units. However, it isn't going to push your machine, my old 450 handled it with ease.

I am jealous of your machine, but I made my choice. Instead of getting one great new machine, I bought two older ones for about the same price and now have a three machine network in the house. Living in Kenya places any form of network play besides LAN out of reach, so I chose to do it at home.

Have fun!