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Welcome back, I just recently came back myself but remember seeing you around here back then.
It looks like you are gonna keep me on my toes to keep from getting passed.
I got the following averages in my FahMon benchmark for my 9800 GT (same as 8800 GT) running at 702/1728/900:
511pnt@3423
384pnt@4483
353pnt@4692
353pnt@5351
768pnt@4314
768pnt@4514
1888pnt@4338
I think you have plenty of power.
If you need to upgrade your video card, you could do it without upgrading CPU especially if you are able to overclock the one you have.
I'm just running this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835233029 , I have my C2D E6600(2.4) running...
One of my 8800 gtx's was artifacting real bad and wouldn't load windows, I had seen this and thought of trying it, but wanted to wait until my wife wasn't around. I tried it @385 for 5 min and it didn't artifact in the boot screen and would load windows, but I got alot of errors in windows or...
One of those posts I linked said that 1x slots are only the 1.0/1.1 version. Most of the newer boards are 2.0 version, but only on the 16x/8x slots. That would make some bandwidth difference also.
If I had a bard with the right layout or a single slot gpu I would try it.
The adapter would do the same as cutting the card itself or notching the socket, one downside is it puts the card up higher in the case (if you have one).
I'm curious how much of a performance hit you would take on a 8800/9800/250 type card.
I found a couple sites on this:
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=88791
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/249291-30-card
also this was interesting but probably not cost effective:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812200157
I've been Thinking about this also. I saw it done on another site but can't recall where or why.
I think you could just trim the card to match a x1 card like a NIC or soundcard.
Depending on the layout of the board you could put a notch in the socket and let the card hang out.
I'm not...