So the new card finally came in the mail today, however I wasn't able to buy any RAM yet. Installation went smoothly, just had an issue with the sound device the card installed - had to put the old sound device back on priority to get my sound back. The performance in G3 is rather a mixed bag. The stuttering is still there, slightly reduced, I'd say, but still frequent and goes all the way to outright freezes still. So looks like that is more a memory related problem. The framerate, once its done streaming is a huge improvement though, and I can max everything with no problem which definitely brings some visual improvements. One big downside though: character shadows are gone! That is quite a dissapointment, especially in the desert, where I am right now, I really miss them. I only get shadows when I light a torch now. Seems a couple of people with ATI cards have had similar problems. Tree shadows are still there, but they seem less noticeable than on the Nvidia card, which makes the forsts look less lively somehow.