(general specs):

Radeon HD 5870 1gb 256 bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x 16 HDCP Ready Crossfire-X

AMD Phenom II 955 BE 32ghz CPU

DDR3 1600 4gb memory

Western Digital 500gb HD

I was wondering what graphics settings people with similar cards generally use to strike a good balance between graphics and framerate.

It's a fairly new PC, and I'm still trying to tweak my settings.

It will easily max the game.....

I max everything, with a similar enough setup. FUll HD.

Actually, what resolution will you be gaming at... 1650? 1920x1080 or x1200? 2560? Eyefinity? It makes a bit of difference.

Anyway, not only do I max it out (which, as Starforce indicates, is easily doable) but I also run many and varied graphics mods and enhancements. Perhaps you'd be interested in trying some of those as well? Like, say, OBGE (v2), QTP3 and/or AmpolX's textures (etc.), and so forth...?