On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Justin Richards wrote: > Alas, I fear you are spot on. But why this one in particular. It > does appear to have some stunning performance specs but so do many of > the others. > > It looks like i will be spending the next week researching video cards. > That's the same card I have. Bought it a few months ago when my 8800GT broke. It was bound to break due to consistent running at 80 - 90 degrees C due to a poorly designed cooling system. The only question was when. I did a lot of research. See this site for a nice comparison graph: http://whatgfx.com/ It is a really good price for the performance it offers= .. Also, evga did hold true to their word in sending me the mail in rebate thing. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .