Bought an MSI 8600 GTS silent edition after much research into the current GPU/VPU scene and I am very pleased indeed. Excellent qualiy card with a well thought out and ingenous cooling solution, grills and gas pipes galore; how do they think this stuff up?? Plays all current games at a respectable frame rate, which means all older games are more or less of a walk over for this card; trust me I know, loaded up Starwars Battlefront in XP and it just played and looked so much better than my 6800 Ultra which I paid £380 for at the time !! Image quality is second to none as seen in Bioshock which it plays flawlessly with all effects turned to high. The textures and water effects are amazing; ressembles those seen in PS3 and XBOX 360 titles, infact I reckon it churns out higher frame rates than those consoles and was designed to be greatly improved through driver updates. What else? DX10 ready, HDCP, fast as 7900 GS or X1950PRO !! but DX10 capable, totally new GPU design, silent and lower power consumption. Come on you do the maths, forget the higher powered vacum cleaner models which offer ridiculous framerates at the cost of high noise, heat and price; if I leave my PC on all day I'd hate to think my 8800GTX was whirring away making my system really hot and shortlived whilst doing nothing but running word! I believe a PC should be stable, silent, efficient, cutting edge and durable. This is what I have strived to build and achieved. I built my PC all through ebuyer and here is a list of components I have used.
XPRO 500 Watt PSU (Amazing build quality, no really!)
MSI 8600GTS (nice piece of kit, very powerfull for mid range)
AMD 64 X" 4000 CPU (multi tasking here we come and an energy efficient CPU if I may add)
1 GIG Crossair twinned pairs XMS2 DDR2 6400 (very reliable and quick, great heatsink)
MSI K9AGM2-FIH Socket AM2 (micro ATX, PCI express x16, AMD chipset, HDMI!)
EYE-T Black X-Blade Mid Tower Case - With 450W PSU
Pioneer DVD Dual Layer R/RW Drive
Maxtor 250GB SATA Drive
And there you have it, the ideal PC for all your needs.... End of story...