I have recently upgraded from an 8800GTX to the 9800GX2 and have run numerous benchmarks etc.This card has alot of negative hype surrounding it. I want to help clear that up. It has been said many times that it will run hot and overclock poorly, well this just isn't true. The card runs in the mid 70's and gets around 80 c at the highest. Much cooler IMO compared to the G80 chip which can get near 90-100c. Also, it is a solid overclocker. A surprise. I was able to get mine from 600 core to 745, also the memory is flexible, I was able to achieve 1100mhz, or 2.2Ghz effective. I have not yet fooled around with the shader clock. Unfortunately, so far, Games either run very smoothe, or give me problems. For instance, Crysis at 'High' settings and 4xAA at 1680X1050 gets me frames in the mid 30's. Something my 8800 could not accomplish. However there seems to be a Antialiasing bug in the driver ( i hope ) that will decimate the GX2's performance in some games. Hopefully new drivers are on the way. I am not a fanboy, I simply like who is on top because I always buy the best product out there, ATI or Nvidia. I am just saying that it IS a decent card, and is cheaper than the Ultra also beating it's performance pretty well. For those who have a 8800GTX like I did, well, honestly there is no need to upgrade, not at this time. But if you did decide to upgrade, than there WILL be benefits... for a Price. Any questions ? comments ?