Um, this shouldn't be about votes. Nobody has really highlighted this explicitly, and you should be aware of it. The GTS is about 10-15% better for 20% more cost. As such that's bad value.
Personally if I was buying a graphics card right now I would go for the GTS anyway, but I already bought an 8800GT the day they came out :P If you're willing to shell out 160 on a card, what's 30 quid... www.scan.co.uk are a more reputable components supplier and for 1pound more you could get a Leadtek or Gainward GTS card, who are more reputable companies. I'm not sure if you get free delivery on ebuyer though...They also sell some MSI, Leadtek, Gigabyte 8800GT's with big overclocks for the same price as that ebuyer one, some of them using custom coolers.
Note for all: The reference fan on the 8800GT is now larger than that of the first gen 8800GT cards. You don't need to have the fan running loudly. I have one of the XFX original factory OC cards which just happen to have the larger fan which all reference cards do now (luck). It runs at around 50% speed in games and the temp is 75 degrees, which is fine, I never hear it. Unless you're running a case full of noctua fans you wouldn't notice it.
It's worth bearing in mind that an 8800GT clocked at 660mhz core with a 1900mhz memory clock is going to basically perform the same as a stock 8800GTS (650mhz core and 1950mhz memory). They are essentially the same card wrapped in a different cooler/varying clocks. What you're paying for is the far superior cooler, which grants you either near silence or bigger manual overclocking headroom. The factory overclocked GTS cards are monsters.
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