[QUOTE="Makari"][QUOTE="kruesader"]who sits at a computer looking at an angle..Dopeyman

Needs m0ar tilt.

I believe this picture is copyright infringement on the pic posted by makari :P

And that Vista Home Premium 32 bit OEM will run everything smoothly and utilize everthing I have well instead of running things slower? Because I honestly don't want to run things slower because Vista looks a little better. It's the other things I want to look good. g0ldenboy

Vista will run things a LITTLE bit slower. 10 fps at the most in some games. But Vista also takes advantage of true dx10, which WiC and Crysis should prove to be satifying for going vista. So besides the OS looking good...your dx10 games will look a bit better. Vista will definantly utilize all of your hardware expecially that 8800gtx.

Its all up to you.
-XP = a little faster / no dx10/ less buggy /more capatible
-Vista = a little slower / dx10 benefits/ some capatibility issues (i honestly dont hear many anymore...besides sound cards..which isnt as bad as before)/
I normally say the move to vista is either now or later...and since your building new...thats the best time to make the switch.

Anyone think it's shady that this card could easily out-do the 8800GTS if it wanted to? The GTS has been around a year now, and if you can offer something better and cheaper, then why not? Especially when we need a good card this holiday season, I got to believe that Nvidia's got something else planned for the holiday season. I don't understand purposely underclocking a card so you don't make your 1-year-old card look bad. The 2950XT is coming up too so Nvidia is going to look pretty bad this holiday season... They've got to have something else up their sleave right?
phan1

I agree...and ill bet LordEC agrees too :P

ive gone as far as 675 with the core clock...before i saw artifacts. My temps are 53 C idle...and at max 67 C load. I believe below 80C (75C to be safe) is acceptable.