Hooray! I got my new card.
eVGA 9800GTX 512MB
Currently running ~60C idle
CoD4: 1440x900, 4x AA: 30-200 FPS
Assassin's Creed: 1440x900 max settings 30-50FPS
Crysis: 1440x900, 8x, AA, High settings <=20FPS Medium Settings: >=20FPS (Crysis WARHEAD was giving me crazy bad graphics)
TF2: 1440x900, 16xQ CSAA, Max settings: >=60FPS (BTW, the 16xQ CSAA looks awesomely better than 4x AA)
More info:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130339Here's some pics, I'll be right back with some FPSs from various games.
Box w/ plastic wrap
![](http://www.lookpic.com/files/plastic.jpg)
Box w/o plastic wrap (
![Tongue :P](http://www.theelders.net/forum/Smileys/Lots_O_Smileys/tongue.gif)
)
![](http://www.lookpic.com/files/noplastic.jpg)
Card by itself
![](http://www.lookpic.com/files/card.jpg)
Card w/ dime for reference
![](http://www.lookpic.com/files/carddime.jpg)
Card w/ old card top view
![](http://www.lookpic.com/files/cardold.jpg)
Card w/ old card side view
![](http://www.lookpic.com/files/cardoldside.jpg)
Card in my case (Takes up 2 HDD bays! Had to do some serious relocation)
![](http://www.lookpic.com/files/case1.jpg)