it just came across as a very strange price difference to me, so wondered how old that 8400 was,  was wondering how long until the card i've picked (8800GTS)was that cheap, 'cause i read the 9xxxx series start this winter.

apparently (something i read along the way) all the top cards (latest) are high priced because they are being aimed at rich gamers, that are always happy to part with there money, just to have the latest specs in their machine (like a fashion item) so they release a card, the gamers that really care buy 'em at the high price, then they release another card saying it can be overclocked even more, so that becomes the sort after card, the other card gets cheaper.It looks to me anyway, like all you get is 0.1GHz speed improvement, which i'm pretty sure you don't really notice, and it has to be killing the card earlier by overclocking it.

the GTX version of my card had seven hundred and something on-board memory, but everything else was roughly the same, except the price which was another £400!!! (eeek!!)

would running two 8800GTS's make Poser6/7 and/or Vue 5/6 Inf work better? because if they are gonna be £30 in a few months then i'd get a few of them!! and build that farm up.LOL

just reading more stuff at mo' trying to work out if i actually need anymore fans in my machine, as it comes with three, but not sure if i need one for the ram and one for the CPU too , or heatsinks?? or any of them?? confused again now!! and was reading that i might need thermal cooling paste/gel/cream??? what the........??