[sswilson]

Great review SKYMTL!!!

With this and the 275 roundup down range, it really looks like the high/mid GPU market is at the best postion for consumers that it's been for years. The performance of these cards makes it hard to call a clear winner in the ATI/Nvidia battleground which makes for a good environment WRT price/feature when it comes to chosing between the two.

From a personal perspective, I was pleasantly surprised with Sapphire's showing. For years they've been on my **itlist, but it looks like somebody has been listening and they're putting out a quality product.

As far as the lack of Molex - PCIe power adapter goes... I'm surprised that manufacturers are still including them at all with higher end cards. When you think of it... how many of the PSUs out there which don't have the required connectors should actually be powering these newer cards? If you can afford a $300+ vid card, it's probably time to upgrade the PSU. :)