@ OP - ASUS in my honest Opinion and Experience is not going Downhill. If anything they are very strong in their Board Selection and Price vs. Performance.
And the Reason I mention RMA is no matter who the Manufacturer is , from low Tier Retail ECS to Top Tier Asus/Giga , stuff happens. That being said Gigabyte gets the most respect from me in their timely RMA Process of one of my Folding Boards.
I have absolutely no issues with GB whatsoever , nor ASUS. I got burned hard on two MSI boards, and that makes me wary. I still have 1 in a build here for my Roommate but I don't appriciate their CS or RMA service.
All GT240's as far as I am aware do not Require 6pin power connectors. They are very strong cards for what they are, and run 20x cooler and quieter due to the die shrink and remake of the GT100 core.
Very good bang for the budget build PhysX (or Folder in my case) card.
Jam whatever you want next to that card, it's heat signature should not effect your Case Thermals to any large/Noticable degree.
EDIT: I ment to add as well, to try and take a Baseline for ES Chip results as sometimes the Retail versions can be a lot different in how they behave under OC circumstances.
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Last edited by Soultribunal; February 11, 2010 at 08:46 PM.
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