meh if u can actually buy cards made by the graphic procssors, not these purchasers of their technology if u got dough get one made by at or radeon not assmebled by a third-party, unless its bfg
Yeah, Leadtek's cooling solutions are crazy! They use a huge copper heatsink on hte front and back! And the ram chips are cooled by copper heatsinks too. Its just the plastic bezel looks kinda cheesy.
Yeah I have heard a bit about this new x800 XL and it supposedly has 16 pipes and is going to only be 300 or so. As a matter of fact, here's some info for you that I think you'll find very interesting and helpful.
Hmm, my favorite company is eVGA, who makes nVidia. This thread is full of ATi (which is a great company, but I prefer nVidia) Here is a great nVidia card. This will do anything, and can beat all ATi cards except for the overpriced x850XT (especially if you Overclock this card, which you can do easily)
Now, If you want the Best on the Market RIGHT NOW then go a bit higher on budget and get this monster. BTW, this is BFG, who also make great cards, and this one doesn't have that stupid cooling they have on their retail versions: http://www.gameve.com/gve/store/productdetails.aspx?sku=VC-BFG-006