I can kind of see where ATI is coming from. 99% of people won't use their 5970 for anything that should stress it to "dangerous" levels.

By that I more specifically mean most people don't overclock nor run benchmarks on a regular basis.

It's still stupid that they won't shape up though. I can't imagine it would add THAT much extra cost to improve the cooler and get those VRM's cooled down.

At this point I'm just gonna wait for Fermi. If Fermi sucks, watercool a 5970. I have a feeling lots of others are thinking the same way.