Well as my 9800GTXs died i went ahead and got a Sapphire 5870...i didnt realize they stopped making reference cards so the card i got was damn ugly as you will see below, I was going to send it back however that mean more time and money to get a different card etc...so i popped it in my machine and all i can say in terms of performance is WOW..it completely destroys even my two 9800GTX so im happy

here some pics now of it all:

the ugly card-






here it is all together...to cover up the card (and to incorporate the card into the colour scheme) ive temporarily put paper on it in the shape of it lol...looks cheap i know but covers the card until I get a more permanent solution







here it is all together (im very patriotic as you can see hahaha)



and heres my 'other' setup for blu-rays and PS3 hehe



thanks, i wouldn't say 100% complete yet though..im most likely going to get some braiding etc etc :P