Quote Originally Posted by Nickel020 View Post
Yes it is.

Also, concerning the AC vs. WC topic, take a look at their 5870 and earlier blocks and you'll see that AC is just plain out copying WC's design, something I wouldn't have expected of them...
Yeah but you aren't looking at the facts! AC's 480 blocks came out almost a month before WC's. And even if AC "copied" some of WC's ideas, at least they refined it's design. I mean look at how plain the GPU area is on the WC compared to the AC. Whether it offers better cooling performance or not, you can't ignore the fact that they did put their own flair to the block. The WC block looks so plain and ugly while the AC is slim and simply beautiful (especially the nickel plated version).

I gotta hand it to AC, they really have made an outstanding block this time around. Their 5870 block was no slouch either, coming 2nd to the EK in cooling performance is an amazing feat in my opinion.