The only thing we really hate about all ATI hardware is the fact that fan rotates insanely fast when you boot a machine. We hate this, as the machine is incredibly noisy and this gets very annoying in the evenings. Does the cooler fan really need to rotate at the highest speed at startup?

Most Nvidia Cards do that too. Also Most Mainboards with Fan Control spin up the Connected Fans during Boot-time. This is something that originated from server Hardware. Spinning the Fans up to full speed every once in a while keeps the dust out of the Case and out of the Fins of Coolers. Makes a lot of sense.

the card gets up to 70°C? well that's rather cool for a highend card.

my X850XT and 7800gtx would run at around 95°C all the time with no problems at all.

your still saying that the 9800GTX will have 768MB despite the fact that rumors all over the net claim it to be a 256Bit Bus - which would make 1024MB way more likely.

so does it have a 384Bit Bus according to your source?

Happy Birthday Fudzilla

i have also been a reader since day one and i really appreciate your service. your always the first to know about future hardware products. and you're even right most of the time.

keep up the good work!