Yea I don't think the card is THAT bad. I mean for it being 6 months late it's pretty meh at this point. But in general the price to performance isn't that bad compared to ATI. It's better than the 5870 by a pretty good lot and it holds it's on against the 5970 which is a duel GPU for the same price. Sure sure the wattage is high..but cmon most people use a 750+watt PSU and only use like 400ish watts of it..so why not put the wasted watts to good use? Yea, that means higher electric bills and heat..but it can't be that bad. Like someone said earlier, if you can afford these types of high end cards you should be able to pay the electric bill that comes with it........It's like buying a hummer but can't afford to put gas in it lol