well andy, if the card really did perform that much better and was a better price, I wouldn't give two hoots about the looks. but since it's really too expensive considering real-world benefits, people can bash it for unimportant things, like how it looks
it does include Crysis, so you're saving on like $59.99, so really this card's costing you like $300, which actually is not that bad, considering that that's how much GT goes for, but then again, I think some GT are bundled with Crysis too... hmmm maybe I will get one, just not that design...