Thank god you waited until the announcement of a watercooled Geforce FX to have thos thoughts and share them with us. All hell could have brooken lose were it otherwise. (stop looking for online affirmation of your choice and just do it!)

Yes, not very difficult is it? It is incredibly obvious that Radeon 9700 is the better buy right now (or the Radeon 9800). How does a waterblock on a GF FX change this? It doesn't. So why are you factoring this into the equation when it is just silly marketing? People should have realized the GF FX was a dead duck the moment they saw the size of the cooling unit and learned that it was *not* passive or silent. There must be some reason you stick something like that on there and if it is loud it can't be a positive one for the consumer. (why do I get the feeling you interpreted my first post as defending Nvidia?)