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If nVidia were to release the 8800 Ultra in the next two or three weeks, would the 8800 GTX & GTS see immediate price cuts (judging from previous releases)?
Somewhere in the past couple months my 3DMark06 score dropped near 1500 points (at 2791 -- was 4200 5 months ago with no hardware changes), most likely due to some driver update, although going back to older nvidia drivers hasn't warranted much luck.
My current setup:
AMD 4000+ @ 2.6 Ghz...
I wouldn't worry about damaging the chipset, I would recommend either replacing the fan through asus, or sticking on a different fan/heat sink. As far as active cooling goes, I've heard good things about the Cooler Master Blue Ice (if you have the room, it's pretty huge) or if you want passive...
I have an A8N-SLI, and it had one of the old style square fans that was extremely noisy. I replaced it with a Zalmn NB47J (with arctic silver 3) and it's working great! FYI, you do not need to take your motherboard out to install it, to remove the old FHS, either use the nail-clipper method...