The card kept on working without the fan spinning. Luckily I was monitoring it with Rivatuner and noticed that I could not hear the fan speeding up.
I would recommend just taking the sticker off. It's a round sticker that says "OC overclocked".
A word of warning. There is a little round sticker on the fan. Mine came loose and jammed the fan and luckily no damage was done since I caught it in time.
I recommend peeling the sticker off the fan.
I am about to go to BB near me. They have the BFG 8800GT in stock for $237. If I can get the %10 coupon deal I am coming back home with a card and cancelling Dell.
After chatting with Dell I was told that my order was changed to 12/12/2007 (my status says 12/10/2007). This is starting to smell like a stinker. If I find a card in the next few days for a decent price I may ditch this deal.
Not much improvement over the 8800GT, only a few frames here and there. Makes 8800GT a better choice for the price (especially if you can find it at around $200).
Got mine for $300 and was amazed by the colors and brightness for the price. Runs great out of the box. No ghosting in gaming and movies.
I won't buy another monitor until (hopefully) LCDs go to 120HZ like the HDTVs.
Well, I would call this a marketing stunt myself, but I've seen the difference in smoothness and fluidity and it's pretty impressive. It would be great to have that smoothness in shooters.