680/950 is pretty much the best ive squeezed out of my gigabyte 8800GT.
It was the most expensive one too, from the online store i bought it from.
$380 AUD = $342 USD at the current exchange rate (1 USD buys roughly 1.10 AUD, and we pay a 10% g&s tax)
there were other brands like Inno3d and Leadtek and Galaxy for about $30 cheaper but i thought id go with the more well-known one in the hopes to hit 700 on the core but it doesnt look like it.
At least it came with a free copy of Neverwinter Nights 2
...and the fact that i sold my 8800GTS 640mb on eBay for the same price made it less painful to shell out an extra $80 US