We all know that NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 GTX Series is the fastest card available that you can buy today. Based on these record breaking cards, EVGA has created a product that is even faster. In general we see about 10% performance increase, especially at high resolutions in demanding games.
EVGA's improved cooling solution is well engineered and works excellent at keeping your temperatures down. Even if something turns out to be wrong at a later date, EVGA's 10 year warranty will not leave you in the dark.
Despite the improved cooling, the card has almost no additional overclocking headroom. In my opinion the extra $50 are a good investment for people who want the latest and the greatest and are not worried so much about spending a little bit of extra money. In return they get a hassle free solution that works very good, so that they won't have to invest their time overclocking and losing their warranty from doing so. The hardcore enthusiasts might be better off by getting a regular 8800 GTX and overclocking themselves to save 50 bucks which could be invested in a watercooling solution.