When looking at NVIDIA's new GeForce 9400 GT for the first time it looks pretty good. G96 core, 512 MB or 1 GB of memory, passively cooled, no external power connector required. Unfortunately the whole card turned out to be too slow to be used for anything other than most basic gaming. Given the price there are many alternatives available for just a few dollars more which will give you double (9500 GT +$10) or triple (9600 GT +$20) the gaming performance. 1 GB of DDR2 memory may sound useful to the novice, but in reality it does not make any difference if the card has 256 MB or 1024 MB of video memory. As soon as you crank up the resolution beyond 1024x768 the missing shading power of the card results in unplayable framerates. As a matter of fact I would pick a 256 MB card with faster memory (~ 800 MHz) over a 1024 MB card with 333 MHz RAM.
Point of View's 9400 GT with its passive heatsink and the Wall-E packaging can certainly improve on the product, but I'm not sure if that is enough. If you are looking for a media PC card which does only video playback without gaming, the HD 3450 is certainly the better price/performance choice. For gaming, the 9600 GT is at a price point that is so low that any other card can't even remotely compete.