The only thing that has me baffled is that the MSI card uses different capacitotrs, so can the capacitors put up with the humidity here in Boston or handle some overclocking?
My MSI 9800 pro will arrive this morning, but I hve to work soon. If you can wait about 10 hours I will tell you how much of an improvement it is over my 9600 xt.
I have heard good things about the Sapphire, but it is more expensive.