I just took delivery of my new video card which got slotted into the new Dell. The Quadro FX1700 cards weren't cutting it for 3D work, but I knew this would be the case any way. The new card is an overclocked NVidia GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB (MSI branded). The first thought I had when I unwrapped it from the anti-static bag was "jings, this thing is huge!". This is one of these cards that takes up two bays because of all the cooling and other heat sinking gubbins that go into making high performance video cards. Anyhow, go here to read all about it if you're so inclined: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/GeForce-8800-GTS-512,review-29805.html.

The new card boosted my 'Windows Experience Index' by a good bit, which is nice:

I can now run Eve with all the premium high quality rendering bits turned up to full at 1900x1200 and the average frame rate is around 120+fps.

And without further ado, the obligitory hardware pr0n:

1. Big, isn't it?

2. Even the Buzz thinks it's a chunky looking affair, or maybe just eyeing up the leftover ketchup

3. Two slots big...