yeah, i know i haven't been around much as of late, but i still do crunch for the team. (I am still active on the IRC though! ) I have just ordered the 6970 and it should be here next week some time.
I got: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102915
itll be interesting to see how it stacks up to the similerly priced GeForce 570...