Conclusion:

At last Nvidia have produced the follow up to the GeForce 8800 GTX and it definitely does not have the impact the 8800 GTX had but it does fix many of it's shortcomings in regards to heat and power consumption. It is also one heck of a performer. What we're more interested in seeing though is the true next-gen follow up to the card from Nvidia what they might have been working on up their sleeve the past 1.5 years since the 8800 GTX's launch. As for the Asus EN9800 GTX card they've done a good job with it as usual for the company and you can't go wrong with picking it up and with this powerful a card it should last you some time. Currently it can be had for $310 after rebate from Newegg which is also a good price for this quality of a card. From Asus we look forward to seeing what they might do with the reference design and the only shortcoming we see is possibly the lack of a good software bundle.
 

Score: 95%