i bought a gf5200 because it supported dx9 and its fan died in a couple of months which caused me a lot of heartache because i thought my dell 20" lcd display was dead when it would turn itself off after a couple minutes. it turns out when gf5200 gets too hot, it turns off the dvi block. now i have a fan which is not controlled by the card and the noise is driving me crazy but at least i got my gorgeous display back.