I am going to try the beta but to me its kinda bs to release it so soon, instead of fixing or revamping vista they are releasing a new OS and charging those who already own vista full price for what it seems to be an extensive service pack 2, but I will have to try it to see

The 4870 is an amazing card, plays just about any game with max settings and makes it look amazing, I can now actually play Fallout 3 without issues, haven't tried Crysis yet but I am sure it can handle it. The only con of the card I think of though is its size, its a huge video card and I had to move a couple things around inside my case to get it to fit, smaller cases may have a hard time with this card, but other than that it is a great graphics card.