I, too, wonder what the folks at nVidia are thinking. Are they just trying to throw their old inventory out the door and hope *****s see their brand logo on the box and buy it without doing any research? This type of tactic has been pretty common for them in the last few years, and I really just don't understand it. I used to admittedly be a big nVidia fanboy, they were always my exclusive choice for vid cards, but in recent years I've found myself using ATi more and more. When I build my new gaming rig in a few months, it'll definitely be running one of the new 5xxx series cards.
I guess I can understand people saying this would be an ok card to run PhysX, but why would you want to bother when you can use an even cheaper card to do the same job? Well, other than the power sipping efficiency, I can see how that is a boon with this card, and really one of the only saving graces. I mean, I don't even see any SLI options on this card, which might have allowed it to be a bit more competitive in a paired configuration, if the power draw could stay low and the performance surpass some of the $200 range single card options... I just really don't get it.