the last nvidia card i had was a gainward gf4 ti4600 "golden sample", my friend and i both bought it at the same time this card was faulty out of the box for both of us so we sent it back and got another, guess what. yeah that was faulty too. So i ended up actually going to the warehouse where they came from and checked a couple more, guess what, faulty again. So we ended up getting leadtek gf4 ultratd a250 ones for 30 quid cheaper, in my veiw a better card anyway. My conclusion, not golden sample more like golden shower.