yeah, they really arent that fast at all for games, a 6800 would destroy them, but that isnt what they are for. They are so expensive because the drivers are better (tested over and over) and they are designed to be accurate - far more accurate than any mainstream card. They arent designed for 2d as said above, they are designed for 3d rendering mainly in things like AutoCAD, ProEngineer, and IDEAS. We have a few work stations in our campus engineering lab w/ Quadro cards for just that purpose.