wakelagger

Yeah, I was looking into options for aftermarket heatsinks/fans, but I figured I'd rather get a fresh card while I can because of potential overheating damage. Also, if enough of these cards are returned with fan problems, they'll hopefully realize that there is a fault in their product. Besides, maybe they've fixed the problem, and the card I'll receive has a decent OEM fan/heatsink. And yeah, it will void my warranty, so I'd rather stay out of the aftermarket arena for as long as possible.
What intrigues me, is silent cooling. Are the solutions out there capable of delivering videocard fan silence without compromising reliability of the card? I have a fanless GF2 in this computer right now, and it can heat up like something fierce even if it isn't stressed. If worse comes to worse, and this happens a third time, that'll be my next course of action.