Yeah, that's right. They sposored the event. I'm not saying that they aren't good cards, but just because they bought the "official" title doesn't mean anything special.

No, but it does mean I got to personally see it, and was amazed. And trust me, my experience with it was more then seeing it in the booth. The 9700 will last for a long time to come, and thats my main reason for picking it up. Should last as long as my Voodoo 2 SLI setup ages ago.

I'm not buying it because they sponsered Quakecon. I'm buying it because I know it's a kick ass card. The fact that it ran in all the tournament machines flawlessly over the entire con dosen't hurt either :-)