...two words - Un Real!!!!
AMD sent me, in a case meant for air cargo transport, a shiny 3870 512mb video card! See...
and a little closer...
A better consolation prize there has never been, and a huge boost for me in building my new system - the first I will actually ever have built for myself from scratch. Already have the case, memory, keyboard/mouse, and now the video card.
Thank you doesn't begin to describe how grateful I am to AMD, DriverHeaven, and all the members and guests who voted and participated in this contest - so Thank You, again...
My wife really loves the case - she gets that once the video card is in the new computer!