i ordered a Zotac just to check it out; it has 10 memory chips, but it has the GF100-030-A3 GPU. that sucks, at least it seems to overclock well.
also, this gets REALLY hot. when i first got it and took the heatsink off of the GPU, there was enough thermal paste there for three or four Fermi GPUs. i took it all off and used some crappy silicone stuff instead, but it only dropped the temperatures by about 4 C. overall (this could have just been because it was making better contact after than before; there are small 'grooves' in the heatsink inbetween the copper pipes that touch the GPU and there were two noticable places that weren't making very good contact in the first place). i'm hoping to get some mx-2 or actic silver some time this weekend and try that out, i think the heat is the main problem because as soon as it gets around 85 or 86 C. you start seeing bad artifacts.
if i run this at 800/1600/1833 or something around there i -must- run the fan at 100% to be able for it to keep up with the heat and it still barely does, plus the fan gets really really loud after 90%. seems like everything runs fine until it starts getting close to 86 C., then artifacts will start to show (plus that's just a bit too hot for my liking anyway, personally, even if someone told me it was safe at that temperature).
i can only find a few GTX 465/470 coolers and they're really expensive.. i think a cheaper one i saw was around $45 and another one that was around $65. either way, i think if the heat could be dealt with, the GTX 465 is 'okay' if you manage to overclock it nicely, keep it cool, and you're not running super high resolutions.
a day after i placed the order, one of my two 2GB sticks of patriot 1333mhz ram died so I had to send both sticks back in order to RMA it (came as a 4GB kit). i've been using 4GB of 1600mhz ram, but i have to run it at 1333mhz because that's the highest this motherboard supports. plus, the ram i was using before was running at 7-7-7-20 for the most part, and the stuff i'm currently using is 9-9-9-24. i'm noticing some other slowdowns just in windows itself, so i'm hoping that's a ram issue and not something having to do with the GTX 465. luckily the model of ram i had previously isn't produced anymore, so i was offered 4GB of the Viper II Sector 5 stuff, which i remember being some of the best stuff back when i first originally bought the patriot 1333 4GB kit (i think at that time the Viper II Sector 5 stuff was about $60 more for the same amount, but it runs at 7-7-7-20, i believe).
but.. yeah, i don't think the GTX 465 is the best bet if you're looking for super high resolution stuff, but if you can find one really cheap and at least say.. $30, $40 less than a GTX 460; i say go for it, and hope that the card you get overclocks well. hell, hope you get a card that has both 10 memory chips and the GF100-275-A3 GPU instead of the GF100-030-A3 GPU. i had a strong feeling i was either going to see 8 chips or the GPU, and i saw all ten chips but then saw the 'real' 465 GPU. i'm actually somewhat happy it came as a 'true' GTX 465 and not one of the kind that has all 10 memory chips and the GF100-275-A3 but still doesn't flash; then i'd probably be sitting here with a brick right now. heat seriously IS an issue with the 465 cards, the PNY GTX 460 OC or whatever i used was nearly 18 C. less at all times (at 80% fan, compared to 100%) than this one runs, plus the fan was a lot less 'noisy' on the GTX 460.