Yes, a tech 'geek' with spare time has a chance to get it working.
The money isn't the issue, it's just that I don't want to spend a few nights of spare time on reinstalling another motherboard / windows / raid controller / etc. This is probably my last windows pc, I'm tired of drivers / tweaking / hw issues. I've been using macs for the last 2 years, and not once have I had an hw / driver / os issue.
Maybe the 8800GT is a good price item for an hwbot contest.