Yeah, my partner and I can't find anything near that.

Actually that very fact is part of the genius of bitcoin.  You see, transactions will themselves become progressively more difficult because of the coins involved and how often they are moved around (mirroring the artificial increase in difficulty for miners now).  Because whoever's left over will already have hardware literally tailor-built to handle this type of transaction, the infrastructure will exist long before it's needed, and well in excess of day-to-day transaction requirements.  This is precisely why mining won't "only" be profitable until all 21M bitcoins are minted, as we progress the transaction fees to push someone ahead in line will be worthwhile for miners as well.

If nothing else convinces you, try and find yourself a 5850/5830 for the prices mentioned in other threads.  No, really, try. 

I'll wait.

Not to troll you too hard, but the lack of availability of this card attest to it's use in the environment.  If it wasn't what people say it is, then everyone who was the early adopter would have simply sold their own off mid-hype.  The fact that this far in people are still both stating it's praises and it's this difficult to get them means that they're likely the real deal.

Have you tried running off the second card only?  Also are you running a dummy plug in the card that isn't running your monitor?

I have been up and running on BTCGuild for over 3 days (currently holding 3BTC on said site), with my dual-6950 rig (both diamond 6950s with switch but can't be unlocked due to the extra shaders either not present or lasered off).  I would like to make a PM to a user who is looking to buy a white Evo 4G with bitcoins, and hadn't really had a reason to post on here or PM before then.