look up glassylite it puts a protective ointment on it so the UV doesn't turn the plastic yellow as quickly
>>Glassylite<<
http://www.glassylite.com.au/
^^ cant be done anymore they changed the revision of the 2gb cards
and dont try flashing the 1gb card with the 2gb rom, i did this not realising and bricked my card lucky they have a dual BIOS
static ice will help you find a 5870
http://www.staticice.com.au/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=5870&spos=3
not sure about holding off as you need to weigh up cost / performance
not sure if people realised but you can actually change your Origin name to match your forum name
now i know some people may not want to align their names up but someone might
enjoy
http://www.origin.com/au/change-id