Yeah, it has it's own turbo boost when you need it, but a quad core 3.3GHz is more then any game needs atm. Yes, it's a triple slot card, it has a big cooling solution so you can OC the crap out of it and it won't overheat. Keep me posted about what you had in mind an I'll let you know what I know and have heard. I personally use dual AMD 6870s.