EVGA 01G-P3-1285-AR GeForce GTX 285 SC Edition 1GB 512-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card

Pros: Works Great And fast
Stays cool about 50C idle first card and 45C 2nd card in SLI
At full Speed gets to about 80C 1st card and 78C 2nd card

Cons: Kinda Expensive but worth Evey pinny great company

Other Thoughts: Vigor Monsoon III LT CPU Cooler
Intel Core i7 920 OC to 3.2GHz LGA 1366 130W
2x Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB in RAID 0
CORSAIR CMPSU-1000HX 1000W ATX12V 2.2 /
Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB
CORSAIR DOMINATOR 6GB DDR3 1600
2x EVGA GeForce GTX 285 SC Edition 1GB in SLI
EVGA 3-Way SLI LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard
ABS Canyon 695 Full Aluminum Super Tower Case
2x Acer X233Hbid Black 23" Widescreen LCD Monitor
Vista Ultimate SP1 64-bit

Pros: The card itself is delightfully powerful, capable of running WoW and Left 4 Dead at maximum settings without any noticable stuttering. Having a card that's CUDA-capable is pretty nice for multi-processor programming practice (not to mention Folding@Home).

Cons: The heat is tolerable if you have decent air flow in your tower (I had to buy a couple additional fans as I didn't wish to risk losing parts to it, though). However, whenever the card is put under any variety of stress, such as running a game or CUDA-capable program, it emits a very persistent screech which is noticable even during desktop-level music. This does appear to be a common problem for many people buying the 285, and it significantly detracts from my enjoyment of it.

Other Thoughts: If you don't mind the sound and will put it to good use, this card is definetely worth the money. If you won't use CUDA, probably would be better off going with something a bit smaller.

Pros: When it works right, it works great.

Cons: Right now I play a lot of WoW and this thing... should blow everything out of the water, right? While flying around on a FP or on a mount the FPS drops to, sometimes, 1. It gets choppy and crashes the game.

Other Thoughts: i7 920, 6GB OCZ XMP RAM, GTX 285, etc.

Manufacturer Response:

Hi,

Can you please remove all NVIDIA drivers, then reinstall the 185.85 drivers from the EVGA website?

Also please remember that WoW is primarly CPU bound, so it could indicate another issue within the system.

Thanks,
Jacob

Pros: stepped up from a 8800gt big difference. games run as smooth as butter. very happy. Going to buy 2 more when this doesnt keep up in the future. Awsome card the end.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: i7-920 @3.8ghz
6gb ddr3
evga x58
gtx 285

Pros: It's EVGA. It's serious fast. It's able to SLI and with the EVGA X58 mobo you can x3 SLI. I haven't ran into anything that slows my single card down. I need another customer to do a build for so I can "slide" another one of these in (unknown to them) on there parts list. I want to SLI so bad I can taste it. But realisticly, why? this dang thing has nothing to slow it down at the moment. Maybe Cryostasis, but I don't have that game, so I couldn't really tell ya. It's WAY overkill if you are a light gamer (which I aint! :P)

Cons: pfft . . cons? If all you can gripe about is the size, then you have no con. The size is common knowledge. Especially if you do any research at all.
Power requirements may be an issue. Be sure you "HAVE THE POWAH!"

Other Thoughts: my PC specs:

EVGA X58 mobo
Intel Core I7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz LGA 1366 - OC’d @ 3.3GHz turbo mode enabled
EVGA 1Gb GTX 285 SC – OC’d @ 702core x 1609shader x 2646mem (SSC speeds)
Corsair Dominator 6GB (3 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Triple Channel Kit
ULTRA X3 1000watt PS
APC BR1500LCD 1500VA 865 Watts 8 Outlets BACK-UPS RS - Retail
Antec P182 case, heavily modded, black and silver flame paint job, (4) 120mm Scythe S-flex F’s, (3) Scythe Ultra Kaze’s, (1) Scythe 1900rpm Slipstream. All on ZALMAN MFC1 Plus-B Black 6 Channel Controller. All fans on silicon mounts.
Thermalright Ultra-120 extreme CPU cooler (with a 1366 bolt on kit and a speed controlled Ultra KAZE)
Velociraptor 150Gb
(2) WD Black 1Tb HD’s (not in raid)
Seagate 640GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s HD
WD caviar 250Gb WD2500KS HD (encrypted storage)
Fantom 1Tb USB 2.0 / eSATA GreenDrive External HD
ASUS SATA DVD and DVD-RW drives
Vantec 58-in-1 USB 2.0 Card Reader/Writer
VISTA 64Bit

Pros: SMOKIN' fast
LIGHTING fast
ATOMIC FISSION fast
did i mention this card is fast?
excellent for SLI (if necessary?)
plenty of headroom for OC (if necessary?)

Cons: No cons - it's ALL good
Did i mention this card is fast?

Other Thoughts: If you want a fast single GPU, this is IT!!! I bought the SC overclocked version to give me some time before i begin to OC the living cr*p outta it.

Case: CoolerMaster RC-690
CPU: Intel Core i7 920
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12P SE1366 120mmx2
GPU: eVGA GTX285 SC Edition
RAM: 6GB Corsair Domination 1600
Mobo: Asus P6T Deluxe V2
PSU: Corsair 850TX 850watt
Optical device 2x: Lite-On DVD burner iHAP322-08
Monitor: Asus MK241H 24" 2ms LCD

Pros: Plays any game I throw at it with no problems, replaced two 9800GT's in SLI mode with this one and I am glad I did it.

Cons: Not really a con but this thing is masive, had to remove my hdd rack and remount it sideways.

Pros: Wow... this card have me speechless as if I just seen a hot chick walk by..

It plays all games like a dream! I installed the CoD world at war that came with the card and it is amazing... makes you feel like your actually "IN" the action.

I also play World of warcraft and with this baby.. I'm playing it at "Ultra" settings.. everything is maxed out and sit at an average 60FPS.

Imagine 2 of these toys running... lol.

Cons: Cons... what cons???

Other Thoughts: I took it up a notch "more like big upgrade" from an HP Pavilion desktop I had since 2004 along with a Geforce FX 5500 "roflmao"

To my very new build with this card... what an upgrade.


Newegg shipping is the best! rush processing for the win!

Pros: Runs everything I want, and runs it well. Stays fairly cool with a fan putting air on it. No overheating.

Cons: For some reason, and I'm pretty sure this is the only game it does it on. When WoW loads and I have just THAT screen loaded... even tested alt tabbing in and out, well, the fan buzzes on the GPU. It's rather annoying because you can hear it over the speakers and the other fans that are turned on high in my Antec 1200.

Other Thoughts: I'd give this 5 eggs, but the noise is just overbearing.

Pros: Easy to install. Wow what a great graphics card.

Cons: None whatsoever!