EVGA 01G-P3-1561-AR GeForce GTX 560 Ti FPB (Fermi) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Solid fps on games before late 2012. I've had over 2 years, and when I bought it I never thought to clean it. So for 2 years, I played games flawlessly without cleaning. (stupid on my part)
-Skyrim w/ HD texture packs, some customizations to graphics all over high, 60 FPS.
-Great for LoL, WoW, Starcraft
-Planetside 2 with over 25-40 FPS Everything ultra, but feels very playable.
-Expensive in 2011 but now you can find these for cheap

Cons: -Quiet up to 55%, temps 75-85
-Difficult to play new games.
-Expensive back in 2011, but cheaper now.
-Some stuttering and noticeable dips in some games.

Other Thoughts: Had for over 2 years and it served me well. Just make sure to clean it! I didn't and was wonder why my temps went up to 90 some degrees. Also gets quite loud, I had to keep the fan at 60% in all games automatically, which kind of sucks.

Pros: I've had this card since December of 2011. For the first sixth months, it ran without flaw and all was well. It ran most, if not all of my games on max at a very playable framerate, it was quiet and when it wasn't I didn't have an issue.

The card fits just fine in my case, which is on the small side.

Cons: After those first sixth months, the card started to have the notorious tdr bug with a lot of nvidia cards. My computer would get artifacts all over, and then the driver would crash - ending whatever I was playing or doing without warning. It seemed, interestingly, it was only for a few games. Battlefield 3 would crash after five minutes while Team Fortress wouldn't very often. BioShock Infinite ran beautifully for about ten minutes before crashing.

I'm not very pleased with it right now and I'm working on seeing if I can do something to fix this - no driver updates have really fixed the problem. EVGA's support was very friendly with me, and I did submit an RMA. Ultimately, I chose not to send it in as it went back to working for a little while after a driver update. About a month ago it went back to this issue, though.

Other Thoughts: It's a gamble with this card. It's inexpensive and effective, but at the cost of potentially being a paperweight.

I don't game much anymore these days as life has taken over, but for someone like me it's a perfect card (minus the crashing.)

Pros: Runs all my games on high with no issues. Pretty quiet, too.
Games played: Skyrim, Bioshock 2, Dragon Age Origins, Sonic Generations, Borderlands 1 and 2, Phantasy Star Online 2, Mass Effect 1 and 2, Portal 1 and 2

Cons: None really. Just be sure you have enough room in your case before you decide to pick this up as it is pretty big. I have had the drivers crash at least once but I attribute that to NVIDIA's drivers not being the greatest. The display goes back to normal in about two minutes anyway, and it doesn't happen a lot, so it's nothing worth taking off an egg for.
Speaking of drivers, Windows 7 Ultimate didn't detect this card when I turned the computer on after installation, so I had to install the drivers manually. Not a big deal, but something to look out for.

Other Thoughts: I bought this to replace my GeForce 8800 GTS 512 which suddenly died on me about six months ago. I had never installed a video card before so it was an interesting experience putting this in. It was a bit tricky but I managed.

Pros: Does as advertised and more (almost). I have had no problems with this card. Read the positive reviews and this is how my card has performed.

Cons: Was the last thing I purchased for my build. Was the most expensive item. Cost more than all my other components combined. Of course I chose all the others components at their lowest prices. This card just wouldn't budged much lower than what I paid and It was coming up on a year for some of my parts. The point is the price was still a little high.

Other Thoughts: Even though i said the price was still, high the card has been worth every penny I paid for it. My system runs the Win Experience Index at 7.7 across the board, which was a nice surprise. I would never ever had expected that.

Pros: I have had this card for a solid 2 years now, and as most of the review say this card performs fantastically. I game a great deal throughout the week and this card has never once made me lower my settings below the games max. I play every new game that comes out and as I have said, amazing performance.

Cons: None, I have seen some friend's card's fans start sqeaking but the cards never stopped working even after years of use.

Other Thoughts: I need to stress to anyone looking at the reviews of this card, almost all of the bad reviews I see look like user error (poor computer build) or bad luck with getting a Dead on arrival card ( this happens to everything from time to time it's not a common problem here, just bad luck).
Me and my friends (about 7 of us) all use this card, either single or dual cards, and all of us love them. They are fantastic gaming cards and worth the money. I may upgrade eventually but there is no need at the moment as I run every game out now at or above 50 fps on max or close to max.

Long story short, It is worth the money even now in 2013.

Pros: Outstanding video card for nearly 2 years! I built a system in 2011, and this card is still cranking out 30-60 fps on new games like Mechwarrior Online. For the money, this was and is a great video card. No problems with it whatsoever.

Cons: Video cards have about a 2 year reign as king, then newer games demand a little more than they can give.

Other Thoughts: I am sold on the Titanium series of GTX cards now. I'm not an Nvidia fanboy, but I definitely like these cards for a standalone video card.

Pros: Bought this to replace a faulty MSI Frozr II. MSI RMA'd it and I sold it to buy this bad boy. It's EVGA. That's all you need to know. Unparalleled customer support, but you'll never need to use it because your card will never die. I still have an EVGA GTX 280, stock cooler design, running strong in another PC. I figure this 560ti will last just as long & probably longer since it doesn't get hot at all. Remember EVGA is an AMERICAN company. If you don't want to have to deal with Taiwanese customer support & shotty cooler designs go with EVGA.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: Would be nice if there was a back plate on it like some of the older card designs.

Pros: Aside for Fed-Ex turning my 3 day shipping into 8 I've had no problems with the card. Instillation was quick and painless as is per usual and it is significantly quieter than my previous card. It sits at 29C on idle and can ramp up to 46C on a heavy load. Solid buy that I'm rather pleased with.

Cons: None so far, I've only had the card for one month so I will adjust should something arise.

Pros: Its a plug and play Video card. Games I play on it are Day Z, Guild Wars 2, CS, battlefield 3, lead 4 dead and more and never have had one problem with this Video card. Day Z looks so good and clean. so if you are thinking of buying this card for gaming its a good card.

Cons: N/a

Pros: This is a great card. I do not, I warn, play the latest games. I play last year's games. That said, this plays Fallout: New Vegas and Skyrim on Ultra High Quality. I have turned up the video settings to the highest quality without missing a beat. If you are looking to play relatively recent games but not looking for the bleeding edge of technology, this is a great card. Installation was easy and the driver installation was simple, though this does require a power supply that can deliver a minimum of 500 watts. You may need a new power supply if you can't deliver.

Cons: If you want to run SLI, this did not come with the SLI or Crossfire hookup (other video cards I have purchased did come with such hookups). The card is comparatively heavy if your motherboard is not well-secured. I needed to buy a new power supply to accommodate this upgrade; not really a con, unless you're on a strict budget and want to use parts from your older computer.