PNY XLR8 VCGGTX470XPB GeForce GTX 470 (Fermi) 1280MB 320-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Fast. Far less bugs with NVIDIA and latest games (trust me I had a 4870 prior to this). I have a single monitor and can max out just about everything...

Cons: ...that being said, when I got the card I immediately downloaded a fan controlling program (free-third party) that allowed me to adjust the settings according to temp. This thing will run HOT at stock fan speeds. Mine idles @ 35 C with fan @ 50% and will run close to 60 C @ 80%. It does get a tad loud at that speed, but none of these cards from any manufacturer stay cool with stock fan at high impact. If you want to OC a now gen video card, get some high end cooling or prepare for disappointment.

Other Thoughts: Make sure your case can fit the card and that you have a well ventilated case. Preferably one with a side fan blowing on the card, like my HAF 932.

Pros: This is the best value in gaming right now. Yeah, yeah, the GTX 5XX series is out, but all that does is make the GTX 400 series priced just right. Now you're getting DX11 power in an affordable price range. PNY makes a competitive product with a lifetime warranty.

Cons: Don't see how there could be one.

Other Thoughts: PNY took up XFX and BFG's lifetime warranty biz for all of us that want the GTX series and want something other than EVGA or Sparkle. And tell people to just hush about the heat. I have it overclocked to GTX 570 clocks and it doesn't get over 65C while gaming. I think some people don't have enough ventilation to keep this thing cool. I say if you can get one for right around $200 (with\without rebate), do it, you'll be set for another 1+ yrs. And don't forget that this card came out this year, so it's not really "old" tech. Happy gaming.

Pros: Pretty beefy card; Was chewing through Just Cause 2 and Batman: AA at highest settings with only minor performance issues

Cons: Card was working, then I took a shower, and somehow it wasn't. Installing another card on the same machine enabled it to work, though the vice versa didn't work.

Other Thoughts: I may have been unlucky, but this will definitely dampen my attitude towards PNY-brand graphics card in the future. I will try the RMA process and see how it goes

Pros: Super nice upgrade from my 8800GTS. Running with a i7-930 @stock 2.8. Plays what I've thrown at it (Mafia 2, Just Cause 2) at 1920x1080 with 4xAA and 16xAAF and most quality settings maxed.

Cons: If you're OCing the card and the fan speed starts pushing 70% it can get loud.

Pros: Upgraded from 9800GTX+ SLI. Only paid $124.99 after selling off my old cards.

More powerful than my old cards and an inch shorter.

Great performance in games Crysis runs maxed at 1680x1050 with 4x AA, 30+ fps all the time.

Cons: 60c idle
95c 100% load
Loud fan when under 100% load

Consider changing the stock cooling out for a Zalman VF3000N. Keeps idle/load temps down and it's quiet.

Other Thoughts: Came with Mafia II and five Sony movies for free.

Pros: The chipset is great, and the card is decently priced.

Cons: Mine died in one day, maybe I was just unlucky this time.

Other Thoughts: Board worked fine for a day, after which my system wouldn't power on unless I removed the card or unplugged the power connectors. It's as if it's shorting out my power supply. Tried with two supplies, and on two PCI-E slots, and my older GTX 275 works fine, so I'm sure it's the card's fault. Returned for replacement, will update the review if/when I get a working card.

Pros: Vertical Syncs very well. Better vertical syncing takes any bit of tearing out of the games I play; I haven't had a single bit of tearing after switching to the GTX 470!

Very smooth performance, so far.

Can definitely handle the heat (works slightly better at lower temperatures, however).

The drivers that come with the card work very well. This card has shader clocks that actually make shadows look good!

Cons: I also have to agree with all of the other reviewers: this card runs very hot! (81 C under load)

At random times some graphical glitches will occur like a stuttering head or body, but that's rare, and not a big deal.

Other Thoughts: If using the MSI Afterburner with user defined fan settings (higher than stock fan speed), the card will run about 10 C lower.

It didn't make a big difference that core clocks are little slower on the GTX 470. It still out-performed my last card.

I owned a 5770 before: so look for my review on that too.

Pros: very fast, card never got that loud, even when playing for acouple of hours

Cons: Unfortunetly had to return the card to the store I bought it from. The card kept crashing my comp. I kept getting the blue screen of death playing bad company 2. The cause was a bad graphics card memory controller. I would also get color splashing while playing bc2. Not sure if this was caused by overheating, but the fan seemed like it always ran at the same speed.

Pros: Great performance, good price. WHEN IT WORKS, it laughs at anything I throw at it; chews it up, spits it out, and asks for seconds.

Cons: Random BSoD'ing. Fresh install of W7 64. Freezes on POST. Freezes on Windows splash screen. Freezes at desktop within 1-2 minutes of getting to desktop. Computer continues to load to desktop, however the image will not change. Cntrl Alt Del to force a shutdown is the only thing to make it 'work'.

PNY CUSTOMER SUPPORT AND RMA DEPARTMENT IS TOTALLY UNRESPONSIVE. 5 EMAILS/REQUESTS SENT IN TWO WEEKS AND NOT A SINGLE REPLY.

Other Thoughts: i5-70 @ 4.0Ghz
8GB Corsair RAM
850W Thermaltake RX2 PSU
MSI P55-GD65

Pros: DX11, overall card size, priced a little lower than the competition. Card gets great benchmarks vs. GTX 275 (being a bit faster than) and the GTX 295, (being just a bit slower than) which is impressive considering the 295 is a dual GPU! This card is suppose to be faster than a pair of GTX 260's in SLI!!!

Cons: I had nothing but problems with my PNY GTX 470. I tried 3 different drivers on both Win 7 64 bit, & Win XP 32 bit. Games would freeze up, hesitate during game play, texture flashing, and then it got to the point that it would just lockup the system right after booting up. It even froze up on me while I was in the BIOS of my EVGA 750i SLI. I tried several times to get a hold of PNY through email, online submit form, phone calls, and never got through and never even got a response. PNY's customer support is the worst! They used to be really good. They need to take a lesson from EVGA or BFG which is who I'll be buying a new one from.

Other Thoughts: I didn't order my card from Newegg (I found it for a little less elsewhere) and I also understand that defective products get out to the consumer from time to time. I'm not giving this card a poor rating because I received a defective card, I'm giving it a poor rating because PNY never even bothered to get back with me after many attempts to get a hold of them for help. You'd think after spending $320+ on someone's product that they would be there for you if you needed support, but PNY just doesn't care about their customers I suppose! Spend some extra and get EVGA or BFG, they have outstanding customer support and it's worth a few dollars extra to have good customer and tech support if you need it. I've had similar problems with PNY in the past but I thought they had gotten better, I guess not.