ECS Black Series NBGTX260-896MX-F GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card (Over Clock Version) - Retail

fantastic!!!

Reviewed By: phud on 12/17/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: low cost.
well made.

Cons: absolutely none.

Other Thoughts: the "free gift"
is a flyer that reminds you to
do a newegg review.
wow. what a gift.
if the power goes out, i have kindling for a fire.

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Reviewed By: doug on 12/10/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Runs WOW L4D2 CRYSIS-WH and Shattered Horizon on Max no problem

Takes new nvidia drivers with ease

phenom x2 550 am3
4 gigs ddr1600
550w power

Cons: none yet

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Questionable Construction, But They Work.

Reviewed By: TFuse on 12/8/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: *It works.

This card runs well enough by itself, but two cards SLI'd get HOT.

Cons: *Really bad quality control.
*Runs really hot in SLI mode.

I ordered two of these cards in order to SLI them and both looked exactly the same, defects and all. The casing looks and feels just like any other standard gfx card casing, but there are two major defects with these particular cards.

First, the entire card is slightly curved-- like the card is slightly distorted from one end to the other. It's not awful, but it's noticeable. The distortion doesn't appear to inhibit the card's performance and it still fits in the PCI-e slot.

Second, the bracket that holds the card to the case (where you screw it to the back of the case) was bent really really badly, as if it was dropped on that corner. And it was like that on BOTH cards! It was impossible to fasten the card into the case without taking a pair of pliers and bending the bracket back into shape.

Also, these cards run extremely hot in SLI mode.

Other Thoughts: I tested each card individually to make sure they worked, and each one idles at around 50c and maxes out at around 65c under load by itself. In SLI mode each card idles around 60c and runs at about 82c under load-- that's with fans running at 100% inside a p193 case with 6 case fans going.

Didn't know whether to give it 2 or 3 eggs because of the shoddy construction, but I gave it 3 'cause the cards work and, by themselves, they're decent cards, but in SLI mode they're too hot. I recommend them (at your own risk) for the price if you're just gonna get one, but if you want to run them in SLI, skip these and get cards with dual fans.

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