ECS NGTS450-1GPL-F GeForce GTS 450 (Fermi) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Customer Services

Cons: Bad quality

Other Thoughts: I have built many desk top PC's since window 3.1 still in the market. This is the 1st Graphic card I got caught on fire within 3 minutes after I installed it. Luck me, the case was not closed and I just in the middle of installing the driver CD came with the package, so I can immediately take actions shut the power off, put off the fire so it won't burn other parts within the case, such as memory sticks, CPu fan, even the power supply. While I am writing this message, my son putted my original graphic card back, so far it looks back to normal but...

Manufacturer Response:

We are sorry about the issues you experienced. This is likely the exception, not the norm. Our video cards are thoroughly tested, for longer than 3 minutes at a time, prior to shipping. Such an issue could also be caused by foreign object or incorrect installation causing a short or power supply issues. In any event, your case with us has been forwarded to our service department and one of our representatives will be contacting you as soon as possible. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your case or RMA, please feel free to contact us.

When contacting us, you can refer to case #ECP13050910008

I or any of my team members here at technical support will be able to help you.
Our hours are Mon-Fri 9am-6pm PST.

Thank you,
Andy
Phone# 1-510-456-9836
Email: andy_K@ecsusa.com

Pros: DDR5, 128bit, great performance! I had a GTS 250, along with a GT440 fermi, but this card, is bad! The GTS 450 with an overclock will PLAY IT ALL on HIGH or ULTRA with decent frame rates.

Cons: Price, not a gtx based card.

Pros: Runs the games I play amazingly (Chivalry, Civilization 5, Dead Island). Can easily be overclocked for even better performance. Drivers work infinitely better than the AMD card I had previously.

Cons: The fan is by far the loudest thing in my PC even at the forced minimum of 5%. Even being the loudest thing in my PC the fan speed barely effects the temp of the card.

Other Thoughts: Wish I had the technical knowledge to replace the fan in the card with a quieter one.

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Phone# 1-510-771-0284
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ECS Modmen|

Pros: NONE

Cons: Died with 30 seconds of usage. Smelled burning. Weird clicking noise. Requesting RMA...
If you want to get a card stay away, you'll to deal with this DOA stuff...

Manufacturer Response:

We are sorry to hear about the DOA issue you experienced. All our product is fully tested prior to leaving factory to help ensure that they are working properly. If you haven't already, please do contact us. We would like to work with you helping to ensure that you receive a functioning video as soon as possible.

When contacting us, you can refer to case #ECD12102210004

I or any of my team members here at technical support will be able to help you.
Our hours are Mon-Fri 9am-6pm PST.

Thank you,
Andy
Phone# 1-510-771-0284
Email: andy_K@ecsusa.com

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Elite Memebr 99-hour service|

Pros: Plays most games at resonable fps, is quiet,efficent,and get the job done well. Havent had any real noticable problems.I have owned it for a year and a half. It runs most games at high settings with 45-60 fps,and overall im very satisfied and recommended this card.

Cons: Price.its cheap, but $120 is a little too much, 100-110 is better for the overallperformance. But its still alot bettet and i highly reccomend it.

Pros: cheap

Cons: drivers crash a lot

Other Thoughts: get a different brand of card

Manufacturer Response:

If you haven't already please contact us. We would like to look into this issue to find out more about your current configuration and help find any possible solution.

When contacting us, you can refer to case #ECD12030910006

I or any of my team members here at technical support will be able to help you.
Our hours are Mon-Fri 9am-6pm PST.

Thank you,
Andy
Phone# 1-510-771-0284
Email: andy_K@ecsusa.com

Pros: It's a good enough card. Runs most current games on medium/high settings.

Cons: It's only moderately better than my old 9800gt, and worse than my more recent 260.

Elitegroup's customer service, from my experience, sucks! I had to wait around for 3 months after sending in for a $25 rebate, only for them to come back to me and say that my card didn't qualify. They promise a rebate, which would justify the price, and then they don't follow through.

Other Thoughts: Overall, the card isn't worth the full price. Go for the 460 for about the same price, and STAY AWAY from Elitegroup if you care about customer service.

Manufacturer Response:

We do apologize for the experience you have had with obtaining your rebate. Please contact us, we would like to find out more about your rebate and try to work with you and the rebate house, to see if anything can be done.

When contacting us, you can refer to case #ECD12011710013

I or any of my team members here at technical support will be able to help you.
Our hours are Mon-Fri 9am-6pm PST.

Thank you,
Andy
Phone# 1-510-771-0284
Email: andy_K@ecsusa.com

Pros: I like this card, i got it for my little brother, he came off of Sli 9500 gt's. BIG increase for him. it stays cool and quiet in his antec ninehundred.

Cons: The only thing i was upset with is that i was hoping to receive the Reference stock nvidia cooler on it, but i got one with the one gigabyte gives out for some reason. -1 egg for that.

Pros: I am not sure what I was expecting, this card once install in Win 7 Pro 64 has exceed every thing I had hoped for, clean driver install and set up.

Cons: I truly hate rebates as I have never been a good dancer and the hoops they make you jump through hardly makes it worth it some times.

Other Thoughts: Benching now on I5 2500K ASRock MB and 8 gigs of ram should do just fine.

Pros: Good Price, especially with the rebate.

Cons: Stock fan is a little loud during a load but I will not take an egg for that.

Other Thoughts: I purchased this card as a part of a new budget gaming system and it works wonderfully. I mainly play Guild Wars, World of Warcraft and soon it will be SWTOR.

For those of you who are interested in performance stats.

WoW – 1920*1080, Ultra/High, Multisampling 4X, Texture Sampling 8X with Vertical Sync disabled. Average 50-55fps and during a good PVP battle it dropped down to 40-40fps.

Guild Wars – 1920*1080, High/All with 4X AA, I am on an average of 60-70FPS. I don’t pvp with Guild Wars so I don’t have any stats for that.

SWTOR – I played both the beta weekends. 1920*1080 on the Highest settings and ran pretty well the entire weekend. I apologize but I did not get an avg. fps during the weekend. However, I did not see any issues or lag that would indicate a sub-par frame rate. AA was disabled during the weekends and that will make an impact.

This is with the new AMD FX-4100
This is also with stock settings, so if you overclock stats will improve a little.