Galaxy 65IGH8DL7AXX GeForce GTX 650 Ti GC 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

Pros: I bought the card to replace my AMD 5770 because I was tired of stability issues caused by the terrible AMD drivers for Ubuntu. I had heard that the Nvidia drivers were much more stable on the desktop so I decided to make the switch.
The card was smaller than I expected, space is not a concern for me but i guess it helps with airflow. The drivers installed fine, all I had to do was type "sudo apt-get install jockey" in the terminal, and I let Jockey handle the installation automatically. It detected and isntalled the drivers in no time. It was honestly more of pain to remove the AMD drivers than it was to install the Nvidia drivers.

The card runs smooth both for native linux games and games on wine.

The box is sexy.

The card runs pretty cool, which helps keep my room cool too :D

Cons: I wich the card came with a mini hdmi adapter, and the ports could have been arranged better, it's hard to fit an adapter since my monitors are hdmi/vga instead of dvi, which forces me to run one of them with an adapter from the port that sits right next to the mini hdmi slot. I had to be more aggressig than I would have liked to get them both to fit.

I've had some very minor issues with screen tearing and Vsync, but i think that's more of a compiz issue than an Nvidia one, so I'm not even sure it belongs on this review. It's only really noticable when I play Bastion, and maybe a little with Minecraft.

Other Thoughts: Heven't had the chance to test Cuda rendering on Blender yet.
Physx isn't supported on Linux as far as I know.

Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

Pros: I can put my less demanding games all the way to the highest settings now.

Cons: The rebate process is a bit tedious.

Pros: Runs very cool, on load, around 55c or less.
Very quiet.
Decent performance at 1680 x 1050

Cons: Chokes at 1080p, especially when VRAM usage is around 650mb or above. Despite the 1GB VRAM, it cannot actually handle anywhere near that amount. It is really bandwidth limited.

- Would never buy from Galaxy again. Rebate has been in processing since Jan and has yet to be sent out despite me paying for no-wait service. Refuses to answer emails regarding this.

Other Thoughts: If you buy this, do not expect good 1080p performance. Do not expect to be able to turn up textures or AA settings. And do not expect to ever get your rebate from this company.

Pros: this card is great, it plays all my games at high settings at 1080p resolution. Borderlands 2 looks great, at highest settings 8x AA, physx effects on high, 55 fps. Never gets hot stays around 42 degrees celcius. I am very satisfied.

Cons: none

Pros: great little card does a lot for this price

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: overall great for the money

Pros: Price - with a rebate I got this for $110. Can't beat that.

Cons: No mini-HDMI adapter included. This sucks big-time, especially since I wanted to connect to a monitor that already had a DVI port being used. Now I've got to order one separately. Boo.

Other Thoughts: I just installed this, and haven't gotten the chance to run it through its paces. But I wanted to call out the lack of a mini-HDMI adapter. These things aren't like VGA-DVI adapters - not everyone has several lying around.

I knocked the egg off for this alone. Once I have spent some time with the product, I'll edit this review and provide an update.

Pros: Excellent value. It is also quite short, so it should fit in almost any case.

Cons: Because it's a 650 Ti, SLI support has been removed. This is NVIDIA's decision, not Galaxy's.

Other Thoughts: It uses a mini-HDMI connector. Use a mini-HDMI to HDMI cable instead of an adapter, because an adapter will likely hit your case.

Pros: Works well with modern games.

Cons: No complaints. Wish it was a 660ti or something twice as expensive but... Pick your battles.

Pros: I am 15 building my own pc, while i didnt want something super flashy and this caught my eye. all my parts fit into it really well, and its easy to get into, and theres is plenty of space for cable management. and the case is rised a a good amount, which is great for me because i have carpet and the psu is cool rised up an inch or two. if you want to put a 2.5 hdd then you need a converter.

Cons: none

Other Thoughts: my pc is:
i3-3220
gtx 650ti
gigabyte ga-Z77-hd3
8gb ballistix

Pros: Affordable
Runs games at high FPS at 1920x1080
Small form factor

Cons: Stereoscopic 3D enabled as default??

Other Thoughts: Almost went with a 660 and I'm glad I went with this instead. The most current game I've got is Borderlands 2 and it runs great on this card with all setting on high at 1920x1080 resolution. Great card for the price.

For some reason when I started up Borderlands everything looked really weird and when I got to the main screen I realized it looked like old-style 3D movies. Went into my NVIDIA drivers setting and for some reason stereoscopic 3D was enabled on games that support it right out of the box. Not a big deal, just a box to uncheck. Threw me for a loop though! I thought there was something wrong with it at first.

Only had it for a few days so I can't speak to the reliability, but I'll be sure to update if I run into problems.