SAPPHIRE 100186L Radeon X1950XT 256MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

Pros: This gpu runs great, when it ran, and for the price range without Vista/DX10 it was a great value.

Cons: This gpu burns hot. I used it as intended, have low temps throughout my case, but it toasted itself.

Other Thoughts: Two of my buddies also bought this gpu at the same time, we've all sent them back for new ones. (at least we can always rely on newegg's great customer service). I'll never buy a Sapphire gpu after this.

Pros: For the cost its great!! Able to play games with High FPS. Not bad for a 256-bit direct x9 card

Cons: Funny thing. Can't raise memory past 990 on atitools or Cataylst. I thought this card can go way higher then that. And oh yeah...the fan is noisy and not very efficient.

Other Thoughts: Not bad for the price, but if you into gaming, go for a direct x10 card. Most game coming out lately are going towards that trend

Pros: Very offordable card until you can go for a better one. Nothing is using Dx10 so can tide you over.

Cons: Very, Very hot even after you manually set the fan to you're liking. My is set to max and still gets hot. Might have just been bad luck but mine doesn't oc well, becomes unstable and crasses.

Other Thoughts: Will tide me over but I have been only somewhat impressed with graphics and very much less than impressed with heating and overclocking. Even oc with third party cooling... will do for now, but will replace sooner than desirable for reasons stated

Pros: For the price it's smokin' fast. I can run BF2/2142 on fully maxed out settings and it's highly playable usually 60+ frames. I usually have AA and AF turned down however and then my frames never drop below 60 frames.

Cons: The first one was bad. It would randomly lock up and overheat. I thought the heatsink/fan was installed incorrectly but it wasn't. The "experts" at the sapphire forums (who don't work for sapphire) tried to tell me (and alot of other people) that my OCZ GameXStream 700w power supply was the problem. After the RMA the new card works perfectly. The fan is a bit loud but only while gaming in which I either have the speakers turned up enough or headphones on so I never notice it.

Other Thoughts: Although a google search will tell you that Sapphire's Technical support is lousy, my experience was extremely good. The RMA replacement took about 3 weeks, however, if I wouldn't have sent the rebate in before I had tested the card newegg would have replaced it in like 2 days. I have an e4300@2.8Ghz, 2gb RAM Gigabyte DS3 mobo, 700w OCZ powersupply. It's been rock solid for 6 months now.

Pros: Price/performance

Cons: Make sure you read the box for mission critical info on the power supply needed as you will not find the information in the manual or at Sapphire web or ATI web.. I was such a big dummy to think important info like that would be easy to obtain. ALSO the value of 30A for one card and 38A for Crossfire is for the total load on the 12V rail. So even the box can get ya, I finally got the straight when I stumbled across the ATI certified specs shows the 22A provided the way that Enermax lists their ratings is more than adequate. 20A for one, 22A for Crossfire Oh and good luck trying to remove old Catalyst software to update to newer releases, let me know if you could do it! BE WARNED MANY PSUs CLAIM TO GIVE THE RIGHT VALUES, ONLY THE ATI CERTIFIED WILL DO SO FOR CERTAIN

Other Thoughts: It's simple, get an Enermax Liberty 500W (one card) or an Enermax 620W for Crossfire Enermax ratings can be trusted as real world and not ad hype.

Pros: good price

Cons: hot, loud sometimes

Other Thoughts: This is my upgrade from X850XT. I am a little disappointed that it isn't much faster than X850XT when playing older DX8 games. for example, in 3Dmark2001 benchmark: X1950 = 30k vs. X850 = 29K. Merely 1K better is not justifiable for upgrade.

Pros: great buy for me. I got it and it was a GIANT improvement over my 9800pro.

Cons: the only problem I have seen with this card is that it will be obsolete very soon. With dx10 cards coming out this card is already seeing its last days.

Other Thoughts: if you don't plan on getting vista for a while then I would recommend you looking at this card.

Pros: Performance, ran Bioshock without a hitch, which really says enough about what this thing can do. Can't report on FPS, but everything looked amazing, and went smoothly. Oblivion looks even better, giving that another play through.

Cons: Loud, as to be expected with this powerhouse. Power draw, but not a problem with a decent PSU.

Other Thoughts: First card died on me, but the egg is in the process of replacing it. For now my x850xt will have to do.

Pros: Runs all games maxed with my system below.

Runs Idle 40C Gaming 65C

Cons: Fans noisy and only keeps the GPU cool if you manually set up the fan in ATI Tools. Dont be a moron like me and forget to clear 2 slots out of the back of your comp or the GPU fan has no where to Ventilate ooops

Other Thoughts: GA-P35-DS3R, 2GB Patriot Extreme, Radeon X1950XT, Raidmax Smiloden Case, Enermax Earthwatts 550W

Pros: Well, I upgraded from a 850 pro and had about 30% increase in frames per second. I love it hooked to my HD.

Cons: FAN SPEED FAN SPEED FAN SPEED.
DOWN LOAD ATITOOLS AND SET FAN AT 100%.

Other Thoughts: Fan speeds are the only concern with this product if you are reading this, and havent bought the product either downlad atitool or get an aftermarket fan.