Joined on 02/01/07
Excellent Budget Card!
Pros: -Quiet, if you keep the fans below 60% (above 60% it starts to get fairly loud, but I've had no reason to run the fans any higher than 60% so far) -Runs every game I've thrown at it so far on maximum or very near maximum settings (see other thoughts) -Low power consumption and requirements -Runs very cool, I have yet to see it exceed 65C even with fan control limiting fan speed to 60% max using EVGA Precision. -OC's quite well over factory OC settings (ive got mine running at 1260 MHz base clock/1463 boost with Memory speed bumped by 200 MHz - card runs great and still stays quite cool compared to my older 560 Ti which regularly ran around 80C under load, this card hasn't exceeded 65C) -Can set the fans to shut off completely when card is running cool (using EVGA Precision you can decide what temperature you'd like the fans to shut off around) keeping the card completely silent when card is idle.
Cons: -Card is somewhat large, may not fit in MicroATX cases, almost didn't fit inside my older ATX Mid Tower. So far, no other cons to this card! Knowing it's more of a budget card, it as exceeded my expectations.
Overall Review: Coming from a GTX 560 Ti with 1GB VRAM, this card is an amazing improvement. Heavily modded Skyrim and Fallout 4 both play completely maxed out without issues (Fallout 4 does drop below 60fps regularly, but stays solid around 40). Main PC Hardware AMD Phenom II X4 955 @ Stock 3.2 GHz 8 GB DDR3 1600 GeForce GTX 950 WD Black 750 GB Mechanical HDD Not a very powerful rig in today's comparisons, but this card performs amazingly for the gamer on a tight budget who needs an upgrade to their GPU.
Trying again
Pros: Love the way they sound, even with a bad speaker (see cons). They aren't the most amazing speakers on the planet, but they do produce good bass, decent mids, and highs. Not bad for the price.
Cons: Purchased a set from somewhere else, just purchased a new set from here. The first set had a bad right speaker enclosure that created a bad static hiss when a range between 200Hz and 750Hz was played at low to moderate volume.
Overall Review: Haven't received my new set from Newegg yet. Returning the first set as soon as they arrive. I'm hoping that a second chance with these will go much better, because I really liked the sound they produce, even with the bad right channel.
Flame On!
Pros: Great card while it worked. Owned since Oct. 2011 and the card had worked flawlessly... until...... see cons!
Cons: A few days ago... while on the phone, left a game open on a menu screen. Seen the temp's running at 90C but didnt think anything of it, suddenly, computer shuts of completely and wont turn back on. Disconnected all cables except GPU, and main motherboard power and turned it back on. Loud pop from the gpu and a flame shot up near the back of the card near the PCI-e power connectors. Luckily I still have my old 8800GTS and the computer is running fine, so it didn't take anything else out with it.
Overall Review: EVGA was very helpful as the card was still under warranty. I have RMA'd the card with them and should be getting something different in a couple weeks. The card was also mislabled as all the stickers said it was a GTX 560ti card. The EVGA forums mentioned quite a few people who have gotten these mislabled cards and noted that the heatsink/fan on them is not the right one, making those particular cards run much hotter than they otherwise should. Be wary if you find one of these cheap someplace. You may kick yourself down the road if you end up with one like mine.
nice
Pros: Great card, runs everything at high quality or higher. Paired with a Phenom II X4 955 OC'd to 3.6 GHz. Most demanding games on my system are MW3 and Skyrim, MW3 runs at max settings at 1920x1080, Skyrim at High Settings with 2x AA and 8x Anisotropic Filtering at 1920x1080. WEI - 7.8 both Aero and Gaming scores.
Cons: Can run hotter than I'd like under load, roughly 70C. Video drivers crashed at first, but latest 296.10 drivers seem to have solved that issue.
Overall Review: Got this OC'd at 900Mhz GPU Clock and 2150 Memory clock. GPU-Z rates at 12.6 G/Pixel Pixel Fillrate. 50.4 G/Texel Texture Fillrate. With a memory bandwidth of 137.6 GB/s For the price, fantastic card with high OC capability. Idle temp runs around 32-38C (depending on ambient temp) Load temp runs around 60-72C (again depending on ambient temp and the game being played)
Nice Router
Pros: Sleek design is nice. Greatly improved wireless speed over my old Linksys Router. Having dual band is nice, though I didn't see any difference in speed between 2.4 and 5 GHz. Setup was a breeze and I like the taskbar icon to make changing settings much easier. Paired this with an N600 USB Wireless Adapter and it works like a charm.
Cons: None so far. Other than I overpaid by purchasing elsewhere.
Overall Review: Overpaid compared to Newegg having bought it elsewhere. Noticed a great speed increase compared to my old router, went from roughly 8 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload to 20 Mbps download and 6 Mbps upload. (Same speed as wired connection)
Bad Stick
Pros: Pretty fast and very inexpensive. 7.5 WEI when both sticks working (5.5 currently with only one stick in single-channel). Roughly 11 GB/s maximum bandwidth as reported by AMD Overdrive software.
Cons: One stick in the kit was DOA from the start. Manged to get it working for roughly 12 hrs before BSOD and I haven't been able to get it working since.
Overall Review: Great memory when you can take full advantage of both sticks. Even with the single stick running in single-channel this memory is still quite fast. Noticeably faster than my 4 GB dual-channel DDR2 800 from my previous system. System --------- AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE ASROCK 770 Extreme3 eVGA GeForce 560 Corsair XMS3 2x4GB DDR3 1600 (One stick DOA) WD Caviar Black 750GB Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 WEI (7.9 max score) ------ CPU - 7.3 MEM - 7.5 when both sticks were working (5.5 currently with only one stick) Graphics - 7.7 Gaming Graphics - 7.7 HDD - 5.9