Pros: Faster then 9800GX2 in some games, not as fast in others (getting better with newer drivers 177.39 and 177.41). Higher minimum frame rates and much less stuttering then 9800GX2 in pretty much every game I've tried it on so far (including Oblivion, Crysis, Assasins Creed, and Call of Duty 4).

Cons: High price. Also people who don't own the card, and have no first hand knowledge yet criticize the reviews of those who do own the card and have experience.

Overall Review: Having owned both the 9800GX2 (see my review of the Gigabyte 9800GX2 on this site), and the GTX 280 I can say that there are things review sites don't take into account in their reviews. For one thing the 9800GX2 occasionally has issues with stuttering in some games, the GTX 280 does not have this issue. Also the frame rates of the GTX 280 tend to be more stable with higher minimum frame rates. This is important for those looking for smoother, more stable gameplay.

Pros: I purchased the 2900pro version of this card a few months ago. The 2900pro is almost identical to the 2900xt except for having a different bios. Anyway the card ran pretty good, playing most games at max quality levels.

Cons: At current price this card is way overpriced for what you get. There are cards out now at 1/2 the price that are better such as the 8800GT and the HD3870. Heck, the 8800GTX, and the HD3870x2 are cheaper then this now.

Overall Review: A good card, but save your money and purchase a new better card such as the 8800GT, 8800GTS, or HD3870.

Pros: - The current top end of AMD GPUs. In many games this card trades blows with the RTX 3090. - This XFX card is one of the fastest out of the box 6900xts. - This card's fans are surprisingly quiet. I had a EVGA RTX 2080 Ti before this and that card's fans were much louder. The RTX fans would spool up and make a loud wooshing sound when starting up the PC. The XFX 6900xt was silent too the point I thought the card was DOA. - The card does look pretty cool. The shroud, fans, and backplate are also very solid. - The AMD drivers have come a long way since the last time I had an AMD card. These drivers were smart enough to automatically detect and set the proper screen resolution and refresh rate for my monitor. - The AMD Radeon Software can do neat things like tell you average FPS in each game you play, grade how good the card performs, and advise you to turn up the settings or dial them back. You can also overclock the card, and monitor temperatures with AMD's own software..

Cons: - The card is quite long. The case I have has two fans in the front, I had to remove one to fit this card. - Not as fast as Nvidia's RTX cards in games that utilize ray tracing. - Like other cards this one is not easy to obtain. - A bit on the pricey side.

Overall Review: In the current market where cards are hard to come by it is hard to be choosy. I was looking to upgrade to either the RTX 3090, 3080, AMD 6900xt, and 6800xt. When this one popped up as available I quickly jumped on it. So far I am not regretting my decision.

Pros: A very nice board. It looks great, and has lots of features. I really like the Wi-Fi adapter it comes with works really well and I get a strong signal. My old X79 board had one but the reception was spotty and inconsistent.

Cons: This board does not always play nice with my DDR4-3200 RAM when set to XMP. Every once in a while, when I boot up my PC, it will fail the POST and complain about an overclocking failure. Going into the BIOS and changing the RAM setting from XMP to Auto, rebooting, going back into the BIOS and changing the setting back to XMP will fix it for a while.

Overall Review: I do recommend this board specially if you have to use Wi-Fi like I do. My rig consists of an Intel 6700K, 32GB of DDR4-3200 RAM, Samsung 950 Pro M.2, and a Nvidia GTX Titan X and it all runs well without many hiccups aside from the XMP issue.

Pros: Fast, runs cool, easy to overclock, and is reasonably priced

Cons: None so far

Overall Review: Got mine running at 4.6GHz using an old Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme cooler (with socket 1156 adapter bracket)and it still idles below 30c. I went from an i7 920 to this and I do notice a decent speed increase.

Pros: Fast! I have 2 in SLI and they bring games to their knees. I'm able to play with 16xQAA at 1920x1200 in many games and these cards don't break a sweat. Even Crysis is nothing to sweat anymore.

Cons: Runs hot though if you have air conditioning and good air flow it won't be a problem. Also you'll need at least a 700 watt power to run 1 card or over 1,000 watt PSU for SLI. Fan on this card is loud but I use headphones so they don't bother me.

Overall Review: With good air flow you can safely overclock these cards pretty nicely. I got mine to 800mhz core without a problem.