Pros: So far, so good. It works. Afterburner has nice options and a nice hardware monitor, mantle works great on Bf4 as it should. The card itself is sturdy and looks great in my case.

Cons: Biggest problem I have is it's weight, I don't know if all cards weigh 15lbs these days but the thing is so heavy I feel like it's going to rip my motherboard off it's case mounts and shatter around this beast in a million pieces. The fan at 100% sounds like it's about to fly off, I really don't want it ever going above 80%, I'm afraid it'll break, especially after reading some of the other reviews here.. Afterburner isn't saving my overclock or profile, on startup it always defaults to stock, not a big deal.

Overall Review: This card combined with a 8350 vashera or any other AMD cpu is going to render Elder Scrolls Online unplayable, as I just found out. Apparently Zenimax is in bed with Intel and Nvidia right now, because I can't even play at the lowest resolution and lowest settings without experiencing stuttering and poor framerates. Based on similar performance issues with my previous 5850 this leads me to believe that the CPU is bottlenecking. OR even worse, it's programmed obsolescence. This isn't listed as a CON because, Mantle is still a relatively new API and ESO is a new MMO by a newer studio which doesn't even take advantage of Mantle. Maybe if they did... hmm.. lol nah, keep dreamin'. OH ONE OTHER THING!! Dear NEWEGG, can you please have a good talkin' to with whoever was responsible for shipping my graphics card, they put all of the plastic bag bubblewrap on the top of the box, basically only a quarter inch of styrofoam and half inch of cardboard were protecting the bottom of my graphics card, let this be a testament to how sturdy the MSI R9 290 is against inept packing and shipping employees. Or how awesome UPS is at shipping a 3-5 day shipping plan in 2 days and handling it with care.