EVGA GeForce GTX 285 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 01G-P3-1180-AR

Pros: Finally upgraded to this card from my 5 year old 7900GTX. Man was I shocked at how wicked this card is! This card plays games like Dragon Age, Crysis, FarCry 2, Fallout 3, and Resident Evil 5 at completely max settings with at least 8xAA and VSync, and the framerate is constantly maxed at the VSync limit. Without VSync these framerates are almost always in the triple-digits.

I planned on waiting until I could afford a GTX 295, but dues to my last video card dying I was forced to buy this card since I couldn't afford the 295 yet. Surprisingly, I don't regret it once bit! While the 295 is greatly faster and almost double the memory, it's not necessary at all since this card is already exceedingly powerful at a dramatically more reasonable price. Just goes to show - you don't need the most expensive card to have crazy performance... and still have some $$$ left over for later in case you want another one for SLI in the future.

Comes with x2 6-pin power adapters - read Other be

Cons: N/A

Overall Review: I have a modular power supply with 2 ports for the 6-pin connectors necessary for video cards, but I only had one installed because that's all my previous 7900GTX needed. Since I knew that this card needed 2 6-pin connectors I went ahead and tried to find the second connector the day before this card was supposed to arrive in the mail. After hours ripping my house apart over and over again trying to find the second 6-pin cable, I panicked a little and considered ordering a 4-to-6-pin converter or even calling the manufacturer of my power supply to order another 6-pin modular cable knowing that it would probably be another week before it was delivered and I could use my new card. That got me really depressed... but then I was pleasantly surprised to see that there were x2 4-to-6-pin converters in the box :D That made my day! WAY TO GO EVGA!

Now I feel like a dummy because if I'd paid attention to the pics here on Newegg I would've seen them. I panicked for nothing! :D

Pros: Solid GTX285 card

Cons: Was sent two Revision 1 cards that are almost 2 years old from the RMA warehouse. I need the Rev 2 cards to match my water cooling setup.

Still waiting to hear back from Newegg if they will exchange for the new hardware that I paid for, and not the recycled rev 1 cards. This would not be a problem normally, however I need the Rev 2 cards to match the water blocks that I already have.

Overall Review: None