Galaxy GeForce GTX 580 (Fermi) 1536MB DDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card 58NLH5HS3PXZ

Pros: I have tried to support "A", I really have. ("A"=The other GPU.. crazy posting rules) Tired of constantly downloading "A" drivers to fix the 5870 which came out forever ago. Not like the 40c 5870 that I have on watercooling. (Tired of the treatments for watercooling. Worse than having an aquarium with no fish). This thing runs at 32c idle. What, did I say 32c idle? On Air? A GPU that idles cooler than my CPU that has a cooler bigger than my car radiator? Why yes I did :) I used MSI Afterburn to crank the clock to 950hz and played Crysis with max settings to test the cooling. Flawless!! It was like eye candy. No glitches, snags, delays.. NOTHING!!Thing got up to 68c. I was hitting 80c+ on water with 5870 just before the card would crash. You kiddding me? 5870 board would have melted if it didnt blue screen me first. This time I spent a little more and got a whole lot more! Sorry "A", I am not chasing your new releases anymore to get something that is almost like the "N".

Cons: Death, Taxes, video drop outs from "A" cards, waiting for "A" to release another driver to fix a card that should have been fixed years ago.

Overall Review: I read other reviews and inspected this card upon arrival. All screws in tight. Took about 4 min to rip out the old ATI, 3 min to install GALAXY GTX 580, and 5 min to download NVIDIA driver package before I was off and running. I reviewed, reviewed, and reviewed all GTX 580s. Cooling is the name of the game on GPUs. I chose this card for the BIG ol' 3 fan blowin radiator on it with backplate. Why buy a card and then get aftermarket cooling. Card runs silent too. Not like the single fan GPUs that have to ramp up to keep up.

SLI will be a problem due to the radiator and 3 slot needed for the card, however, I will not do SLI because I dont believe I would ever need to.

Pros: Very cold. Idles at 24% fan speed and 31C -- much cooler than my GTX 460 that it replaced. Doesn't break 60C on load, can max out any game at 1920x1200 without OC. I'm sure it would oc very well...+5 eggs.

Cons: ...but I had to request an RMA. This card came with only one (1) functioning port, one of the DVI's. Both the miniHDMI and the second DVI ports were showing no signal being put out. Minus -4 eggs.

Overall Review: Contacted NewEgg. They're sending me a replacement with 2 day shipping (should be in by end of week) without waiting for my card -- I get to ship my card back after I receive the replacement, meaning I'm not without my 580! Gotta love the Egg. +2 Eggs