XFX GeForce 9600 GSO 1GB GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card PVT96OZDFU

Pros: Runs cool, 1gig of ram. Runs my newer games just great. Came with two free games ...COD 4 & COD 5. That was a big selling point with me considering I was going to spend almost $100 on the games alone after I got something that would play them. Got both in one deal here. Great upgrade from my 6150SE onboard graphics. Higher end graphics for under $120

Cons: Made me poop my pants after playing COD5...it seemed so real and intense! Actually, no cons here.

Overall Review: I can't understand where people think they need a $400 card to play games like Crysis on High settings...Yes this one does it. I'm convinced paying more for something that's not noticeably better is more for bragging rights than anything else. One other thing, don't let anyone tell you that this won't work well in a 1.0 slot...it's doing just fine in mine. Also, you may want to invest in a $5 PCI slot blower and place it underneath the video card. It keeps it about 10 degrees cooler. I'm running about 65 under load and about 45 idle.

Pros: Came with lots of goodies, works in some computers apparently. Newegg was great, as usual.

Cons: The card would cause my computer to crash whenever anything graphics related was used. Games, videos, you name it, it crashed within seconds. I tried everything, bios, drivers, reformat with no results. Contacted XFX and support said that this is a recurring problem with this particular card sometimes and they are not quite sure why. They provided an RMA # but told me there was no point in doing so because they could not guarantee the replacement would work. XFX basically left me with no options other than being stuck with the faulty card.

Overall Review: Beware of this card, it may or may not work in your computer. Based on what I gathered from XFX, it is blind luck whether or not it will work w/your particular build, because they have no idea what the problem is. Do yourself a favor and google "9600 GSO freezing" and you will find dozens of people with the same exact problem.

AMD Phenom X4 9500
MSI K9N2 Platinum
4 GB Patriot DDR2-800
Seagate 400 GB
700 W PSU