XFX HD-587A-ZNF9 Radeon HD 5870 (Cypress XT) 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card w/ATI Eyefinity

Pros: It's hard to overstate how fast this card truly is. I upgraded from a 9800 GTX+ to the 5870, and what a difference. My fiance has a 4870 512mb card, and that thing is considerably faster than the 9800 GTX+. The 5870 crushes the 4870 easily. DX11 is great too.

This card is also very efficient with its energy usage and its heat output. This card idles at around 51C, which is even lower than my 9800 GTX+ idled. That's impressive considering how powerful this thing is.

As far as games go, everything runs smooth as butter. Mass Effect 2, Crysis, Dirt 2, Call of Duty 4, Fallout 3, Shattered Horizon, Far Cry 2, etc. It doesn't matter what the game is. This card blazes through all of them.

Cons: This list is pretty long...

-It won't do your homework for you.
-It doesn't think your jokes are very funny.
-It won't pay your bills.
-It won't make your bed in the morning.
-It doesn't seem to like the cat either.
-When I throw the ball, it doesn't bring it back.
-It refuses to do the dishes or laundry.
-It told it to go to bed last night, and it kept on playing for another couple of hours.
-It's not very cuddly.
-It REALLY doesn't like to get a bath.
-I tried to ground it the other day, and MAN was that a bad idea.
-It refuses to eat its vegetables.
-It doesn't like shots either.
-I think it ate my homework last night... I had a real hard time explaining that one to the professor.


I could keep going, but what's the point? This thing is virtually useless in real life...

Overall Review: Seriously though, this card rocks, really hard. Do yourself a favor and pick one up while the stock is good... Did I mention that if you put your homework near this things mouth, it'll rip it to shreds? BAD CARD! BAD BAD BAD!!!

Pros: When it works, it works great.

Cons: The GSOD problem is terrible on my card. I can barely play World of Warcraft or Oblivion for more than 10-20 minutes.

Overall Review: Replaced every driver and even bought a bigger power supply to see if that would help. Needless to say, no bios setting will get this beast stable. I give it a week before I RMA it.