Pros: I previously owned a 1GB XFX edition of this same card. I bought this edition almost solely to run heavily modded editions of Oblivion & Fallout 3, which can both run up well into the 1.4GB range for VRAM. It has performed admirably. I also have not a had a grey screen crash yet, though it has only been a week. Runs very cool and power-efficient, just like my other 5870 did.

Cons: Software that came with the card was apparently buggy; made Fallout 3 crash to desktop instantly and caused Oblivion to not display at all. But getting latest drivers from ATI instantly fixed these problems.

Overall Review: Keep in mind this card WILL NOT deliver performance increases for the vast majority of modern games. Most games simply won't use up that much VRAM unless you are running multiple displays or have modded the bejesus out of them. DO NOT buy this card unless you know for a fact that VRAM usage is an issue for you, for most people the cheaper 1GB version will perform exactly the same/

Pros: Got two of these babies in Crossfire and wowow are they fast. Here are the Pros I see: -Overclock like a dream (Both running GPU @ 1050Mhz 1.3v, Mem @ 5200Mhz Stock volts) -Non-Eyefinity-6 5870 with 2Gb of Memory for 3 monitor setups -Cooler AND quieter than my reference 5870 -iTracker2 is the best and most coherent OC/Monitoring Software I've used - OC profiles and fan profiles are easy to make - comes with 3 sensible default OC profiles (Gamer, Optimal, Power Saving) and 3 different default fan modes (Auto, Manual, Temperature Based) - You can monitor pretty much anything you want (Card power consumption, for example) -Asus' RoG Warranty and Support -Best looking 5870 Out there (Imo) -Pretty Lights on the top of the card that show the Card's usage (Blue=Practically Idle, Red=~100% usage, Purple=80%, ect. ect.) I think that''s everything!

Cons: -Don't use/install the included, and practically useless, GamerOSD unless you enjoy micro-stuttering. It's essentially a copy of Fraps, but not nearly as many features. It also allows you to change your OC while in a full-screen game, too, but I find that unnecessary. -Lack of a 'long' Crossfire Bridge for when there's more than one slot in between your two cards, but that's the case with every 5870. All Asus motherboards that support crossfire come with an extra long crossfire bridge anyway, so it's not a big deal.

Overall Review: The Lighted area on the top of the card adds an extra inch (maybe more), so make sure your case is wide enough! Shouldn't be a problem for almost everyone, but thought I should include it just in case.

Pros: This card runs like a dream; solid construction, powerful cooling fan that forces air like flames from a dragon's mouth, slick design for enthusiasts who appreciate their machine from the inside. Great option for those who don't have motherboard real estate to CrossFire, this is the most powerful single 5870 in existance (factory spec) and will do more than it's share of 24x edge-detect AA polygon destruction without having to invest $1000+ on a 5970 or ARES. Devours whatever you throw at it, I've ran Crysis (DX10) on full screen 1080p with advanced settings at their max "very high" and AA x8 (at stock 900MHz clock)pulling on avg. 34 - 46 fps (core i7 980x and 6GB Corsair Dominator may help that too) but this card was worth it just to experience that level of gorgeous. For one ATI card at this price range to produce those results on a game that is optimized for NVidia SLI is outstanding.

Cons: I'm amazed to see so many guys complain about length. At 13" the only thing to get down on is what this bad boy does to your self-esteem. If you're looking for a power card for your beast rig and you're concerned about your work horse heart-and-soul component being too big and menacing than you simply don't deserve this card. Yes this thing is big, but it's full of raw angry power so get over it. So, is thing really noisy? Not if you're using it right. While running Win7 and day-to-day city driving you'd swear it was a Prius. Idles very efficiently for OS and 2D apps. If you take her out for a spin on the freeway though and open it up like a Lambo from a bank robbery and you're gonna make some noise - but make no mistake if you're playing games quiet enough to hear your system fans again you're missing the point of this card. The fan is not that loud, what makes the noise is the amount of air it pushes out, emphasized by the fact the entire card is enclosed to contain the flow.

Overall Review: If you like spending a little bit more on quality, this card will reward you with a lot more in performance. It's fun, it's powerful, it doesn't quit, what more can you expect? Just remember to treat it with respect by updating the drivers and don't use application settings on non-ATI optimized games, use the included ATI catalyst control settings for 3D settings to max out performance on Nvidia games and you'll be laughing at all the comparison benchmarks that don't take this into account.

Pros: To start off these cards are very well built better then the other 5870's I bought. And dont mistake the lower overclocked GPU & Memory then other manufactures because once you install iTracker this card OC's insanely well and kills the competition I was able to get a stable OC to 1050 mhz GPU and 1325 mhz Memory and the 2GB of ram on the card majorly helps in Eyefinity I was easily getting the same FPS with card OC'ed @ 1000mhz GPU & 1300mhz Memory @ 6048 x 1080 Eyefinity as I was with two 5870 1gb in crossfire which I thought was insane. As it sits now I am running two of these in eyefinity and the FPS is just amazing in AVP DX11 I am getting on the avg. 77-89fps @ 6048 x 1080 rez with all setting maxed! Yes even tessilation!

Cons: In iTracker2 it will not let you burn your setting to the bios in CrossfireX setup you have to find the best OC for you and burn one cards bios at a time. Also safemode does not work in CrossfireX as well,..again you have to take one card out and do them one at a time. it sucks but its worth it,.. hopefully they will fix this in later iTracker2 software.

Overall Review: As I said before these card Overclock insanely well but one thing I did notice is that not all the cards Overclock equally I bought 3 of these cards at once two for me and one for my wifes PC and noticed that out of the 3 cards one maxed stable OC @ 1100/1350 one @ 1050/1325 and one @ 1045/1300 all with the same voltages

Pros: The card is solid, and well built compared to other ati 5870's I have seen. Looks great, and LED on side is handy lets you know how much load is on the GPU without having to check your software. Plays Blu rays as good as any top home entertainment system. Max out the setting in most games with solid frame rates. 19890 Future Marks score right out of the box. Takes high def gaming to another level. every over clocking teak you can think of is in i tracker 2. Being able to save profiles and switch on the fly is sick, as well as the reset switch to bring it all back to default.

Cons: Very long and very heavy, but to be expected. The Drivers and iTracker 2 sofware that it came with was flawed and would keep switchiing back and forth from 2d and 3d mode lagging in games. After a uninstall of the drivers from the registry and resetting the card. Then using Asus new updated software made it work like it was intended to. It seems like others had this problem and assumed it was defective, this was also my thought until I figured this out. But it works perfect after doing the above steps.

Overall Review: needs alot of air flow in your case. Expected the fan to be better, but it at least better then stock. I like how you can set the speed of the fan to come on at percents according to temperature.

Pros: Quiet, runs cool. Works very well for animation applications like Poser, Daz Studio,3D studio Max, Carrara 8. Works with Ubuntu for those that have a need for very high end graphics under linux. Temperatures fall within advertised specs.

Cons: This card is very long and may not fit into smaller ATX cases. Drivers still need to have some kinks worked out.

Overall Review: Render times in all of my animation apps has nearly been cut in half after replacing two 5770 cards running in crossfire with this card, However this is not so much a surprise considering the apps do not support crossfire. This card also runs considerably cooler than the HD 5770's with stock coolers. The 5870 design here is not nearly as loud as the Nvidia 480, but performs close enough to make it a worthwhile alternative for quieter environments.

Pros: Nice looking Somewhat better cooler than reference 2GB of memory Overclocks very well

Cons: The itracker software is buggy. ASUS has this ability that allows you to flash your custom clocks into the BIOS. Problem is that everytime i want to flash my own custom clocks (which Ive tested for stability) the screen gives me orange lines and i have to hard reboot. Probably a driver problem. ASUS, sort this out!

Overall Review: Running at 1050 core with only 1.245 volts on the core. Temperatures rise quickly at 70% fan speed keeps the card fairly cool at 78C at 1050 core, with furmark. Lets face it, no game will stress it like furmark so you can safely shave 10C off. Fan is MUCH quitter at 50% vs reference. Funny. at 100% its a little louder than reference. Keeping memory at 5200Mhz effective. I'm pretty sure i can push the core way higher, but then again, i bout this not to have a house fire. Sadly GTA 4 runs poorly with 7th patch even with these clocks. Q9650 at 3.8GHz 8GB of DDR2 843Mhz RAM ASUS P5Q-VM mobo

Pros: Just got this card this afternoon. I've had two Gigabyte HD5830's in Crossfire for the past few months and they're pretty nice, but in 5040 x 1050 (3 x 22" Dell Pro Widescreens) Eyefinity mode there was periodic screen tearing (with both the original and the 10.5 drivers). In addition, the performance level didn't seem up to par considering the cost of the setup. Then I came across this card. I'm not saying it's cheap or an excellent deal, but man this card is a performance champ in 5040 x 1050! I only installed it about an hour ago, but BEFORE ANY OVERCLOCKING I opened up Just Cause 2 and ran the first benchmark with all settings on high and only AA and V-Sync off; and it was running AT LEAST 17-20 frames faster than the 5830 CF setup I just replaced! I'm not sure if it was the flaky driver support with the 5830s, or if it's just the pure muscle the 5870 2GB has on it; whatever the case this card is a clear winner in my book.

Cons: none yet