ATI Radeon X1800XT DirectX 9 100-435840 256MB 256-Bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 CrossFire Ready Video Card

Pros: SHAZAAM, this is such an upgrade from the integrated X200 I was on for the past, like year. In 3D Mark 05' I got 8,197 without an OC, so when I get a better case with better cooling, I'll begin to OC and I'm thinkin' I'll get atleast 9,000. And BF2, looks so much different/waaaayyyyy better than it did with my X200. Everything is maxed except textures being I only have 1gb of RAM, and I get about 70fps compared to the 20-30 fps I got with the X200 and all low. I've only been able to play BF2 so far so I can't wait to run Condemned, FEAR, Prey, and such. Just hope this'll get me through Crysis =) And at idle, it runs at 50-55C after 2hrs about of BF2 it went to 60-65C, though I do have the side panel off.

Cons: The BIOS screen artifacts, and at startup, the screen flickers, along with when I open up CCC.

Overall Review: If you're deciding between an X1800XT and a 7900GT, I say X1800XT, you'll have better IQ hands down, especially with HDR+AA. Maybe you'll wanna wait until early next year, or later this year to buy a top-end card, and that's why I went with this, cause I was thinkin' about the 7600GT, but decided on this =D

Pros: Smokin game performance per dollar!

Cons: Smokin hot temperatures, but the cooler does it's job well.

Overall Review: The machine I installed this in is a friends, after installing the card the machine would not boot. Dead HD, so I have the machine in my posession playing games while I wait for the replacement!!!!!

Pros: Fast, Cheap, Good holder over until DX 10 cards are out.

Cons: Too big, measures around 9" so make sure you have room in your case.

Pros: Speed/Price ratio is the best of any card out there. Max out all games except Oblivion at 10x7-16/12 res. Surprisingly quiet, I can't heat it a bit. Lots of cables included.

Cons: Kind of big - need a decent power supply to run

Overall Review: A64 3500+@2.6 x1800xt 1GB 3dmark 03 15,500 3dmark05 8500

Pros: Great Video card for my new computer I'm not getting the best framerates and rendering but I havent messed much with it yet

Cons: None Really

Overall Review: LARGE I mean Absolutely a HUGE card make sure you have room in your case for it no problem though

Pros: this is an awesome card, and it's quite large. You really get what you pay for. I really noticed a difference in quality from my last video card (x800) just an over all freakin awesome card!

Cons: big card

Pros: Very sweet card...run everything at max settings.....wish I had gone SLI but not enough bucks...

Cons: None so far

Pros: This is a very good card for the money and I honestly can't see the logic in spending money on a higher end card when this can run Oblivion perfectly on "ultra high" settings.

Cons: The card is quite large and actually extends over my northbridge heatsink. I was worried about heat from the northbridge transfering to the card, but so far there have been no problems. So beware of the layout of your motherboard and the amount of free space you have in your case before you get this card.

Overall Review: In case you were wondering, this card is working along side an Athlon X2 64 3800+ (AM2 socket) and 1gb of PC6400 DDR2 RAM. Don't expect to throw this in an old machine and run ultra high settings on everything. Keep in mind that your other components play a part in performance too.