Joined on 03/10/05
Amazing
Pros: Amazing timings, reliability, price
Cons: Discontinued
Overall Review: I've had these sticks for years and they've kept up even when used for "hardcore" gaming
Underwhelming performance
Pros: 120hz, large screen
Cons: Sharpness too high with no ability to turn it down (reading text will give you headaches), yellowish tint on sides during bright screens, in dark screens (movies, most games, etc) blacks look distorted or "shiny" which dulls colors significantly, red and green ghosting, dead pixel in center of display
Overall Review: I need a new monitor as this one is dying. I decided on this Acer for the potentiality of using 3D at a later time, and because it was on sale for what I thought was a steal. I always read negative reviews and think something like "that won't happen to me" or "they don't know what they're talking about", and as I have never had to return a Newegg product before now that mindset has largely been justified.. until now. The primary problem is somewhat like this: Look at an LCD monitor from too low an angle (instead of your eyes being level with the top of the screen look upon it with you eyes level with the bottom of the screen). You should see things get darker (especially at the top) and colors dull. That is what this monitor looked like all the time. I planned on using this monitor for movies and games, but no amount of tweaking allowed it to be usable. I was excited to find this gem on sale, but extremely disappointingly had to return it. On a side note, Newegg *and* their customer service is A+ in my book.
Good, not perfect
Overall Review: I wish there were a switch to vary the brightness and/or speed, but for what it is, it works just fine.
Much research, very satisfied
Overall Review: I do research when purchasing most things, and this keyboard was my choice. I am very happy with it.
Maximum performance, minimal price
Pros: Price Performance Reliability/quality Heat
Cons: NVIDIA's 600 series is newer and more powerful (and much more expensive)
Overall Review: Since NVIDIA's 600 series cards have been out for a while these 500 series cards are a steal given their price:performance ratio. I currently have one 560 Ti that runs all modern games on maximum settings. In a few years instead of buying a new GPU for four-hundred dollars I (or you) can just buy another one of these for a hundred bucks and hook both cards up in SLI.
Impressed
Pros: -DVD+R does not need to be formatted prior to burning data -Dual-layer for double the "normal" DVD storage capacity -Good price for level of quality - very few coasters -Plays in most DVD players, unlike many other brands I've tested
Cons: -Reviewers with inferior burning drives, stating the discs as the problem instead of the hardware
Overall Review: You'll pay less for other brands but get many, many more wasted discs along with it. This is the better VALUE