Pros: New G98 chipset with VC-1 decoding. Runs silent (obviously). Great for HTPC. Allowed my Athlon X2 3600+ system to play HD content smoothly that it struggled with before.

Cons: Playback was choppy under Vista Media Center (although perfectly smooth in Windows Media Player) with the latest NVIDIA WHQ drivers from December 2007. Needed to use the NVIDIA beta drivers from March 2008 to fix that issue.

Overall Review: Have not used with games, so I cannot comment on gaming performance. Heat during HD-DVD playback is minimal -- heatsink is touchable.