Joined on 05/28/07
incredible price/performance

Pros: Wow. Just Wow. first of all, look at the price.... i mean how much of a steal is it for xxx$. this videocard has the same processing chip as the 3870 so its very similar. the hd3870 cost about 220-240$ and you only get 2-3 fps more at resolutions of 1024 x 768 to 1280 x 1024 on the 3870 than the 3850. Techpowerup.com has an awesome review on this product . it shows that it is able to keep up with the 8800gt on resolutions of 1280 x 1024. the games tested were crysis, call of duty 4, supreme commander, world in conflict and a bunch of others and it it shows that it performs just as well as a 3870 / 8800gt. if youre planning to game under 1280 x 1024 you have to get this card. you wont even regret it. save your self 50- 70$ :). btw you can overclock this card to 720 gpu core and 900 memory w/out breaking a sweat. it stays really cool, about 35 on idle and it never exceeds 55 . thats pertty darn cool. low power consumption as well due to the 55nm technology :). BEST PRICE VS PERFORMANC
Cons: i wished sli/crossfire motherboards are backwards compatible lol. i dont wanna spend another 150 on a crossfire motherboardsince i have an sli motherboard :(. if i got a crossfire board, i would have purchased a 2nd one right away.
Flipping Awesome

Pros: This card is one of the highest overclocked g94 9600 series. as opposed to the standard 650-675 ones by other makes. The heatsink pipe + fan on this video card does such an amazing job in keeping it Cool. For godsake I overclocked this card up to 790core/1030 memory vs stock (700/950). thats some massive overclocking and its STABLE. ANDDDD IT STILL idles at 34-36 degrees celsius never exceeding 50. Crysis ran ALL HIGH at resolutions 1024 x 768 with fps ranging from 33-52 ! it barely dips under 30. :) best of all. i got it for only 139.99$ . It performs on par, sometimes even better than the hd3870. My 3dmarks06 score was 10,600 with this card paired with an AMD 6000+ OC-ed to 3.2ghz. This card won't disaappoing, and i am definitely looking to get another for an SLI configuration. BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK HANDS DOWN!(ran the Witcher MAXED with 16AA/4AF fps: 45-75fps. get another one of these, and it will outperform an Ultra/Gtx by a mile a fraction of the cost.
Cons: none really.
Overall Review: My setup: Amd Athlon x2 6000+ OC-ed 3.2ghz, Evga 590SLI motherboard, Ultra 600W PSU, MSI N9600GT OCed to 790core/1030mem, A-Data 800mhz x 2gig, Hitachi 320gb 7,200RPM w/ 16mb Cache, Asus Lightscribe, Cooler Master elite 331.
you need to see it in real life

Pros: this is definitely one of the best purchases up to date. i was either thinking about getting an itouch, or this but the fact that i can get on aim and skype and do much more stuff on this than an itouch, i felt like this lives up to my expectations.512 is definitely enough for this pc to do whatever it wants to do, sure you can't do 100 things at once, but it sure can do enough to satisfy the average user. i got really used to typing on this laptop. i can type nearly 60 wpm on this laptop now beleive or not, and im a guy. its got word, powerpt, excel, learning games, a webcam, a microphone, skype, messennger, media player, just about any thing. and best of all, it doesnt have any useless junk in it. everytime i bring it to school, everybody seems to be eyeing this product and now most of my cass mates want one. i honestly use this much more often than my desktop now. for 400$ i think its worth it. pllus its eassiy upgradeble to 2 gigs of ram
Cons: on a full battery, considering volume, and internet usage continuously, i get about 2 .5 hrs.
Overall Review: trust mme, and like any other reviews on this, this is a great purchase. thank you asus and newegg for getting this to my door in just 2 days
I WANT IT NOW

Pros: okay, i don't have this pc yet but ive read many many top notch reviews about this laptop and i have no difficulties into accepting that i will love this product. i mean i can't believe asus managed to pack a quite of power into a 7 inch laptop. plus, despite its lack of flash space, i dont need it for saving anything anyway, i know it'll be perfectly fine for browsing etc.
Cons: battery life, buyt then again, most high end laptops last the same .
why so cheap?

Pros: this power supply powered up my asus mobo 430 with an 8800gts 320MB, 2 gigs ram ddr2 533, a 320mb seagate hard drive, it doesnt even stutter nor shut down on me.
Cons: nothing so far.
Overall Review: 550 watt for 30 bucks? no way lol. i believe it has like 25 amps ( most hi end vid. card uses 12 amp ratings)
definitely worth it, but...... it has poor cooling.

Pros: handles every recent game, including lost planet at 1280 x 960 (all settings high) anisotrophic @ 16x, but .. no anti aliasing.. (you cant even tell any difference anyway with aa off). i get like 60+ all the time. it plays just like a movie. even though its bad to overclocked an already overclocked card, i got this card to overclock about 8-10% faster. stock 578/850 .. got it to 633/960 .. with no artifacts!. since the card just came out, there are some serious driver problems, so .. just give it another month or two, the card will perform to its maximum potential. you'll see some weird image shredding through games like rainbow six vegas and... little parts of lost planet..(havent tested other games yet).. (theyre just a minor bug). but other than that, it handles every game thrown at it.. i might get a 640mb version next week through the stepup program
Cons: it gets way too hot.. 58 idle.. and 69 load.. (supposedly avg safe temperature for the stock fan). i'm waitin to install an aftermarket cooler for the fan
Overall Review: nothing