Pros: Its not a Nvidia Vs ATI thing, its a price performance thing, and this card delivers. Knowing that you can run any game currently available or yet to come is gamers piece of mind. Future compatibility is icing on the cake.

Cons: Online reviews have raised concerns about the driver included with the card not working. The driver that came with the card did not work for me, validating those concerns. A quick download from AMD's gamers page fixed this issue quick however.

Overall Review: The trend of grossly expensive video cards is slowly getting better. It has not been that long since $200 cards were mid to low end!! $260 for performance that the competitor would usually charge over $500 for makes competition a sweet thing for the consumer!

Pros: Very capable card. I'm using mine to play Battlefield 2, Mount and Blade warband, Fear, and Oblivion. With a single core Athlon 64 3000+ all of the games i listed were maxed out visually with no issues.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: Users having trouble with this card might have more to do with inexpirience than anything. I installed it with no issues and no need for special instructions. No conflicts with my soundblaster audigy or windows lockups. Its far more likely those having issues are being caused by something else. Make sure your pc's drivers are updated and that all old drivers are removed completely, especially your agp drivers and sound drivers to remove any chances of conflict. More importantly, if your power supply is not up to the job, or you have a ridiculous overclock on your system, its far more likely thats the cause of your problems.

Pros: Ridiculously quiet. Fast for a platter drive. Very reasonable price. Honestly way more space than the average user will ever need.

Cons: None really. For $50 it does what its supposed to.

Overall Review: Platter based drives really cant keep up with the demands of newer OS's, and its starting to show. This is a solid purchase for the price. In three years, however, your gonna want to switch to a SSD based drive.