Joined on 11/14/06
AGP Ressurection

Pros: Super fast from the Radeon 9800XT that this system had in the AGP slot for a few years... massively Improved framerate in all games that ive tried so far... with all settings on high, 4xAA...
Cons: DRIVERS!!! I am one of the people that had severe driver issues with this card... It would run older games like UT2K4 just fine with maxxed out settings, but in newer and updated games like UT3, and also Company Of Heroes the card kept causing a crash to a BSOD, from the game... The Driver CD that came with it which was 8.1 = Crash... The newest 8.8 drivers from ATI = Crash... The 8.7 hotfix driver from Sapphire = Crash... The last Omega driver would run the games, but had artifacts all over the menu text where it was unreadable... So i back-teched through the list of the AGP hotfix drivers starting with hotfix 8.7, and finally on hotfix 8.3 the card runs nice and smooth, with all the bells and whistles on... whew!!!
Overall Review: Since this is an AGP card, more than likely there will be something in your system causing a bottleneck... But it will be a big improvement over almost any AGP card you are currently running... Hopefully the 8.8 hotfix drivers will run this card stable for me... From researching this card to get the drivers to work properly, i found that the main motherboard chipset that is causing problems is anything from VIA... I have a Via KT600, go figure... Make sure you have the latest BIOS for your mobo, and the latest chipset drivers, before you install this card... Also note that all the drivers i tried for this card ran windows, and some games just fine... Yes i had problems with this card, but it was driver problems, The hardware seems to be great, so i still give the card 5 eggs... =)
This card is Sexy !

Pros: LIFETIME WARRANTY !!! (just make sure you register the card with EVGA within 30 days) Dx11. Runs everything i've thrown at it so far at MAX settings. Runs Crysis like a champ. Aliens vs. Predator in Dx11 looks great. The Vents that go through the PCB behind the fan are a great idea for airflow, why has'nt a vid card manufacturer done this before? Comes with a mini HDMI to HDMI cable. Great price. Nice EVGA software.
Cons: None
Overall Review: plan on getting another one soon for SLI... This is the first Nvidia based card ive bought in years... I was loyal to the ATI camp for the last 6 years, and i am so happy that i decided to come back to Nvidia. This card has great performance right out of the box, i havent even tried to OC it yet. Newegg - For The Win ! Ordered on Sunday afternoon, in my rig on Tuesday afternoon...
Awesome!!!

Pros: Major improvement in the airflow inside my case... CPU temps, dropped an avg. of 30 deg C. installed on an Athlon 64x2 6000+.... The Blue glow from it looks great... Directional airflow, depending on how you install... Silent.... Easy installation... All around great product...
Cons: none at all...
Overall Review: It's big, but no larger than a lot of other ones on the market... Sits well above the socket/mobo, so it doesnt get in the way of other components/cables/wires...
Great PSU

Pros: Runs very quiet... All cables are sleeved/wrapped... Great price... 6pin PCI-E... The 4pin Molex connectors are a major improvement over other PSU's that ive owned...
Cons: none...
High Performance

Pros: Fantastic DDR, will really juice up an older system... Great price... Looks cool, through a case window...
Cons: none...
Overall Review: Make sure your motherboard supports it... Set the voltage to 2.6 in your BIOS... Easily Overclockable, with great results...
Sweet Case

Pros: Very nice case, the pictures on here really dont do it justice... It does look nice in the pix, but hands on i was even more impressed... comes with a "hidden" tool box, which was a nice touch... The stock case fans that came with it are decent, but im swapping them out, for some UV reactive fans... Same thing for the stock PSU, it's getting swapped out... Plenty of features like fan location, fold out mobo side w/fan, and generally looks SWEET!!!
Cons: None...
Overall Review: Not really a con... so i listed it here... The front USB, and Audio ports, cant be used unless you leave the door open... Which is fine with me because im installing an Aerocool Multifunction panel, and a small LCD in the front... So i'll have the door open most of the time anyways....