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Paul F.

Paul F.

Joined on 04/25/05

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Most Favorable Review

Simply Awesome

GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card GV-N460OC-1GI
GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 460 (Fermi) 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Graphics Card GV-N460OC-1GI

Pros: Replaced an 8800gtx. Runs pretty much all games at full settings minus CSAA at 1920x1200. Plays Crysis in its full glory! (mostly anyway...) Runs very cool. CPUID hardware monitor reports around 25 C idle and 64 C max running crysis and BFBC2. Best all around card for the money IMHO. I tired a Radeon 5770 1 GB and was not impressed with the marginal performance gain over my 8800. This 460 annihilates the 5770 hands down.

Cons: Wasn't free... Doesn't out perform a GTX 480....

Overall Review: My rig: Intel Core i5 750 Gigabyte p55 Mobo 4 GB DDR3 1600 Corsair Dominator Cooler Master HAF 932 Gigabyte GTX 460 1 GB Western digital Black 500 GB

Most Critical Review

Fast card BUT...

DIAMOND Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 5770PE51G
DIAMOND Radeon HD 5770 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Graphics Card 5770PE51G

Pros: Smaller cooler faster than the 8800GTX that it replaced. Plays every game with much faster framerates. BFBC2 went from around 20 FPS at high settings to around 40 - 50 FPS. Not bad for the price for sure!

Cons: DRIVER PROBLEMS. Watching HULU or youtube in full screen results in a white / black screen and a hard lockup shortly there after. Same big mouse courser problem others have reported while running 10.3 drivers on Windows 7 Ultimate. Also not all graphics features in BFBC2 seemed to work. Looked like none of the advanced lighting effects worked using the Radeon Card.

Overall Review: I have been an nvidia fan since the tnt2 and was drawn to ATI by the current reviews and performance but i have never had these problems with my nvidia cards. If ATI can work out the driver issues I would buy again in a heatbeat, but this card is going back in the mean time. Core i5 750 4 GB Corsair Dominator 1600 mhz Gigabyte P55-UD3L Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit

Awesome Board

ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard
ASUS Maximus IV Gene-Z LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI USB 3.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard

Pros: Excellent layout, great feature set. Very easy to setup and the BIOS is neat. Motherboard fan controllers work well with the fans in the Silverstone FT03.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Install was a sinch and everything worked out of the box. Bought this board for an SLI setup in a sliverstone FT03. My Setup: Intel Core i5 2500k 8 GB Corsair XMS-3 DDR3 1600 Corsair Force series 160 GB SSD 2x Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB OC Silverstone FT03 Cooler Master Hyper 212 plus Cooler master silent pro 700 Watt PSU

Excellent Card, Loud Fan

EVGA GeForce GT 220 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Graphics Card 01G-P3-1226-LR
EVGA GeForce GT 220 1GB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Graphics Card 01G-P3-1226-LR

Pros: HD Video and sound over HDMI through an integrated Nvidia HD Audio system. Compact size makes it perfect for my shuttle HTPC system. Runs cooler than the 7600GT it replaced. Displays very nicely on my Samsung 120 HZ HD TV.

Cons: Fan is too loud for an HTPC case. Even with the fan turned all the way down in the EVGA Precision tool it is still too loud. Aside from my old 6800gt, this is the loudest card i have owned. Otherwise a great card!

Overall Review: I havent played any games on this card yet, but so far it does everything i want it to... except be quiet...

10/26/2009

Good stuff

G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-1GBPK
G.SKILL 1GB (2 x 512MB) DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-1GBPK

Pros: Worked great with my Abit AB9-Pro.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Seems to be very stable fast stuff, would buy again.

Great Value

BFG Tech GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGR76256GTOCE
BFG Tech GeForce 7600GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Support Graphics Card BFGR76256GTOCE

Pros: Great performance for the money. BFG Warrentee and support.

Cons: None to speak of.

Overall Review: Bought this card to go with my ABIT AB9-PRO and Intel D 805 (for an overclock experiment). Was going to go for a GS, but with the rebate who could pass up this deal. This is my second BFG card, it outperforms my 6800gt!