Joined on 10/19/04
If you have a lot of free time

Pros: This thing is blazing fast. The lan on this thing blew past both my other motherboards doubled even tripled download speed. My fps went up by 40. So many bios features it will keep you busy for hours.
Cons: This board is not for the begginer. But with these 4 tips it should not be a problem. 1.Set the ram in the 2 orange slots 2. Turn off cpu external cache, 3. Set the correct ram voltage, 4. make sure you have init display set to pci-e. After you install windows turn the cpu external cache back on. All done in bios.
Overall Review: It took me 2 days to set up my motherboard. If i would of figured all of this out with in the first 20 minutes install to finish would of been less than an hour. One more thing download the newest driver pack from ATi, dont try to use the driver disc provided.
Could be better

Pros: Not really much to say here. The visual quality was great. And the card was inexpensive. But built cheap.
Cons: First off no matter what the settings whether quality, balanced or performance got poor fps. Quality-40 max down to 1 fps in game. Performance max of 83 all the way down to 13 in game. At performance the graphics where horrid. Everything was blurry and blocky. This was supposed to be a hold over since my X1950pro died. I'd be better off getting a lower X1 series to save a little dough. I tested it on 3dmark and the score was 2000 less then my 1950. I got almost 90 less in css stress. Bf2 was almost unbearable. COD2&3 where hard to play, and i didnt even bother with 2142.
Overall Review: Its not like its being ran on a little machine either, specs: Amd64 4000 @ 3ghz 2 gig of ram 680 watt psu. So plenty powerfull enough to push the 2600. My x1950 before it died saw more then 100 average with settings on quality. All games mentioned ran at full settings with no problems.
Great PSU

Pros: Crossfire compatible. I havent had any volt drops or spikes. Runs very quiet and cool. Very nice finish and matches the rest of my case and fans.
Cons: Wire mesh on the main 24 connector could be a little longer.
First time wintec user

Pros: The rams runs great. I havent had a single error or crash yet. Doesnt run very hot at all. The price with the heat spreaders is unbeatable.
Cons: None what so ever.
Overall Review: I bought this then the 2x2 version but with the black heatspreaders. The 1x1 was out of black. I was able to overclock this ram by a considerable amount. I now have it up to 900 mhz. Extremely steady with a 1 volt increase. I have also bought the cyclo TT ram cooler it helped me get that few extra mhz out of the ram.
Very impressed

Pros: This does do a good job of cooling all 6gigs of memory. I was very impressed it cooled my ram as much as it did. Knocked off quite a few degrees. It performs even better seeing in how I modded my fulltower to put in an extra 120mm fan in the front right under my 2 cd drives. and I have a great cpu cooler
Cons: Not much of a con, at first when I put it on it would slip down and fall off. I tooked it out and bent the metal clips by pushing the feet inwards untill it clicked. Now its a tight and firm fit.
Overall Review: It doesnt take much to modify something to make it work. I was a little skeptical of the product before and after i bought it, but to my amazement it works great. I love it and it fits in right along the rest of my blue leds. I was able to get an extra 56 mhz out of my ddr2 800
Excellent card

Pros: This card puts my 6800xt to shame by a long shot. Runs pretty cool, with some ATi tools i can keep it around 45C after gaming for hours. Runs games extremely well at high settings.
Cons: I had to buy it from a local retailer so it cost me 60 bucks more. Overclocking wasnt great. I removed the heatsink put new thermalpaste on, and put the heatsink back on tighter than before. ATi drivers where buggy.
Overall Review: I downloaded Xtreme G warcat drivers . They work flawlessly. I was able to overclock by about 50mhz on each. CSS and bf2 on high settings 150 average 184 in stress, and 100 straight for bf2 no drops. AMD64 3700 @2.5 1gig ram this card and a DFI RDX200 crossfire.