Pros: Overclocked effortlessly to 2.5GHz at stock voltage, prime95 stable. Exceeded expectations. Excellent value.

Cons: Fairly expensive as compared to single core options. Amount of benefit from second core varies depending on the application (as with any multiprocessor)

Pros: This card is really nice: quiet and powerful.

Cons: ASUS has not to date updated the BIOS of this card to a version that nvidia produced last November to correct significant black screen issues when using the displayport connector. Since I'm using the card with a monitor that only works with displayport (an ASUS ROG SWIFT), this is a real problem for me.

Overall Review: For more information on the issue, see the thread titled "GTX 970/980 BIOS update for DisplayPort issues" on the ASUS ROG forums, which has more information. If ASUS ever acknowledges the issue, hopefully that will be reflected there as well.

Pros: Nice features for HTPC, low power consumption.

Cons: Shipping BIOS is not compatible with some CPUs, including the one I purchased (i3-550). The board will not POST at all and a conventional BIOS reprogramming is not possible. HOWEVER NOTE: there is a BIOS recovery process involving copying a .bio file to a USB stick, attaching that to the motherboard, removing a jumper, and powering the board on for several minutes while it updates the BIOS. It's not difficult, but it's not obvious either. Intel's website has details on the procedure.