Pros: Cool, idles at 40C and runs at 60C. Quiet, I tweaked the fan speeds to run a little slower at 60C to keep it almost unnoticeable while gaming. Powerful, I have a 30" monitor at 2560x1600 and it can run FarCry3 at 30fps with everything maxed out. Other games run between 30-60fps maxed out. No game in existence is unplayable with all settings maxed. Overclocks well but that only gives a 5% boost is FPS so it's almost not worth it. The key to this card isn't the clock speed, it's the dual fans to give it silence while gaming. Currently comes with two free games.

Cons: None really. An extra GB of RAM on the card could help a little with higher res but reviews on 4GB cards show that they only give an extra frame or two at 2560x1600 so it's not really valid with today's console ports.

Overall Review: 30fps at 2560x1600 with everything at max is decent, that's TV/Movie frame rates. But it really is right on the edge and sometimes it does dip into choppiness. If you want 60+ FPS on a 30" screen with everything maxed, with every game, getting two of these is the only way to go.

Pros: Exceptional visual quality in everything, games, browsing the web, looking at pictures, everything is better on OLED. The OSD Sidekick app is actually amazing, lots of customizations when it comes to setting up shortcuts on the remove. The built-in KVM is awesome.

Cons: Auto dimming of the panel due to lack of major activity (ASBL) kicks in after 5 minutes on the Display Port and after only 90 seconds on HDMI ports. The Display Port also seems to have higher sensitivity to activity than the HDMI ports. This means that if you're running on Display Port, you probably won't notice it much but if you use the HDMI port, it's UNBEARABLE! I use both ports, one for work computer, one for home computer, then use the KVM feature. ASBL (auto dimming due to low activity) is like a built-in firmware screen saver. It's there because OLEDs have the same potential for burn-in as old CRT monitors. The reason why this is a problem is because it needs a major change on the screen to make it think that that you're still there. So things like scrolling forum posts or typing an email are not enough of a change for it to know that you're still there and it'll start dimming the screen until you can't see it anymore, WHILE YOU'RE TYPING! It's even dimmed on me while on video conference calls. Even though the person is moving and talking, they're apparently not moving enough to prevent ASBL (this is using the HDMI port). ASBL is unnecessary on a monitor because computers have built-in screen saver and power saving functions. My laptop has an OLED screen and it doesn't have ASBL, I've been using that for years with no burn in. This is an unnecessary old precaution that can safely be eliminated, imo. The fact that the Display Port has a different ASBL algorithm than the HDMI port shows that not a lot of effort has gone into the firmware development or QA yet. I mean, if they don't want to give us the ability to disable ASBL, at least copy pasta the Display Port config to the HDMI ports in a firmware update. Also, I've been unable to get DisplayPort over USB-C to work on my screen, trying with multiple laptops with multiple cables. So don't plan for that to work.

Overall Review: Ever since I got a laptop with an OLED 4K screen, I've been waiting and wanting an OLED monitor. While I would prefer an OLED 38" 3840x1600 Ultra-wide, this is about as close as I could get. The gaming and visual fidelity do not disappoint. The response time is excellent. But the firmware... the firmware is where this monitor falls short. ASBL needs to be an option that you can turn off. Or, at the vary least, be consistent across all ports. There's no reason for HDMI 1 to have a different ASBL config compared to DisplayPort. Also, DisplayPort over USB-C should just work. If these items were fixed, it would be 5 starts from me. But until then, I cannot recommend this monitor to anyone.

Pros: I can add it to my custom loop straight out of the box, I love that. Cheaper than buying a normal card + waterblock Full RGB all over the card. iCX Thermal monitors work, though I never look at them. Stays frosty even when overclocked. Was able to overclock to 2038MHz, that's better than a Kingpin.

Cons: The inlet/outlet ports are plastic, not metal! This means when you attempt to screw in your standard fittings, they're likely to peal bits of plastic off the threads. Those plastic bits then get between your O rings and the card causing small leaks. This is inexcusable.

Overall Review: I got 2 cards, the first was DoA with a manufacturing defect. The second worked fine. EVGA support is great. However, both cards had the same plastic pealing issue around the threads causing leaks. EVGA - I'd be happy to pay an extra $5/$10 for metal threads! Please, next time, no more plastic ports!!!

Pros: Powerful. Excellent screen. Light weight. Thin. Fast. Very very mobile.

Cons: Track pad is terrible. Multi-touch on the track pad doesn't work at all! I have all the options set correctly, downloaded the latest track pad firmware and software and it just doesn't work. That wouldn't be a big deal except there's no way to scroll with the pad, you have to use the arrow keys or click and drag the scroll bar. On a laptop that costs well over $1,500 it is inexcusably awful. Windows 8 works on tablets, not on non-touchscreen laptops with broken track pads. It's just frustrating. There are ways to get 8 to act like 7 but you have to pay for it. You could downgrade 8 to 7 but that requires Windows 8 Pro and this comes with Windows 8 Basic. You really have to press hard on the shift key to get it to register. The keyboard, even though boasted as a good keyboard, is not very good. It feels pretty cheap and some keys don't work well at all. There are extremely bright white LEDs shining out of the front of the laptop and you can't turn them off or dim them at all. Easy to fix with a bit of electrical tape but they're just stupid. Why are they there? Why do they have to blind me in the middle of the night?

Overall Review: This is a great laptop for mobile gaming. It plays all the latest and greatest at great frame rates and everything it does is very fast. The hardware is well put together in this small form factor. I love how mobile it is. These few cons that I've listed are avoidable, I don't know why MSI didn't notice them when making this laptop. It is so close to being perfect, it's just being let down by a company that doesn't seem to want to go the extra QA step for it to be great. When you're gaming, you'll love it. When you're doing anything else, it'll annoy the hell out of you.

Pros: Extremely powerful. Excellent with 30" monitors, mine is running at 2560x1600. Pre-overclocked by XFX.

Cons: Way over priced at the moment, Dec 10, Newegg wants $500 where a base r9 290 is $399. An extra $100 for nothing but a 3% overclock (980MHz vs stock 947MHz) that you could do yourself on a regular r9 290 is ridiculous. It's loud. In order to keep the card from underclocking itself due to heat, the fan needs to be running around 60% vs 42% on the stock r9 290 which many already consider to be too loud.

Overall Review: Luckily XFX is mod friendly and will still warranty the card if you let them know you're going to watercool it to eliminate the heat and noise issues. At this point the card is way overpriced. I would recommend buying a regular r9 290 for the MSRP, overclocking it yourself and using that extra hundred bucks on watercooling or some other after market cooling, and of course letting XFX know that you're going to do so. +2 eggs for performance +1 egg for XFX supporting after market cooling -1 egg for price !!! -1 egg for loudness

Pros: Great speeds, decent price.

Cons: Died after less than a year, I can only assume that's due to a poor manufacturing process.

Overall Review: When it works, it works great. But if you're planning to use it a lot, then don't expect it to last years, more like 1 year.