Pros: So far its just insane, you WILL not beat it for the money. The 295 can out run it on some games and not on others but it stays pretty close considering its a single gpu card and a lot cheaper, you can crossfire these for not much more than a 295 and absolutely smoke any game you want to play. This card runs fairly cool, of course I have case ventilation. There is not much in the way of utilities and the drivers are still a little rough, but so far I have not had a single issue with this card and really do not expect any. 2 thumbs up ATI for making a top notch card people can afford.

Cons: I have absolutely nothing bad to say about this card. The drivers will get better - they are not bad now. The price is as high as its going to get which is just great in the bang for the buck rating. When the drivers fully mature this will be the best video card for the money made.

Overall Review: I read a few reviewers that said the new 300 series are just going to blow this away, the 295 is a DUAL GPU card that can't beat it all the time and costs 50% more, on top of that its just a dumb thing to say, if you want to buy Nvidia then buy Nvidia just quit trashing stuff because its not the brand YOU want, it just wastes the time of people who are seriously trying to figure out what they want to buy. When the 300 series cards are released they will probably cost more than the 295 and still not be fast enough to justify the price difference. If they are cheaper then they will have just managed to again anger a lot of their customers over their pricing. They are both good cards, but I think I will stick with ATI, they seem a little more concerned with quality vs price than the competition.

Pros: Great overclocking, not real loud, and pretty good utilities. I know there are nvidia people who write reviews about ATI products just to bash them which is just sad and pathetic. I never saw this card get over 54 degrees and that was after hours of playing. For the money its is a very nice card that is hard to beat for the price and performance.

Cons: NOT a 5870

Overall Review: Seriously, it overclocked easily and remained stable, no jitters, no freezing, no problems of any kind. It runs cool and isn't that loud even with the fan on high which mine never needed anyway.

Pros: Great power, good cooling. Good array of cables. I have an Antec 900 case which is a bottom mount case which is a good thing because it is fairly big and heavy. See the cons for the only cable complaint. Running a 5870 GPU and will crossfire before long, 2 hard drives, 2 optical drives and several USB toys and so far rock solid and QUIET.

Cons: The only thing I can really find to pick on is the CPU cable, I am running a Gigabyty UD5P board and the cable is almost too short. With the layout of this particular setup the cable runs almost over the top of the CPU cooler which could interfere with the fan at some point. Really this cable needs to be a couple inches longer for comfort. The ONLY reason this is a 4 egg is the CPU cable, really should be longer, it could be a problem in a full tower case.