EVGA GeForce 8800 GS DirectX 10 384-P3-N851-AR 384MB 192-Bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Everything. My Games: COD2, COD4, FEAR, FEAR XP, Condemned, Bioshock, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Painkiller 2, NFS Pro Street, Far Cry, DOOM3, Turok, HL2, HL2 Episode 1, Gears Of War....all max settings with some AA, 1440X900 res, very good, smooth frame rates. fraps crashes on my computer so i can't be exact, but it is for the most part a stutter and lag free gaming experience. Crysis and Lost Planet are both exceptions to the "maxed out" rule, as Lost Planet chugs when "Shadow Resolution" is set above the default setting. same with Crysis, depending on your set up. this card will run it all high with frame rates in the low to mid 30's along with a decent processor. but that is for 1280X1024, give or take. don't expect to run it all high settings at 1680X1050 like a GT might do with the same results. at that resolution this card and Crysis depart ways. but 1280X1024 or 1440X900 is playable. if you want better frame rates then the mid to high 30's adjust a setting or two or spend more money.

Cons: none if you game at modest resolutions. can't beat this card. it will game at 1680X1050, too. but with a few more demanding games you may have to sacrifice AA. thats it, really. maybe turn down an "eye candy" setting. the only game this card struggles with at times at my native 1440X900 screen res is Crysis. and that is par for the course with any card. if this card doesn't play upcoming games well enough for those of us who use modest resolutions, nor will a more "powerful" card of the same generation. this card does well with any and all games out right now. no cons, really. you can't judge ANY card by the ridiculous standards of one game (Crysis). if more "Crysis" come along you may want to upgrade to one of the just released "Next Generation" cards nvidia and ATI have just put out. if you don't, why bother spending over $500 or $600 when this is under $100 and plays any game out? only thing budget about this card for me and my set up is the price. until i need more this is perfect

Overall Review: have mine OC'd to 680/1700/1900...same general specs as the "Superclocked" evga model. evga even have their own utility at its website you can do it with. its fun and easy and gets this card to within 10% of a stock 8800GT for our "gaming at modest resolution" purposes. i have this running on a 300w PS in a Dell Ispiron 531. i had to convert two of the SATA power connectors to molex to plug the card in with the help of another item found here at newegg. its working well, although with my stock Ispiron PS i have no more power connectors left for a second HD or DVD drive. anyway, if you're like me and want great gaming for under $100, grab this card fast. evga quality, quiet, refined, good all around performer, easy overclocker, G92 chipset performance. this card really is a steal if its perfect for you like it is for me. its not like an 8600GT or GTS. good for "older games," not as good for newer. no...this is a top notch video card that plays ALL games well. under $100. no brainer

Pros: Very good gaming capabilities. Overclocks fairly well, runs at 750MHz core with 2100MHz memory but had some artifacts when running ATItool. Settled in at 700MHz and 1980MHz memory. Scores a 12431 on 3dMark06 Pro when overclocked(this is higher than a stock 8800GT for what I've seen). Around 10500-11000 on stock speeds. For 80 dollars less than the 8800GT this is the best performance per price graphics card. This is even better than the 9600GT! Plays Crysis on 1920x1200 on medium/high settings! Runs COD4 on 1920x1200 on max settings!

Cons: The single slot cooler is a bit small and the fan shield gets quite hot. Only scores a 5.8 in gaming experience on Vista (even after overclock). Only 384MB & 192bit memory interface.

Overall Review: Specs: Q6600@3.66GHz Gigabyte P35-DS3R 4GB Crucial Ballistix 640GB Raid 0(2x320GB Seagate) Razer Barracuda AC-1 Soundcard Lian Li PC-V1000B Case Ultra Pro Series 750W PSU

Pros: Very Fast Card - maxed out Quake4, UT3. On high settings ~ 30fps on Crysis @ 1280x960. If it needs to be faster, get rivatnr 2.08. This version has 1600MHz VRAM, better than the other one's 1400. The slower 550MHz core clock is no big deal with the existence of rivatnr, etc. Just raise the fan speed also to keep it cool. The big silent fan is mainly why I chose this over the cheaper one. It is not audible over the other fans in my case, at the default 30% speed. It exhausts from its top, back near the video plugs. Raising the fan speed helps cool it a lot, which means the cooling system is good. EVGA gives you a lifetime warranty on this card if you register with them within 30 days.

Cons: It runs hot - idle temps in the mid to high 50's C. High load temps went into mid 70's. The auto fan speed control lets this card get too hot, so I raised it and found that the fan becomes audible around 75% or 1500 rpm speeds. Over that and it gets louder... but cooler

Overall Review: with the fan speed set about 80%, it stayed around 61-62 degrees C with a core clock of 600, shaders at 1500, and ram at 1675. This card is a great upgrade from my 1-year old 7600GT. Don't really need to overclock it, but you can. For the fruit unix folks, it works with nvinject 0.2.1 and same drivers as 8800GT - G92.

Pros: I figured I should check in once again as I've purchased four of these beasts now for customers and family and I must say these remain the budget buy to beat. Every one attained 650 core and 1ghz mem successfully. Pair this kind of power with an dual core Allendale E2180 2.0ghz and OC that sucker up to 3.0 or beyond (easily with air cooling, go read up) and you will find that even Crysis and Supreme Commander are quite playable at very high settings. Oblivion? 40-50+ FPS at all times @ 1680x1050 totally maxed out with AA, AF, HDR, and 40+ mods and a tweaked ini to let the engine really stretch it's legs. This on a budget build. Ridiculous. This combo eats up most any game you can imagine, except for a few that chug a bit at 1680x1050 or beyond. These are fewer than ten titles in TOTAL, however.

Cons: None. Never been faster, never been cheaper, never at this price. It's a golden age.

Overall Review: It's classified as a budget card but it's been the hottest buy in the tech world as a price/performance combination for the whole year 2008 thus far. It will likely remain so for some time. EVGA rebates almost always arrive at your door within 2 weeks of mailing, RMA service is VERY prompt (one failed on me and the whole process was complete in around a week), and this monster of overclocking simply beats the spread every way you look at it. A true winner in every way.

Pros: Good card for the money spent, runs on the stock 300w psu in a Dell Ispiron. Overclocks easily to the level of the "Superclocked" version by evga. Whcih for some reason is priced lower then this one atm. Doesn't really make sense. However both cards are good and if for some reason you are concerned with power consumption because of a lower output psu, this card is a great place to start. Then if you feel comfortable you can overclock it like i did to the levels of the Superclocked version. It's the same exact hardware so its a pretty safe bet you can get it to those specs no problemo :)

Cons: 192 bit, 384mb memory...but you know that going in. They say this may hinder higher resolution / AA in some games. Well i play Stalker, Bioshock, and COD4 maxed at 1440X900 res, full AA. Games are smooth and fast. i suppose it would handle 1680X1050 as well for those of you with bigger monitors...but it could struggle a little in a few games if you want to play maxed out. If you have a 19in monitor with a native resolution of 1440X900 this is a PERFECT card. If you're on a budget and have a larger monitor with a 1680X1050 native res and can live with some SMALL compromises in a few games with settings or resolution, this is also the card for you. Its a great performing card, and games look great with it, as well. Heck everything looks great. So not many cons here. It will most likely make you very happy.

Overall Review: Well, its very quiet at 50% fan speed. And it stays pretty cool with the stock fan and heatsink. Right now it's idling at 47c and it never goes above 60c under full load if you turn the fan speed up to 80%-100%. Which i recommend for tasks which tax the gpu. Usually it goes to the mid to high 50's under full load and thats it. I have some vent holes in my case right next to it so maybe that accounts for the nice temps? idk? Anyway, this is a good buy and a great card for anyone who enjoys playing games and doesn't want or need to spend over $200 to do it. You won't regret the purchase for a second if that is you.

Pros: Silent and runs fairly cool with a single slot cooler. Performs on par with 9600gt give or take and cost less.

Cons: Again I wish it has a little bit more vram and a little bit more memory bandwidth but who cares at this price it starts beating down on 8800gt performance for fraction of the cost.

Overall Review: Does this 8800gs love to overclock or what? Stock 550/1375/1600. After tweaks in bios and fan @ 100% I could do 756/1836/2180. You can also up the voltage in bios like 8800gt for further overclocking. Directions are floating around the web.

Pros: This card rocks. Get this instead of the XFX version. This card uses samsung 1.0ns memory which means memory can run at 2000MHz. Core can be OC to 680MHz. On top of this, the card is whisper silent. Even playing Assasin Creed at 1600x1200 with everything max out, the card fan is still not audible at all.

Cons: No DVI-to-HDMI adapter. But with the price, I guess I have no right to complain.

Pros: Simply Amazing. Solid Card design. Feels heavy, the heatsink is pretty dense underneath that tiny hood. The fan is actually a good size and pushes alot of air at low RPM's keeping this bad boy very quiet. Got 25-30fps on Crysis on High detail at 1280x1024, no post processing enabled. If it can play that, it can play anything you throw at it.

Cons: Single Slot Cooler? I'd rather it be red/blue/black? Green is kind of dated looking. Not suited for 1920x1200+ resolutions, but who cares. If you have a 24" monitor you can probably afford a pair of 8800GTX's in SLI, you know who you are. Temps were a little on the high side, not too bad though. 49C idle, 60C under load, many people have upped their fan speed to take care of this. I figure, it has a lifetime warranty, it should last while it's hot.

Overall Review: I bought this card for a friends computer after buying an 8800gt 512mb for myself. After spending 75 dollars more on my card, I wish I had bought one of these for myself. I only get 30fps on Crysis at 1680x1050, so not a night/day difference by any means. Rig: E2200 @ 2.65ghz, 2gb Adata ddr2 800, gigabyte p35-ds3L, Lian Li Case w/ 2x120mm Fans, 430W Antec Earthwatts PSU.