Pros: Subtract cost of Crysis, you are getting a price similar to the OC 8800GT versions, but with 15% better performance and a dual-slot (better) cooler. Oblivion: max settings, 4x/8x AA/AF - 35fps avg, 25fps min in dense foliage area. NWN2: max except shadow texture one step down, 4x AA - 40fps avg, 25fps min. Crysis: All settings HIGH, no AA - 25 to 45 fps, depending on situation, 35 fps avg. 3DMark06: went from 6200 w/ x1950xt to 10000 w/ 8800GTS.

Cons: No technological cons. Nvidia may not release new architecture in time for me to use the step-up. 8800GTS is about the same length (to within a mm) as the x1950xt 256MB I upgraded from, but the larger cooler forced me to move one of my hard drives.

Overall Review: Set fan speed to 60% using ntune, noise level still reasonable. Temps: 44C idle / 63C load (based on tests w/ ntune in Crysis, Oblivion). Some reviews have said you can't run Crysis on HIGH with 8800GTS; not true, I play everything on HIGH. And my system is a year old: E6600 2.4GHz, 2GB 533 Kingston, Ga-P965-DS3, 650W Coolermaster, 12cm front fan, 24cm side fan, Win XP SP2.

Pros: Bought this card in 2008, typing this review in 2014... card is still running strong. It can play most new games at medium quality. Only just now ordering a replacement so I can play games that require dx11. 6 years with a perfect record is unheard of with video cards!

Cons: NONE!

Overall Review: I know nobody will read this, but it had to be said.

Pros: Strong card doubled graphical performance of PC. Performance of (and sometimes greater than) a GTX at much lower cost. Apples to Apples: <Machine specs in other thoughts> Only changing card did the following: 3DMark06 went from 5425 to 9753. Crysis @ 1680-1050 All Med No AA/AF Old: 20 FPS walking in woods/path 10+ FPS Engaged w/ tgts New: 50+ FPS walking in woods/path 30+ Engaged w/ tgts (Used same save point) I put everything back to stock for installation of new card. Looking forward to OC-ing the CPU and then card to see advances.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: New Egg had it on my doorstep in less than 24 hours after I first submitted order. Once again the Egg has great shipping and insane processing. FX-60 @ 2.6 1.3v | Zalman CNPS9700 ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe rv.1303 * OLD* EVGA 7900 GT KO 512mb 560MHz/1450MHz * New* EVGA 8800 GTS 512mb 670MHz/1940Mhz Corsair 2048MB - TWINX2048-3500LLPRO @ 2-3-2-6 Corsair 1024MB - TWINX1024-3200XLPRO @ 2-3-2-6 ** Make sure to uninstall old graphics drivers prior to installing new card to avoid any installation issues. ** If somehow this card is eclipsed in performance by the next release, using the Step Up option makes the money spent here act like a down payment towards the next evolution. o.O You cannot lose with EVGA and the Egg.

Pros: Runs without problem once installed. Comes with Crysis.

Cons: I had a hard time installing this into my computer. It may have been my case (A thermaltake Armor Full tower) or my motherboard (Abit AW9D-MAX) or a combination of the two, but when I popped it in my PCI Express slot, the holes to screw the card into the bay didn't match up, I had to push the card toward the back of the case which simultaneously screwing it in, it was a hassle. Takes up Two PCI slots.

Overall Review: After upgrading from a Geforce 7950, I see an amazing improvement. Not to mention it came with Crysis, which is a bonus. I'm OCing at 800/1100 but for some reason, nTune keeps reverting back to the stock clock settings when I turn off my computer. I need to fix that.

Pros: I was originally going to get the 8800gt. But if you add 20-60 dollars for an adequate cooler and 40 dollars for crysis and a rebate the 8800gts is a better deal

Cons: none yet

Overall Review: using ntune I have it overclocked to 740/gpu 1004/memory with the fan manually set to 70% as usual newegg rocks. I would rather order from then then take a walk down the block any day. They were so excellent to me when I had to return some memory (after the deadline mind you) that they won me as a customer for life.

Pros: Runs Crysis, U3, FEAR, and Bioshock well. Overclocks well (clock set to 805, runs perfectly stable). Stays plenty cool with the monster fan. Minor plus, but it comes with nice packaging. You feel like you're getting something special when opening the box.

Cons: Huge card, fan is loud at max speed, have to manually adjust fan speed or you'll receive BSOD when playing taxing games. These are all very minor complaints, as I still give the card 5 eggs. If those seem like a big deal to you, buy a ps3 instead. PC gaming is not your thing.

Overall Review: My main goal in my most recent buil was playing crysis at high rez for as cheap as possible. This was the only component I spent a decent amount on, and it was completely worth it. Running an amd5000+, a cheapo ecs microATX board, and 2gb ram I get 80fps average in the FEAR bechmark at max rez, max settings, aa, everything. The video card is always the thing to go all out on, grab this card and you won't be disappointed.

Pros: Just the ticket to get my beast back up and running after a coolant spill killed my old G80 8800GTS 640, rest its soul. This card has quite a bit more horsepower - it has sufficient power to run a 1680x1050 primary monitor as well as a 1280x1024 secondary - Crysis runs all high DX9 in the 50s-60s. All other games... what, are you kidding? Max graphics before you even ask. This card really is awesome. I just wish I had 2 of these for SLI and Vista so I could run Crysis at DX10 max with a bigger monitor. That and 8 GB of RAM... plus a Q6950... oh nevermind :D

Cons: The fan sounds like a jet engine if you turn it up to 100%, but you never have to push the fan that hard. In other words, NONE!

Overall Review: Ntune allows you to overclock without a hitch as well as adjust the fan speed. I put my fan speed at 60% to be safe, and then I proceeded to overclock slightly to 700/2000. That yielded a high 12k 3dmark06 score, I believe. HARDWARE: Modified xClio A380 case w/ internal/external watercooling, EVGA NF68-A1 680i, Intel E6750 @3.4, 2GB DDR2-800 @ stock speed, and, of course, this card. Running XP home, soon to go to Vista ultimate x64.

Pros: Great card, runs at reasonable temps (given factory expectations)

Cons: PCI-E 2.0 + old VIA boards = Hell. Had a GT, and after trying to figure out why it wouldn't work, heard of issues with an Asrock board with same symptoms I was getting. Told EVGA tech support, said it was unrelated and board was DOA. Return it at my cost, and have to now reorder this GTS (GT out of stock). Same thing. Call back tech support, NOW they aggree with me, it's a via pci issue. So I need to flash the board down to slower PCI-E 1.0. I wait 3 days to get this from them. Flash it and it works. So I had money out for 2 cards, shipping return for DOA of first, and waiting for new downgraded bios, about 2 weeks from first order until I have working card.

Overall Review: BOOO to the first tech guy I talked to at EVGA. If I can spend 10 minutes on google to find out about this issue, he should certainly know before hand. He is tech support for EVGA video cards, you'd think they would be better informed on issues with their latest and greatest products that they are paid to know in and out. I lost money and time cause he didn't.