EVGA GeForce 9600 GSO DirectX 10 768-P3-N968-TR 768MB 192-Bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Fast, good cooling, easy driver setup. I got it with a $50 rebate, bringing it down to one of the best priced cards on the market

Cons: 26A 12v rail needed, and card wasn't free.

Overall Review: This card is BIG, it does take up 2 full slots and seems to weighs about 1.5lb The spec page says that a 400-450watt power supply is needed, so I am good with 430Watt, the box however states that it should also have a minimum 12v current rating of 26A, would have been nice to know in advance but it is running fine on my PSU even though i only have 18A on my single 12v rail. Now I need to upgrade my PSU again...

Pros: Only had this 2 days but I like it. Obviously, the $50 rebate is what sold me, hope I get it. Went from a BFG 8600 GT and it's a big upgrade. Went from a G84 to G92 GPU, from 256 mb to 768 mb, and most importantly, tripled my stream processors from 32 to 96. Big card, takes up 2 slots but is very quiet. Fan is running at 30% and GPU temperatures are running about 52c.

Cons: None so far.

Overall Review: Got the card in the promised 3 days. I'm not a gamer but I downloaded the free game, Warmonger from the Nvidia site and I am impressed with the graphics. If I sell my BFG card on a popular Web based auction site for $40 and get the rebate, my total cost to upgrade will be about $30, well worth it. Clock speeds about the same as my old card but all other speed statistics, and throughput, are all way up.

Pros: Dual slot cooler and large amount of memory. Runs cool and fast.

Cons: I don't know if it's really a con, but the card came packaged in a small box unlike previous EVGA products.

Overall Review: I say it's excellent because you are getting a good video card with lots of memory, and a pretty good rebate too. EVGA or the company that handles their rebates has always been pretty good about honoring them fairly quickly.

Pros: Large Heat Sink assembly - excellent stock cooling. Used manual control to set fan to 60%. Core/Shader/mem = 550/1350/800. Not quite Evga's spec, but close. Very overclock friendly without mods (YMMV). Shaders rock stable @ 1890 for folding. Replaced an old x700, so I don't need benchmarks to tell me how much better. -Even at 100%, fan is moderately quiet. I think the HSF could even handle voltmods.

Cons: Heavy and large, need large case, and a little more care in routing wires. ... but can't complain too much..

Overall Review: Great bang for the buck when taking into consideration the rebate. Unbelievable bang for the buck for folding. Presently, getting 5250PPD.

Pros: Easy to cool and clock with the Precision software. Stock fan speed is set to 30%. You'll want to up that; I run at 80% constant and the card never goes above 50c. Drivers and card installed with no problems. Works as advertised. Lots-o-rama!

Cons: None. Except, no free shirt, no free game, no winning lottery ticket... doesn't drive my car.... won't do dishes....

Overall Review: I set the card to 600, 1500, 900 (1800 effective). My jaw hit China when I ran RCT3. No stuttering and as many water rides as will fit. Day or night! (Some of the spinning rides seem almost too fast!) Mech Commander II with as many units on the field as the game will handle doesn't even phase this card. I know those games aren't Crysis, but FPSs aren't my bag, much, either. SandBox sounds fun, though. This card is a big step up from my previous 2600 AGP card. I got this card when it was on sale, but I'd still recommend a "buy" at this price. Thank you EVGA and NewEgg! AMD 5000+ oc'd @3ghz ( 3.1+ mhz takes more power and creates more heat with this chip), ECS 8200A mobo, 4gb PC2 6400 (DDR2 800mhz) Mushkin ram, SATA 250gb Seagate hd, X-FI Extreme PCI audio, XP Pro SP3.

Pros: Higher performance to cost ratio than most other cards for mid to mid/high performance gaming. Picture is amazing on Gears of War with all settings on high/higher, but with no AA. If you plan on using AA, these need to be run in SLI with two cards. Still, even at the cost of purchasing two cards, it's still cheaper than buying a 9800 level card and performs very similarly. Also - side note - my motherboard only supports PCI Express x 16, not 2.0. I'm assuming if I had a board that supported PCI-E 2.0, my framerates wouldn't drop so drastically with AA turned on.

Cons: HUGE!! I have a full-size ATX case, so it fits fine, but it may be a probable issue in a smaller mid-atx case or smaller. Fan is a little loud to start with (on initial bootup) and when under load, but I don't really notice once game play starts. Also, I don't play Crysis, so I'm assuming that the game that defeats most video card setups would bring out more performance issues with this card than I currently see. I'll give an update (if this card is still available) once GOW 2 comes out and I have a chance to evaluate game play in that.

Overall Review: Buy two, put them in SLI, and see how insane the picture is for a sub-$150 GPU setup (after rebate). It's absolutely insane... Setup: Asus P5N-E SLI, Intel E6300 OC'ed to 2.23Ghz, 3Gb PC-5300 at 667Mhz, Antec Earthwatts 500w PSU, 1 x EVGA 9600GSO 768Mb (soon to be 2 in SLI), Vista Ultimate 64, WD 160Gb/WD 640Gb

Pros: Good overall board. For what it is worth I am now running a 5.9 in both the vista graphics categories. My overall system dropped 4 degrees (I had an old graphics card where the fan didn't blow out the back). There was a 50 reb ate at the time which the re bate was half the total cost.

Cons: It is the same saize (length wise) as my motherboard (m-atx) minus 1/2 inch. I had to reposition my sata cables to the farthest set. It almost coverd the second set. I only have one for the dvd and one for the hard drive so it wasn't a bg deal. For other people it very well could be.

Overall Review: Good board minus the cons. For me the cons didn't take away from the board but they might for others.

Pros: Dual slot cooler, lots of overclocking headroom. core stable at 700mhz+

Cons: a little pricey compared to other cards that may outperform it.

Overall Review: Overall happy with it.