EVGA GeForce 9800 GX2 1GB (512MB per GPU) GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card 01G-P3-N891-AR

Pros: Runs everything I've thrown at it at a liquid-smooth framerate.. From Crysis, to Jericho and 3DMark2006 with no hitches whatsoever! All this with a 1440x900 screen, which most may say is a waste, but I am updating that very soon. eVGA has made a nice, solid and beautiful card and the step-up program is great!

Cons: Price. Though that's coming down through rebate offers. People may also say that you're better off investing in two 8800 GTS, or GTX cards. Card exhausts its generated heat through the top-vent of the card, so make sure you have sufficient cooling! My Thermaltake Armor+ VH6000BWS seems to provide sufficient cooling, and the idle-and-load temperatures seem average compared to what I've seen in review sites.

Overall Review: Research! Those with tighter wallets could probably do well with two 8800GTS cards SLI'ed together. In the end, this card isn't a real update to those sporting two GeForce 8800-series cards but since I'm updating from a system that used an ATI Radeon X850, and I had the money.. I pounced on this card, and I don't regret it. HDMI out may be a good thing for those users with the capability.

Pros: The card runs most games at maximum settings (with the exception of Crysis), at 1920x1200, with AA turned on.

Cons: Runs hot. While the GPUs themselves stay within a certain temperature, every other component on my motherboard increases by an average of 10 degrees C under load. My motherboard would actually overheat and crash, so I had to increase my fan speed in Riva Tuner in order to accomodate this.

Overall Review: For those of you considering this card, consider the following: 1. Power Supply. You need a high quality one. I use a PC Power + Cooling 610W, which is highly efficient and more than enough for me. 2. Case: You need a large case. This card is huge, and required me to remove my secondary hard drive in order to fit. I reccomend a larger mid-size case or a full tower if you're going to get this card. 3. Airflow: You need airflow in your case in order to accomodate the size of the card, and the heat it produces. 4. Your monitor's resolution: This card is unneccessary, really, if you're going to be gaming at any resolution under 1680x1050. The card does not run games much faster than an 8800GT at lower resolutions (with the exception of Crysis). The card maintains these speeds, however, at higher resolutions, which is the idea behind it's dual GPU in the first place. If you meet those criteria, this card is an excellent choice.

Pros: For 280 dollars, it is without a doubt the best purchase on newegg IF you game with a resolution of 1600x1200 (1680x1050) or lower. Games are fast smooth and look fantastic. It overclocks easily which adds noticeable performance. You can look at any review online, 9800gx2 beats everything but 4870x2, but just at 1/3 of the price.

Cons: The memory is NOT 1gb, its 512mb per GPU, meaning its as if you have a 512mb video memory. If you play on high resolutions with lots of anti-aliasing the amount of memory it takes to remember each frame is greater than 512mb. This means that your video card will start to use your ram on your computer, which REALLY slows down everything, thus drastically reducing your frames per second. Ejects air into the case, so I would recommend getting a pci-slot fan in order to take all of the hot air out of the case.

Overall Review: Buy it. Amazingly sweet deal, even if you don't want to use the card, you can use it for step-up because EVGA's site has it priced much closer to that of newer cards. Don't go quad SLI unless your processor is very good, because AFR requires a good proc. 177.79 are the best drivers to use this with. But if you want physx, this can do it with the 177.83 drivers.

Pros: Higher frame rates than any other single card in almost every game, at a great price.

Cons: Puts out a lot more heat than my old 8800 GT.

Overall Review: My PC was quiet, ran cool, and did just about everything really well, except play Crysis at very high settings @ 1920X1200. Now that I added the GX2 it's not so quiet and kicks out extra BTU's that I can feel on my legs. I'm sure this will be a plus in the cold Michigan winter that's coming. Just be sure you need the added frame rates, because this card, and all the other high end cards for that matter, will heat your room whether you like it or not. Definitely use the Nvidia software to increase the fan speed, or it will idle at 75C! I have the fan set at 80%, and it idles at 59C, but during gaming it gets close to 90C! Yikes! (And this is in a Lian-Li full tower, high end case.)

Pros: Its a great card. Best on the market as of july 2008. GTX doesnt match performance for the price at all.... This thing is $400 and performs better than a $700 card...whats nvidia thinking? DONT WASTE MONEY ON THE OC'ED EDITION! OC IT YOURSELF AND SAVE $150! ITS A OC CHAMP! Runs all source games maxed and crysis on very high at a great fps up in the 40's however in crysis it stutters a little bit, no biggy tho its on very high!

Cons: None

Overall Review: Great, buy it.

Pros: Very Fast Card!! Running crysis at 1680x1050 with everthing at high getting 25-40 Fp.! It was an improvement from my 8800gtx which was doing 15-30 fps. Also runs a bit cooler than the gtx and uses less power! Can be overclocked easliy using Evga's gpu overclocking program. I have mine at 720 core/1800 shaders/1100 memory idles 58°c and it stays under 82°c on full load using air. Since its Evga you get the step-up program so you can upgrade to a new card in the future. (Like the new cards coming in july!) They also have awesome 24/7 tech surrpot and a great forum that provides answers to virtually every issue you can imagine.

Cons: Runs a bit on the hot side like all 8800 and 9800 serious cards. The waterblock for this card is super expensive if you are looking to watercool.

Overall Review: Make sure your power supply has a 6 and 8 pin connector for this card. Scored 17008 in 3dmark06 with the 9800gx2, intel qx6800 @ 3.6ghx and 4gb dd4 800mmhz. Just bought another for quad sli :-)

Pros: Good card killer performance, needs 2 power connectors 8+6 pin. Connect the cable on the GDMI side. Runs crysis at very high, only lags with motion blur. My friend did not get any better frame rates running 2 of these. nFrorse 680i mobos do support these in SLI.

Cons: Puts air in to the case for the most part. idle at about 55-60c 60-75 load. Cores do denunciate about 2-5c. Metal sides are covered in plastic to protect while transported and serial number strikers are attached to the plastic not the card saying "void if removed" EVGA said no problem there just keep that plastic with the serial number.

Overall Review: This car is big and i general with 2 of these in SLI you will have only one PCI port ready for you. For everyone looking run this in SLI I want to warn you that you will not see amassing jump in performance unless you are using 30" monitor. Single card performs almost the same as 2 on 1920x1200 resolutions and there is no point in spending another $600. This card is seen as 2 cards in SLI.

Pros: This card will run ANY game at ANY resolution. I have been building computers for the past 8 years and have never seen a card this powerful. It runs CRYSIS flawlessly on my 24" monitor with everything jacked-up to maximum. I would recommend ANY version of this card to anyone I build for.

Cons: The new 9 series drivers will not allow any past multi-monitor hacks for SLI. I have tried using both an Nvidia and ATI video card in the PCI slot with no success.

Overall Review: If you want the highest resolution in games then get this card.