GIGABYTE GeForce 9500 GT DirectX 10 GV-N95TD3-512I 512MB 128-Bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Fit, but just barely, in an E521 btx mid-tower with only having to trim a few spikes of the motherboard chipset heatsink (otherwise the card's fan would hit it). Runs with original 305w power supply (with dual 12v @ 18A; 264w max combined 12v).

Cons: While this card has a fairly quiet fan, it is still the loudest item in my system, by far.

Overall Review: Warm air gets blown all over the place by the cooler on this card, which kind of disrupts the airflow in the Dell btx case (only has front intake/CPU fan and a very-low-RPM PSU fan blowing out), causing the overall internal temperature of the system to go up. Will probably end up having to add a low-RPM rear exhaust fan to the case and/or drill some small holes in the side panel right 'above' the video card.

Pros: Using this to run xbmc on my HTPC it has given my media center the ability to run bluray discs smoothly i am planning to add a 2nd one of these to my htpc, also i have fsx, and a bunch of other games which run great with this card it has made the picture quality much more crisp. I also got my rebate card of like $15 or $20 like 4 days back

Cons: card is a bit big compared to others i have used it blocks 2 slots on my motherboard but... i think that the high quality is worth it

Pros: The card gets rave reviews from me. The Zalman cooler helps temps stay ultra low, and the fan is almost silent. 9500gt is a budget card, but this card with GDDR3 holds its own very well.

Cons: Still have yet to receive the rebate. I purchased this on 4/17/2009. I don't think I'm ever going to see it.

Pros: Great card as a secondary graphics card for SLI set up. I have a EVGA GTX 9800 as my primary. This card is the secondary. It runs flawless. Easy isntall. Gigabyte is top shelf

Cons: The build quality is not as impressive as the 9800 but for the price, you just cant beat it.. Dont't get caught up into the hype. This card works insane.

Overall Review: I have my machine set up to handle CS3 and adobe applications. I grind through hundreds of images an hour. I have not had any problems with this card.

Pros: This gpu is very average. It does well when playing fairly high graphics consuming games. Don't expect miracles or 3d ultrafast graphics, but it's nothing to shake a stick at. I ran Devil May Cry baseline and achieved 65 fps average. This is fine for the everyday user. Gaming pros will not like this very much. For the price, it gets the job done.

Cons: I was not able to overclock this gpu without it crashing after 5 minutes of flight time. stock clock runs well. When overclocked, you can baseline at about 110 fps, but it won't run at that for long. Funny thing is, core temp is only 109F when it crashes. ????? No idea.

Pros: Great Fan from Zalman that is quiet and cool. Easy to set up using HDMI for audio pass through. I don't play games but this card is fantastic for everything I use it for. Has DDR3, made from Gigabyte, Zalman Fan, and Nvidia Drivers. What else can you ask for?

Cons: None for me.

Overall Review: Antec Fusion HTPC Case Antec True 430 Watt P.S. Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H Intel Q6600 4GB OCZ Reaper DDR2 800 OCZ Vertex 30GB (OS Drive) WD 1TB Green 32MB Cache (Data Drive) Lite-On DVD Burner Windows 7 RC1

Pros: Fit with no problems in my HP Pavilion a6313w.Can hear the fan running , but not loud at all.Improvement over on board graphics and now can use DIV on on my Samsung SyncMaster 953 bw which was one of the main reasons for purchase.Don't play a lot of games except for hidden object type games and has great graphics for these.

Cons: In the manual that comes with this card it states you need a 450 watt power supply.I am running this with a CORSAIR CMPSU-450VX 450W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS that I also purchase from Newegg with no problems.When looking for cards I realized that the 250 watt power supply that came with computer was not going to be enough for any decent card.

Overall Review: Seems to be a good card for my use.Price was right.Get updated drivers from nvidia web site as when I was installing in a VISTA Home premium system it told me that the drivers I had where more current then the ones on the disk that came with the card.

Pros: Easy installation. Only took up one slot in my machine. So far, it has run everything that I have thrown at it. Left for Dead on high/max. Call of Duty I and II on high. F.E.A.R, Dead Space, and Burnout Paradise nearly maxed out. My monitor only supports up to 1280x1024 and the card is pushing everything through at that resolution. This isn't a true gaming card, but for the price as an onboard-video replacement, you can't beat it.

Cons: Had a problem with screen flicker/warbling with an older flat-panel attached to the card. Used the included adapter to plug it into the DVI output and it was perfect. Fan is slightly loud, but my PC was dead silent prior to upgrade - so much so that I thought that the case/CPU fans didn't work at all. When I cracked the case I found that they were running. So, really the VGA fan isn't loud, I'm just spoiled.

Overall Review: Bumped my Windows Experience for Graphics and Gaming Graphics from 3.7 and 3.0 to 5.9 and 5.7 respectively - if you believe that particular Microsoft load of...... Build is: Core 2 Quad Q6600 4G Ram 9500GT