GIGABYTE Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card GV-R797D5-3GD-B

Pros: Great card, its fast, doesn't use way too much power, mine overclocks quite well, I flash the GE edition bios and have not had any issues so i got a free base clock bump

Cons: My only problem with this product was when going Xfire. The two GPUs and the 3GB of memory can drive my 3X1920 displays but AMD's frame pacing issue did cause some headache/disappoint. Now that AMD has been improving frame pacing in drivers I am seeing less choppiness and smoother gameplay (less tearing, even with vsync off)

Overall Review: It's a great card and falls perfectly in line with its pricing so I would highly recommend it to anyone who is not on a budget or a nvidia fanboy. If you want a better bang/buck then go with the 7950 because it is a close second without that extra price premium that gets tacked on for having the best of the best.

Pros: Greatest card obviously quiet great frame rate in eyefinity can't wait to trifire

Cons: none

Pros: Easy install. (20 minutes) Quiet as a church mouse with games on ultra. Every game defaults to ultra. It lets me know that the devs need to kick it up a knotch now. FPS are through the roof. I start up a game and it proceeds to laugh at my attempts to make it break a sweat. It replaced 2 550ti's running SLI which was good but not great like this and on top of that the power usage is about the same. Got it after the price drop too. I knew waiting a little bit on fresher drivers and better value would pay off. This is a 3 year plan kind of card. This kind of performance will last well into the next console/PC war.

Cons: It is big but I knew what i was getting into from the get go. It's size being a con for some is actually cool for me. It's like buying a monster truck just because you can. It's a real squeeze getting it in the garage but man it's cool. Besides having one excellent card that runs cool is better then 2 cards cooking my components and taking up space.

Overall Review: I have now gone to AMD all the way. Not a fanboy just a guy who wanted to venture to the other side of the tracks. Intel and Nvidia have their fine points too and I was an Intel/Nvidia guy for almost a decade. The main reason I went AMD this time around was price/performance ratio. I will probably buy a moderate sized SSD for gaming to keep the data from bottle necking because my hard drives are more of the power saving variety and I'm used to a much lower card bandwidth (192 bit). Current Configuration: AMD Phenom II 1090T with Corsair H60 cooler Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 Motherboard Gigabyte Radeon 7970 4 x 2Gb Crucial Ballistix Smart Tracer DDR3 1600 Western Digital 500 Gb HDD Seagate 500 Gb HDD Samsung 1.5 Tb HDD LG DVD RW 4 Rosewill 120mm Blue LED fans 1 Enermax Vegas Blue and Red 92mm fan Thermaltake Soprano RS Case Kingwin Lazer LZ-1000 PSU NZXT Fan Controller NZXT LED Rope Kit All bought through Newegg and all work flawlessly!

Pros: Awesome card so far. I am running this card in Eyefinity (5760x1080). Only had the card for a day, but it is great. Can max BF3 at the above resolution with 50-60FPS. I upgraded from a single 6970 to this and I definitely see a performance increase. Pretty cool, cooler than my 6970. Overclocks pretty nicely as well.

Cons: Nothing that I see yet. I noticed that I can only play on extreme settings in Crysis 2 and get above 30FPS. Still looks amazing.

Overall Review: I am running 3 Asus 23" screens (5760x1080) Intel Core i7 2600k 4.8Ghz 16GB DDR3 RAM AMD 7970 3GB 60GB OS SSD

Pros: Very happy with this. Came with an active Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter and an HDMI to DVI adapter. I am very pleased with the performance of the card, and have been able to overclock both the memory and the GPU to their max (AMD GUI) settings with no problem. The card is surprising quiet at default settings, and I'm playing Deus Ex: Human Revolution with Eyefinity using a single card, which impresses me.

Cons: I paid MSRP for a very pricey card, and I'm sure there are weaker cards that give you more bang for your buck, but for a single card, single GPU option, this is currently as good as it gets.

Overall Review: It's a reference card, and Gigabyte's done a good job with the packaging and extras. I'm using it in Rosewill Thor, which probably helps keep the card cooler than some other cases.

Pros: - solid reference cooling - quiet - performance

Cons: - price (maybe)

Overall Review: System: 1090t @ 3.9ghz on air (Hyper 212) Asus Crosshair Formula IV 8gb Dominator GT @ 2000 Silverstone FT-02 Special Edition Case Crucial 128gb C300 SSD This card was substantially longer and heavier than the 5870 reference I ran previously. Gains were fairly impressive: 3DMark 11 in Performance Mode: 5870: P4448 7970: P7134 7970 w/ slight OC to 1100 core / 1500 mem: 7871 Temp: 71c stock under load / 73c OC under load Unigine Heaven Test (murder mode, extreme tess, all max, 1920x1200): 5870: 16.8fps / score 423 7970: 34.7 / score 874 7970 slight OC: 41.3 / score 1040 This card is screaming for water cooling, massive OC, and an Ivy chip / board. Aside from raw benchmarking, gaming improvements were extremely noticeable. Great purchase if you have the coinage. Don't hold back- OC gains are substantial even at small jumps.

Pros: Fast as advertised. Solid reliability. High quality drivers. Giant lightsaber on the side. Clearly, they know their customers.

Cons: Two inches longer than my last card. Plan for it. It's worth getting it in there.

Overall Review: If you're wondering if this card is worth the pile of credits you have to plunk down, ask yourself if you spend enough time gaming to get your dollar's worth. Divide the number of hours by the price and you'll see you need this card.

Pros: Fast as he** So what if its 5 or 10 frames slower than a gtx 680, 100 fps or 95 fps, you aren't going to notice the difference. Over clocks easily and then runs just as well as the 680 (unless they OC :-) ) BF3 smokes now on ultra with 90 degree field of view.

Cons: Not enough high end PC games to push this card. or the 680 for that matter

Overall Review: With the state of PC gaming this card will easily last 5 years (unless it dies that is)