HIS Radeon X1650XT 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 CrossFireX Support Video Card H165XTQT256GDDN-R

Pros: Large heatsink, OC'ed ram and GPU out of the box: definitely features any gamer wants from a video card. The more recent drivers have also improved my framerate (using catalyst 7.3 right now). 630 (575) MHz gpu, 770/1540(700/1400) ram (ram is reported incorrectly as 730/1460 on newegg's spec sheet), these are the values out of the box (compared to a normal X1650XT's speeds).

Cons: No temperature sensor. Even with a heatsink this large, temp sensors can warn you of fan failure, dust buildup, etc. OC settings are at the limit, which has lead me to: Artifacts. Using Google Earth I get artifacts 30 seconds after launching it in the default opengl mode (no problems in DX9). WoW also develops artifacts after about 2-4 hours of play (DX9 mode). Haven't seen artifacts in other games like SupCom, NFS Carbon, ST: Legacy, or 3DMark yet (all ran in DX9), but I haven't had time to test it extensively.

Overall Review: To solve my artifact problem, I reduced the speeds to 621 MHz cpu, 756/1512 MHz ram. I tried several different driver versions (both from ATi and modified ones), and each produced the same artifact problem. The large heatsink will block a neighboring expansion slot. If you have a small PCIe 1x card you might be able to get them to fit, but longer boards will block the video card's heatsink fan inlet.

Pros: Card delivers excellent crossfire performance. NewEgg delivered fast as always!

Cons: This card began producing artifacts after a couple months even with a water cooling heatsink attached (bought at the same time from NewEgg). Attempts to get warranty replacement on this card have been difficult to say the best.

Overall Review: The warranty for the U.S. actually goes through another company called Lexy Pacific Corp. Good luck if you need to return.

Pros: Nice card, performs fast, and plays many games. Don't buy into the whole overclocked to what ever speed it says. It doesn't use PCI-E power adapter

Cons: very big card, long and thick with the fan

Overall Review: nothing really just a good card for the price. a great upgrade from my old FX5200

Pros: Factory overclock really provides some fantastic gameplay. I had a GeForce 7600GS 512MB and moved to this card (just to compare) and bumped my 3DMark06 score up nearly 900 points - so I'm keeping it! I can run BF2142 at max settings, I can run almost every game I play at very high to max settings - Star Wars: Empire at War, Vanguard, LOTR:BFME2, Marvel Ultimate Alliance. HDR Ligting effects are AWESOME and plus, since the card is made for HDR, it can run FSAA at 2x and 4x AND HDR at the same time!

Cons: Don't let this card fool you - even though it doesn't have a separate power connection, you still need a decent power supply for this card to work properly. I had a cheap 380W PSU - games were crashing and I would get artifacts from the video card. However, I spent a little money and got a 400W PSU that had 20A on the 12V (instead of 11A on the old one) and now it works perfectly - zero artifacts, zero crashing. Don't let the nay-sayers on this card keep you from buying it, if you have an OEM, junk PSU, you might have problems.

Overall Review: I wish I didn't have to buy a PSU to make it work - that's the reason I got this and not an X1950. But, what's a budget gamer to do. Spent $xx on a new PSU and now it works great. For me, that's better than spending $xxx on a card and PSU.

Pros: Card works great after ati updated to 6.12 catalyst.Internal crossfire support and fits my Small form factor case.Glows UV blue

Cons: Fan looks like it takes three slots.problems with drivers until 6.12

Overall Review: To clarify Pixel pipeline confusion.7600gt has 5 vertex and 12 pixal shaders x1650xt has 7 vertex and 24 pixel shaders.

Pros: I have 2 of these on an Abit AT8 Crossfire motherboard. Great performers. I've run O/C'd most of the time for the past ten months. No artifacting, no overheating - still running the stock cooling fans. I do have liquid cooling on the CPU which keeps the inside case temperatures down, maybe that's why no problems in all this time.

Cons: One cooling fan is starting to get noisy on startup - sounds like blade interference, but I've pulled both GPUs and can't find anything wrong. It goes away after warmup so it's not that big a deal right now.

Overall Review: Gotta give Newegg credit for their delivery system and the folks who run it. They must start packing my boxes while I'm still typing in the order.

Pros: I bought this card for my backup computer, but my mobo died on my old main. ( dang intel ) Got a new system and to save a few $ I dropped this in. I haven't had any trouble with it. Runs Oblivion fine at high / Ultra high video. Most other games too.

Cons: Its huge, blocks pcie slot. its fan is quiet but is louder than I'd like. not variable fan. I was looking to get another for crossfire when i saw all the neg reviews.

Overall Review: I haven't had any heat problems no artifacts, even after 8 hours of oblivion. my comp is gigabyte ga-p35-dq6 intel e6600 corsair ddr2 2gb(2x1gb) dominator

Pros: Little effort to lap and polish cooler to mirror finish, since raised GPU area is small. Cheaper than buying a jumbo-silent cooler seperately, July twenty five mail-in even sweeter. Everything redraws fast, not just games, thanks to incredible 23.4GB memory bandwith and 450->630 core speed-up, already preset. More pipes than any 1650 or 1650Pro. Two 2560x1600 30Inch-LCD-compatible DVI ports (they're both dual-link TDMS), low cost gender-changer (one included) makes either into VGA analog.

Cons: Like most, no paste on half of GPU. Cooler's thin-edge-ridged finish barely touched GPU ( I fixed:"Pros:") Is beveled too narrow to contact lower edge of rectangular GPU. Fan stopped turning? You won't know, with only two wires (no Tach) and no temp sensing.

Overall Review: Per Mfg page link, verify power supply labeled: 12V@19Amps, or upgrade to 450Watt.