Pros: OEM and updated ATI drivers work well. Unit runs cool under all conditions and stresses I've subjected it to. I will most likely add a third 4850 to my rig before thinking about 4870. 3DMark06 scores are 4000 marks higher with Crossfire enabled.

Cons: The unit shipped is not single height as the picture indicates. This item requires two bays. This unit has a large, slotted, tall, round copper heat sink with a fan in the middle. It appears to be effective and the fan operates silently and efficiently. Images of another variant have heat pipes - this is not that unit either. Newegg needs to fix this picture issue.

Overall Review: Added two of these to my AMD Phenom II 940 - Asus M3A79-T Deluxe rig and Crossfire kicked in without a hitch. I downloaded the new version 9.1 drivers and Catalyst Control Center from ATI and no issues installing and running them either.

Pros: Bang for the buck when I bought it when first came out. Still running great! Plays all games on highest settings (see cons).

Cons: If you are a hard core online gamer, you want every frame you can get at the highest settings. A 30 FPS average on an online game is not preferable. A gamer should want around 60 FPS to be as effective as possible. COD 4 with this card and a little less AA and Texture filtering than max at 1680x1050 can get a desirable effectiveness. Not a con, just a place marker for those looking at a card. See other thoughts for OC.

Overall Review: Do not OC this card on stock cooler. I bought an Aka** N__ V_____ cooler and MOSFET coolers that cools all card components at low RPM (low noise) and exhausts the heat out the back. Go with a better cooling design if you plan to OC, if you do you won't regret. I can push this to 690/1100 (before memory multiplier) with my cooler and plays EVERYTHING maxed out with desirable online gaming frame rates; although since I want it to last, I bumped the OC down around 670/1050. Go 1GB if you plan on using a higher resolution than 1680x1050

Pros: Awesome power. I can run almost all my games at completely max settings, and get playable frame rates. I'll usually just dock the AA and AF a little to keep 60 fps the whole time. And cheap! A couple months ago, you had to spend somewhere around 400 dollars to get one of Nvidias best cards. Now you can get this for 150 and do even better. MSI also has a good warranty, and the web page is easy to navigate.

Cons: I get this buzzing sound from my card sometimes. It's not the fan(I use a heatsink), but it appears to be a capacitor that is not completely stable. Oddly though, I only hear it when playing Hellgate London. It'd be a bit of a hassle to replace the stock cooler and send it back for repairs though, I just hope it doesn't blow and take the rest of my computer with it.

Overall Review: Rather then deal with either the heat from the stock fan speeds, or the noise by ramping them up, I put a Thermalright HR-03 GT heatsink on it. Without a fan, it keeps the temperature the same as the stock fan. When I put the side of my case on with my side fan, it blows right onto the gpu and heatsink, so now it idles at 40 and maxes at 70. Great cooling with no noise at all.

Pros: Bought 2 of these to crossfire in a X38 board and they run everything maxed out. Run alittle hot but you can just up the fan speed and they run alot cooler. Mine run around 46C idle and 55C load. fan speed is set to 70% in a antec 900 case. yeah they are alittle loud but not bad IMO.

Cons: ATI needs to get better drivers. I'm running the 8.7beta version and it does alot better. Run HOT but just run the fan speed higher and it is not a problem. You can get a aftermarket cooler and make them run a whole lot cooler. ATI says it is NP for these to run at 70C, I dont like to let mine run that hot.

Overall Review: Get the 8.7 drivers and run your fan speed to what you can stand as far as noise and you will love these cards. Runs crysis on very high settings 30 to 45 fps, CODMW runs at 90 to 110 fps, Unreal 3 runs at unreal speeds. My rig is an antec 900 case with a DFI X38 board, 2-4850's in crossfire, Q6600 at 3.25GHZ and 4 gigs of Gskill at 1066. Running WinXP Pro right now but switching to Vista Ultimate 64 bit soon.

Pros: Card is working as expected, it's a very strong card.

Cons: Takes up 2 slots.

Overall Review: I ordered this thinking it would be 1 slot, it is not the same as pictured. The one I received is 2 slots, but it does have a much better heat sink than what's pictured also, all copper and thick, and much quieter than my previous card (7800GT). Luckily I was able to fit this in my box, it was a tight fit.

Pros: Upgraded from 1900XT and this card makes a world of differance. Had to buy a DX10 game just to push it, and it cracks out awesome graphics in Crysis Warhead. Great decision to upgrade to this card!

Cons: The picture and what is shipped are 2 differant things. The card is similar but with a differant fan, still takes up 2 slots, but runs very cool. Well worth the sacrafice, just wish Newegg would update the photo.

Overall Review: Even running a little older PC, AMD X2 4600+ on a MSI K9N SLI with 4GB PC2-6400 on Vista 64 Crysis is awesome, everything graphically set to "Gamer" and lag is not noticable! Definately recommend this card to anyone looking for great performance for a reasonable price. Enjoy!

Pros: -Runs everything I play perfectly. -Drivers worked fine out of the box (8.07) 8.12 had even more features. -Overclocks like a beast. (725/1150 for me, but some reviews said only 640 stable, which sounds like a lemon. -COLD. 29C Idle 45C Load

Cons: -Device is NOT what is listed. With the aftermarket cooler they put on, it takes 2 slots on the back of your case. Not necessarily a con except for the fact that they don't tell you this before you buy it. -No Straight HDMI, but comes with adapter.

Overall Review: -3dMark06 - 14650 -Team Fortress 2 - 8xAA/All max - 70-170fps. -Antec Twelve Hundred - C2D E8500@4.25 - 4GB G.Skill DDR2 800 - AC Freezer 7 - GA-EP45-UD3R - PC Power & Cooling Silencer PPCS500

Pros: You basically get 4xAA with no major difference in FPS. Tears up games, and is fairly overclockable. For the price I'm not sure why anyone would buy anything else!

Cons: You can't get multiple rebates for the same items at one address. Keeps me from buying cards from the same manufacturer for a spider system.

Overall Review: There is absolutely no reason to buy Nvidia right now with these cards on the market. With two of these in crossfire it's cheap and VERY effective. If you have the money to blow, get four and be amazed :P