Palit NE3TS25EFHD02 GeForce GTS 250 E-Green 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Video Card

Pros: Runs every game I have on high. Stays real cool and can be easily overclocked without getting too warm. I oc'ed mine up to standard 738 core and 1800 shader clock with the program Vtune that comes with this card...a simple little overclocking program that works. I also raise my fanspeed up with Vtune. The gts 250 is really all you need to game on...unless you like those outrageous high resolutions that the upper tier cards can get you. I personally can't see a very grand difference in quality in any resolution above 1280X/or/1650x.

Cons: none

Pros: Price, least expensive gts250 1g card on the market. Good performer, very similar to all gts250 1g cards. Im a system builder & I have purchased 3 of these in the last 2 months for home entertainment/multimedia systems & they work great in that application. Not a high end gaming card but performs ok in most modern games at low to med resolutions.Great dvd movie performance. HDMI without a adaptor. I needed HDMI for home entertainment applications. Essentially a 8800gts 512mb or 9800gtx 512mb card with 1g of memory. Very similar performance to those 2 cards as they all have 128 stream processors. Low power requirements,fairly quiet,smaler than most gts250's & all these features work very well in the applications I bought them for. All in all a excellent card for the money.

Cons: Only a 1 year warranty.

Pros: -6.8 for graphics and Aero in Windows 7! -Low Power Consumption... it is temporarily running on my 370 watt psu until tomorrow when I get my 530. -Started up first try with no issues at all. -Looks fantastic in my case. -Call of Duty 5 at full settings runs absolutely AMAZING! -HUGE increase in power from my ATI 4200 onboard. -I am never leaving my desk again, all my games look better than I have ever seen.

Cons: -I want to see my new NVidia and old ATI card fight to the death! But they just won't. =P

Overall Review: -3 day shipping was fantastic. -My System after tomorrow= -AMD 2.8 GHz Triple Core CPU -4 Gig A-DATA DDR2 800MHz RAM -Palit GTS 250 1 Gig GPU -500 Gig 7200RPM Western Digital HDD -530 Watt Raidmax PSU -Gigabyte Micro ATX 785g chipset AM3 Mobo I know you're jealous. =P

Pros: 1. Very quiet fan 2. Stays cool in my very cramped Lian Li V351 case 3. Ships with Vtune O.C. utility

Cons: 1. Takes up 2 slots (normal) but the plastic shroud seems to stick a bit far out--not sure if adjacent slot is usable without removing/modding the shroud

Overall Review: Unbelievable deal--picked it up on special for under $100 from Newegg. Have only used PNY or EVGA cards 'til now, but this Palit has really impressed me. The fan is very quiet, yet the cooling seems to be very efficient. Runs at less than 40 deg most of the time, and I've never seen it go above 50 deg. No driver issues with Win 7-64 bit--didn't bother with the CD, just downloaded latest driver from the Nvidia site. Seems absolutely stable.

Pros: Very fast, multiple inputs including HDMI, small compared to other GTS 250 cards.

Cons: Card is crimson red where everything else in my PC is lime green. -.- Also had to buy a new PSU for this one, my 400W wasn't quite enough to run this safely.

Overall Review: Phenomenal speed increase over my Sapphire Radeon HD4670. Been running my Palit for five months now, absolutely no problems. 80+ FPS in MW2 at 1920x1080 resolution.

Pros: Easy to install and set up. Fan is quiet and everything runs better than the Gigabyte 8400 GS that it replaced. (It was huge step up...). Great value for $109 after I get the $10 dollar rebate. Plus free game download....

Cons: None, yet. It does take up a little space beyond the second slot with the cooling but that is hardly a negative. Maybe more of a concern...

Overall Review: Had no problem with the Nvidia "Pick your poison" download. (I picked Street Fighter 4.)

Pros: Excellent bang for the buck. Quiet, stable, and cool. A good choice for my HTPC. I replaced an nVidia 8400 with this because of blu-ray stutters during playback, and it did the trick. As a side effect, it also improved sound quality by reducing the load on the cpu.

Cons: Pick Your Poison "free game" coupon really did inspire suicidal thoughts- because I could NOT get the code to work. The nVidia site has also refused to respond to my requests for support. As this is not NewEgg's failure, I believe it would be unfair to make any "egg" deductions- but, I have added nVidia to the list of products I bought faithfully for years- and will never buy again. Manufacturers, if you fail to deliver a rebate or a promotional extra- expect to lose not just that customer, but all the people he ever talks to about his experiences. Fair warning.

Overall Review: The size of this card is perfect for a mid-tower case. I was considering the 260- but then noticed that the chipset's size and power consumption would require a new power supply, a new case- and at that point, why not just build a new system? Tempting, but...the wife acceptance factor overrode my greed.

Pros: Can run World of Warcraft and Heroes of Newerth at high settings easily with "quality" settings for the drivers. I have 4gb (limited to 3.25gb with Windows XP 32 bit) with a Intel 3.0GHz Dual Core CPU. Low power, I use a 500w to power it. Small profile.

Cons: None

Overall Review: Great buy