Pros: Price (got it for around 400 before the price spikes), has higher stock clock than most other reference 290 cards. Been running strong for months now under constant use, but I go easy on all my cards and always ensure adequate cooling. I waterblocked mine to take full advantage of the card capabilities without throttling.

Cons: Of course depending on the specific application, temps can get rather high and battling this by blasting the fan can help somewhat, but doing so creates a lot of noise and for the power conscience user, increases the power consumption. I also have another 290 Ref. from Gigabyte and I could never get crossfire to work properly between the two. Can't say if it's my particular setup or an incompatibility between the two cards, but I have spent more than enough time just getting all my cards to work correctly in windows and this is just frivolous for my purposes. Card was voltage locked as well, but using afterburner you can fine-tune it to some degree which I found helps with the cards' throttling.

Overall Review: The heat problem was my biggest concern, so I bit the bullet and waterblocked both of my 290 cards and it has become a non-issue now, with temps that usually never get over 50C under full load and overclocked, and around 28-30C at idle.

Pros: It has handled at least 750W+ draw for extended periods of time, which is only 75% of its rated capacity. It was also nice to get a bag to store all the unused modular cables in.

Cons: The cable sleeves are very stiff and caused me some frustration when attempting to position my graphic cards outside the case as it would tend to pull the card to one side. Eventually found a way to make it work, but it did cause some headaches at first. Might also be an issue for those with tight spaces.