Joined on 01/01/12
Hey, it works!
Pros: Plugged in Nice long cable
Cons: Not free :/
DOA
Pros: NA
Cons: NA
Overall Review: First DOA from ASRock...
Not bad...
Pros: I just recently bought this card to take advantage of the "Never Settle Reloaded" offering that is being promoted. This seems to be a new model and I cannot seem to find any reviews on the card. It looks like that the PCB is based off the Vapor-X. To me, that seemed like both a good and bad thing. I was worried that voltage control would be locked. Now, MSI Afterburner cannot seem to unlock voltage control, but the Sapphire Trixx program allowed me to push the voltage to 1.3v. There is one thing that seems to be missing from the card and that is the temperature sensorsfor the VRMs. Now, it being a new model, the temps sensors might not be added into the profiles of MSI Afterburner, GPU-Z, HWinfo32, OpenHardware monitor, ect. I'm really hoping that it does have them. Overclocking seems to pretty decent as well at 1100/1450 at 1.25v in Crysis 3 (thank you AMD!). Even with an ASIC value of 55.4%, it seemed pretty decent. Although, I'm starting to wonder if these card were intended for the Vapor-X line but had terrible ASIC score. I actually ordered the exact same card for a customer build and it had an ASIC value of 58%. Also, the BIOS also seems to be locked in someway. I can copy the BIOS easily with GPU-Z but RBE is unable to read the BIOS.
Cons: (HUGE CON) No temperature sensor(s) for the VRMs Very poor ASIC quality (< 60%) for both cards that I bought.
Overall Review: CompTia A+, N+, Server+, MCSE I will change my ratings and comments when Sapphire gets back with me about the VRMs temp sensors and ASIC qualities. At Overclock.net, I posted a strip down of the card. Just search for the model number.
Meh...
Pros: Powers the computer... what else...
Cons: Loud fan. Not hair dryer load, but louder than necessary. runs pretty hot for the computer running at idle. This DOES NOT have the slim ATX connector that you are probably needing.
Overall Review: Had to to use a ATX to HP-Slim-ATX Converter.
Works Good
Pros: Works
Cons: Non
Overall Review: Works as advertised.
DOA
Pros: NA
Cons: NA
Overall Review: Second DOA motherboard from ASRock. The other was an AM3+ board for a different build. Both arrived same day. ASRock, please fix these issues before I buy that Z77 ITX motherboard...