Joined on 03/28/09
Great Bang for the Buck
Pros: No problem with installation, switching to new drivers easy and smooth Much faster than the two over 700 bucks a piece MSI in crossfire r7970's also my computer boots faster and seems as it is faster overall. I'm happy with this SMART buy and would recommend it even over RX5770 which I just bought and took it out. I put back this Fat boy Bad boy back in and my computer couldn't be happier...
Cons: NONE
Overall Review: Fast and cheap , what a great product
where is the power switch
Pros: 1600W
Cons: @%$@^%$@#%& no Power switch... WHAT?!!!!Who designs these.
Overall Review: I would of loved to buy one of these BUT...see above
Difficult to insall
Pros: It does the job but slowed my computer down. I had to take it out and put my fat boy card back. Just to Clarify that the card is great for the newest gen mobo. Also to help- thru experimentation I found out the only way to have it running stable is to download the driver from Asus. It is the only driver for your computer to recognize the card (which when I used other newer drivers , the direct draw had problems which is direct x)
Cons: I dont know if I got a lemon or not ,there was no installation cd. The card slowed my boot.
Overall Review: I'm sure the card will work fabulous in the newest mobo. 4.0 pcie. but pcie 5 is around the corner...
Bad design,cheap fans
Pros: Keeps cpu cool
Cons: Design might be ok for older mobos But I have 1000 dollars worth of memory 64 gigs and it covers both sides. cheap (idiot) design of clipping on the fans that the clip was touching my video card circuitry. Why did I have to munt the rubber strips and why not making the fans so that they could bolt on or slip in. Make the fins so they are not over the memory or if so cut the bottom off so there is some room between the memory and fins. I took this expensive paperweigt out and bought liquid cooling.
Overall Review: On top of the other problems the fans are cheap ,they are not pwm(4 pin) and the adapter with 4 pins does not work as pwm it onlu makes the fans run slower...again (idiot design) I'm mad but I'm trying to control myself.It is time to leave these type of cpu coolers and move on to liquid cooling and It really should be refrigerant cooling.Phanatek please do not even respond unles u want to hire me as a tek designer.
GREAT
Pros: Smooth,runs cool,not loud as others say,and i have other readon cards by asus Ati,HFX. And they all suffer performance problems overclocked too much with some or most games. So I'm keeping it safe.Why should I overclock it if it works PERFECT at ultimate setting on latest games.
Cons: The only thing I wish they have designed better is the reactor sticking out and the plate which takes up the precious room I need if I would consider putting three or four of them in my mobo. When I get a second one I will write another review.
Overall Review: P9X79 WS,64 gigs of G skill 2400 ram running at 2100 mhz i7 6 core at 3800 mhz ssd and 1TB Raptor 1000rpm. I'm really scared now to purchase my second card in fear they'll send me one of the returned ones from the bad reviewers.
very satisfied
Pros: It is Fast . Low price for what u get. I,m very happy with it for now.
Cons: everything is 7.9 in my system. I gurss I have to get the Extreme to get one point up.
Overall Review: I would suggest getting liquid cooling . I got a giant Heat sink(the biggest and most expensine) and it throws a lot of heat at idling.