Pros: 5870 is a good card. I liked the performance increase. I was surprised things worked as well as they did, as I have not had recent good experiences with the red team. I used the latest drivers from ATI, 10.4.

Cons: This O/Ced card really is not stable at 950. I had to drop the clock down 925 before it was stable in Mass Effect. I did have it somewhat stable at 950, but it required RT (cannot use the full name in this review as it is blocked by newegg) and the fan running at 80%-100%. The extra noise wasn't worth it for me. With RT, the Core IO memory was the hottest section. With the fan at 80%-100%, this area would hit 64C, and if it went to 66C, then the problems would happen. I asked powercolor a question by email, and they have not responded. So I suspect getting any support at all would be impossible.

Overall Review: With the clock adjusted to 925, the core IO memory peaked at 70C, and core GPU temp was in mid-60C range. This is with the stock fan profile, not RT. Runs very quiet. I think since it runs stable at the higher temp but lower clock rate that this card is not built for a 950 clock. Your mileage may vary. Overall, I am happy as long as it continues to run stable. I don't mind the lower clock.

Pros: - Can update bios without CPU installed

Cons: - Pitiful Ethernet wired LAN option. Just absolutely worthless Intel I225-V 3. -- Google it and all the issues

Overall Review: I have to buy an additional pcie ethernet adapter to get rid of annoying Intel I225-v issues, which regularly stops working, disconnects, etc... I have had 3 instances with this NIC where i said, "That's strange. I've seen that happen before." and I have been doing this since the early 90s and Novell networking days. Still trying to get a stable build. Not sure if motherboard has issues with memory or i simply got bad memory. Ultimately, would not recommend due to I225-v alone.

Pros: - No RGB

Cons: - Not stable at any speed over 4800 CL40 for MSI Z690 Edge - Not able to even boot at rated 5600 CL36

Overall Review: I built a new computer this month, and was having periodic strange issues every few days. I finally found a load test (OCCT power) that was able replicate the issue with a WHEA. Running the memory at 4800 CL40 resolved instability. This memory was certified for my motherboard. I have ordered new memory.

Pros: - Sides are sturdy - Very good cooling

Cons: - Loud and cheap fans. - All 4 included fans whine or hum depending on fan speed - Moving air through front panel causes noise. - Not all the brackets for the drive bays were secured. - Using internal HDD cause vibration due to poorly secured drive holders - Fan speed control is worthless due to fans getting more annoying noise as speed is lowered - Top opening is cheap plastic

Overall Review: Every fan made a humming or whining sound. The problem got worse when using the fan speed knobs and lowering fan speed. Moving air through the front panel causes excessive whine noise as air moves through it, then add the front fan's whine, it was too annoying. I actually cut out the front grill with wire cutters to remove the airflow sound. I replaced all fans with Noctua or other quiet fans. HDD drive can cause annoying vibration sounds. Just wish I never bothered with getting the case.

Pros: Makes a good paper weight. Maybe some year in far far away glazy, they will get the drivers/BIOS right.

Cons: - Need RT to operate fan correctly - ATI seems to have no clue on drivers

Overall Review: So after the long awaited BIOS to fix the fan issues, and the powerplay issues (that's where the card is clocked at 300 mhz when in 2d, and full speed when in 3d, but it never worked and would cause stuttering in games due to it dropping down to the slower 2d rate), the fix still doesn't take care of the heat/fan problems, so RT is still required pretty much, and their fix for the powerplay problem is to constantly keep the card at the higher 3d clock rate even when in 2d, which highlights how incompetent ATI is. I have solved my ATI problems though, I am writing this junk off as corporate welfare, and I am buying a NVidia 9800 GTX today.

Pros: Runs very quiet

Cons: - Fan does not spin appropriately for card temp - Little improvement over 8800 GTS in the games that I play

Overall Review: The card is 64C at idle, and the BIOS is does not spin the fan up to 100% ever. I had owned ATI cards for quite a long time, then bought a 8800 GTS 320 mb. I should have stuck with my old card, especially when you consider that I had to upgrade my 500w power supply to run this as well. Definitely not worth the card cost and power supply cost to run this thing.