Pros: Unlike previous posters, I actually have this card. I ordered it next day air the day I saw it on newegg. I am going from a sapphire 4870x2 to this because of the cooling solution. I have been dying for a good cooling system for the x2s since they came out. I saw this and had to try it. I am glad I did. Compared to my sapphire, this thing idles at half the temperature. Without doing any manual adjustments, the sapphire idled at 80c, this at 40c. Looking in the CCC, this is with the fan set at 35%. So then I started adjusting the fan and at 50% (what I needed to turn the sapphire up to to cool it to 40), it is dead... DEAD quiet. You can start to hear it >50% and at full speed it is as you would expect, a wind tunnel. But it is still less loud than the sapphire. Asus hit a home run with this cooling solution. As for performance, it is a 4870x2 so that speaks for itself. Card fired up out of the box no issues.

Cons: I don't really want to call it a con, because I knew it was huge, but if you are using PCI slots, you need to ensure the layout before you buy this. Or, be willing to give them up like I was. I have the Asus P6T motherboard and the sapphire x2 covered one PCI slot, this covers both. I expected that though, due to the size of the cooling solution and I was willing to give up my PCI slots for it. I have to move to on board sound or a PCIx1 sound card, but I am ok with that. Just giving you fair warning. Besides being huge lengthwise, this thing is thicker, obviously, than the standard x2. Look at the pics of the P6T motherboard and envision it covering both PCI slots to get an idea of just how big it is. The only real con I have thus far, is not the cards fault. But I always have to say ATI drivers as of late. 8.11 was a dud and if you are not lucky, 8.12 is also a dud. So just be careful with your drivers, especially if you are using vista x64.

Overall Review: If you do use vista x64, do yourself a favor an install the .net 3.5 and the 3.5 SP1 before installing this card and new ATI drivers. With this, I have had good luck with the 8.12 so far. You can read all about this at the ATI forums. Some have reported needing to update directx but I fine in that respect. Finally, I just have to say, if you want a cool (temp wise) 4870x2, this looks like your only option.

Pros: Is a tiny bit speedier in real life applications than my velociraptors.

Cons: Doesn't perform to advertised speeds. I get 250 reads but only 80 writes with latest firmware. I am reading they made a change? Shame. Sending it back.

Pros: Great card. I am coming from 3 GTX-285s and two of these in cross fire beats them in my game, crysis. I am running warhead on enthusiast settings with 4xaa and averaging 55FPS. Finally, enjoyable game play from crysis. The 5870 is clearly the best bang for the buck right now.

Cons: None thus far.

Overall Review: Zeek the geek is an idiot fanboy who is lying about his tech level. If his card performed the way he describes, its user error, not the card.

Pros: I have to post another update, because I have found that a bios update that I did just before installing this card messed a lot of things up. I have been having a lot of problems the last few days involving this card and other things. Naturally, I assumed it was all drivers. Well I just decided to roll back to a previous BIOS and everything is perfect again. I also noticed that the temperatures that were reported by the other BIOS were 10 degrees, on average, higher than the BIOS I am on now. So right now, this card is idling 12 degrees cooler than the sapphire I had with the same fan setting in CCC. I ran some quick tests and I saw the same results, about 10 degrees lower in all cases.

Cons: None.

Pros: Hello. I just wanted to update my review for this card after a few days of testing. Basically, I ran different benchmarks and games with the fan set at different speeds. What I have found in the end, as compared to my sapphire x2, is that this one cools almost exactly the same as the sapphire. Meaning that the 3 fans aren't always better, but sometimes they are, and they are never worse or course. The big plus in this set up is that it does it much quieter than the single fan on the sapphire. I think the fact that the other x2s have that enclosed ducting, while this does not, is why they pretty much cool the same on average (this card usually peaks out at lower temp). But to me, the quietness of the card is worth it. Some, however, may not see the value in the extra price over other x2's since its cooling ability isn't leaps and bounds above the other options. You wouldn't be wrong in waiting until they cut the price a little

Cons: None.

Overall Review: At stock fan settings, before adjusting with overdrive, it does still idle cooler than the sapphire did. Also, the automatic fan adjustment is much better than my sapphire. On that card, I would hit 80 c and the fan wouldn't rev up. Could have been defective I suppose, but rest assured, this one will start revving up well before that.

Pros: It goes without saying, blazing fast. So easy to OC. I am at 3.8ish on air by simply changing the multiplier. It ran stable for 24 hrs with 8instances of prime95 with no other adjustments. Of course, I did go back and manually adjust everything else but just wanted to see how easy it was. I was pleased. As far as coolers, another air option is the new Coolermaster V8. Its not carried on newegg yet :( but they do have it on here because it looks like they have them on order. I posted a review there, but simply put, it rivals the thermalright option and looks real cool. In a head to head test (google it), it equaled and sometimes exceeded the thermalright option. Either way though, you would be fine and better than stock.

Cons: None. I wish people would stop saying price. It is cheaper than the high end last gen and it spanks the last gen in all respects.

Overall Review: This CPU + Asus P6T + 4870x2 +Corsair HX1000 = HEAVEN. :)

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