Pros: Dual tuners, QAM tuning, PCI-E, great driver support, good customer service (if only over e-mail). The card doesn't take forever to tune channels like some do.

Cons: Many would say it's a con that the tuners are hybrids (meaning that Windows Media Center can't use both the analog and digital functions of each tuner; you have to pick one), but really, who cares about analog anything? Certainly not me. There aren't any real cons other than the fact that TV tuning on PC just isn't simple/easy/straightforward at all even after all these years, due to industry-wide apathy toward this functionality. And also some incompetence. I personally don't need easy or straightforward though since I'm a computer guy.

Overall Review: I used this card with Vista Media Center for ATSC tuning when I first got it. The card worked perfectly; I loved it. A few months ago my antenna broke, so I allowed VMC (and this card) to fall into disuse. I got "the hook-up" on a new cable TV package recently, so I decided to get into QAM tuning with VMC. What a nightmare! VMC doesn't support it (yet), so Hauppauge came up with this driver trick to make VMC think the QAM channels were ATSC channels. I wasn't satisfied with how convoluted that felt. I found the existence of the "Vista Media Center TV Pack Update 2008," which is an update to VMC that, among other things, enables QAM tuning! Long story short, everything works swimmingly. I love it. CPU: AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ MOBO: Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H RAM: 3GB Kingston DDR2-800 GPU: 256MB DDR3 GeForce 8600GT PSU: 300W ASUS ODD: LG Blu-ray GBC-H20L OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit OS HDD: 500GB WD5000AAKS Tuner: Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Case: ASUS TM-211

Pros: It's probably a fine laptop.

Cons: The exact thing that happened to Robert G. happened to me. Massive disappointment and waste of time.

Pros: These fans deliver. I've got two in my HTPC case and they don't sound like anything. I run them full speed at all times just because I can, though they do have a little hum to them.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: I went through a couple of brands claiming their fans were quiet before discovering these. They're the real deal.

Pros: I cannot stress upon you how quiet this card is. It makes no sense. Even under full load, the fans don't go above 60% and don't sound like anything. I'm running this in an HTPC case and it's excellent, even though the case is cramped and airflow is garbage. If noise is a significant concern to you -- unless you're going to do liquid cooling -- then get any version of this card immediately.

Cons: The shroud sticks up past the card's board and mounting bracket by quite a lot. If you have a sleek or tiny case that has a cover panel which is flush with or close to the expansion card mounts, you may not be able to install this card. The cost of the extra 2GB on this version is a gamble right now because its worth relies on game developers taking advantage of big VRAM capacities any time soon. I took that gamble because of the possibility that the new consoles will make developers do just that.

Overall Review: The GTX 760 is the GTX 760, so I don't really feel the need to go on about the card's performance. That said, it does indeed perform very well. I can play pretty much any game on the highest settings. ShadowPlay is awesome. Even the 3DTV features are starting to work really well (Tomb Raider looked great, still haven't figured out YouTube 3D). CASE: Antec Fusion Remote MOBO: ASRock H87M Pro4 CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K PSU: Corsair HX750 750W @50C SSD: Seagate 600 SSD 240GB RAM: G.Skill F3-12800CL8D-8GBXM 8GB OS: Windows 7 Ultimate

Pros: Very short length (just over 8''), only one 6-pin power port, strong performance

Cons: Very loud fan

Overall Review: I looked at this for the same reason you are: the performance-to-card-length ratio. This card is the real deal, and it fit into my Antec Fusion Remote case effortlessly. Performance is strong, for example running Tomb Raider admirably @1080p with max settings (but FXAA, not SSAA). Constant 60fps w/ vsync and TressFX requires turning some stuff down from Ultra to High, like LoD and SSAO. i7-920 @ 2.66GHz, 12GB triple-channel DDR3-1066 (yeah, I know). The case is cramped and my HTPC is in a closet, so airflow is anything but optimal. Even then, it's no excuse for the volume of this fan under load. The thing's a wailer. I took a chance knowing this was a possibility. It LOOKED like it might not be loud, and even if it was loud I wouldn't hear it because it's over in the closet. Still. I don't hear it in the closet, but if I open the door, it's loud. I love this card, though. Small, powerful... ...loud. lol.

Pros: - Decent build quality, good shroud shape - Great performance with okay temps, even in my terrible bad-airflow setup

Cons: - Tiny blades == loud fans. - Flimsy shroud - This card is not a good idea if you are not as lazy as I am when it comes to overclocking. Save $20 or $30 and get the 850MHz single-fan one.

Overall Review: Witcher 2 made me want to upgrade from my trusty Radeon HD 4890, which handled admirably if I cut things down to Medium, but didn't take full advantage of the 63" Samsung plasma that doubles as my monitor. This card runs Witcher 2 as smoothly as the 560Ti I tried. I have not tried Crysis 2 w/ DX11 patch yet. I say it gets loud, but that's mostly my fault as my build is in a cramped microATX HTPC case and in a little corner with no real air flow. Still... it's kind of loud. High-pitched. I tried a single-fan GTX 560Ti that was a lot quieter. I thought more fans would lighten the load on each and lower the volume. CPU: Intel Core i7-920 @ 3.3 HSF: Scythe Big Shuriken MOBO: MSI X58M RAM: (12GB) 2GB Kingston DDR3-1333 x6 GPU: The one on this page PSU: 700W OCZ ModXStream Pro MON: Samsung PN63C7000 ODD: LG Blu-ray GBC-H20L HDD: Samsung SpinPoint F3 2TB OS: Windows 7 Ultimate x64 OS HDD: (160GB) Intel X-25 80GB x2 RAID-0 Tuner: Hauppauge HVR-2250 Case: Antec Fusion Remote