XFX GeForce 9600 GSO DirectX 10 PVT96OZDFU 1GB 128-Bit GDDR2 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: Runs cool, 1gig of ram. Runs my newer games just great. Came with two free games ...COD 4 & COD 5. That was a big selling point with me considering I was going to spend almost $100 on the games alone after I got something that would play them. Got both in one deal here. Great upgrade from my 6150SE onboard graphics. Higher end graphics for under $120

Cons: Made me poop my pants after playing COD5...it seemed so real and intense! Actually, no cons here.

Overall Review: I can't understand where people think they need a $400 card to play games like Crysis on High settings...Yes this one does it. I'm convinced paying more for something that's not noticeably better is more for bragging rights than anything else. One other thing, don't let anyone tell you that this won't work well in a 1.0 slot...it's doing just fine in mine. Also, you may want to invest in a $5 PCI slot blower and place it underneath the video card. It keeps it about 10 degrees cooler. I'm running about 65 under load and about 45 idle.

Pros: Very nice card for the money. Replaced a Radeon X1950Xt that was freezing up pc due to heat. This new card has enabled the pc to run nonstop for 2 days with no problems. It runs Battlefield 2142 at max setting at high frame rates in XP machine. My son who's pc this is on is very happy. His pc is used for gaming...Battlefield Heroes, CoD4, BF2, Cod Waw, etc.

Cons: The fan is a little loud, but I'd rather have that fan humming keeping that card nice and cool.

Overall Review: Getting the Cod4 and Cod Waw for free only sweetens the deal. I noticed a $20 rebate which makes this card a steal.

Pros: Great card with built in 1gb GDDR2. Bought this when it came with Call of Duty 4 and World at War free. What a deal! It also had a $20 mail in rebate. Works as advertised.

Cons: I ran into some hardware compatability issues with my ram. I was using 4x512mb OCZ platinum edition that was about a year and a half old and kept getting an error message. Replaced my OCZ memory with 2x2gb g skill 1066 and works great now. I needed the upgrade anyway.

Pros: Good buy for the price. I bought to run World of Warcraft and it gives me 30fps in Dalaran, using video setting in high (which is pretty intense). Lowering the details, I can get 78fps in Orgrimmar. Installed on Windows XP 32 bits without problems, automatically downloading the drivers from Microsoft, which were newer than the ones on the CD.

Cons: The noise drives me crazy, it is just too loud for a PC. My advice is to replace the fan.

Pros: I previously reported how loud the fan is on this card. It is still loud. But contacting XFX today, they are ending a resistor cable to make the fan run slower. I've read on some websites that this solves the noise issue. If so, then I'm mostly satisfied except for the hassle of waiting for another cable to install. A 3-wire fan with temperature sensor would be better. But this is an acceptable remedy to a pretty annoying issue. For those who can't tolerate the noise, get them to send a resistor cable. This lowers the voltage to the fan, forcing it to slow down.

Cons: Nothing additional.

Pros: Great price, flawless installation, works well

Cons: Doesn't come with power supply cable

Overall Review: Okay, so it doesn't come with a power supply cable, I suppose that is not really a con. Maybe it is the standard today when there are so many different power supplies. Luckily my husband is handy that way and he had a few different types of cables in the house and was able to quickly find the right one. This card works great so far. I've been using it for 4 days so far. I play MMOs on a daily basis so burn through video cards pretty fast. My last one lasted a couple of years so when my games started freezing up I decided it was time for an upgrade. This one was a fantastic price, and City of Villains looks better than ever. I'm not interested in either of the two free games but my son knows them from XBox so now I might have to upgrade the video card on HIS computer so he can play them! :) Now to fill out the form for my $20 rebate.... this deal just gets better and better!

Pros: You cannot go wrong making this purchase. Having an XFX product is proof enough, as I recently upgraded from another XFX graphics card which worked perfectly for 3 years. What a great price when you consider 1GB and GDDR2 compared to DDR3 is only a 2% difference and you pay so much less for nearly the same thing. Why not buy 2 of them for SLI. Played every game on the market with perfect flow, frame rate, and graphical enhancements.

Cons: None so far....ownership is less than a week.

Pros: Good Card, runs all of my games, i can now run Crysis, plus it came with two games, all around i am happy

Cons: it is a wee bit big, and the drivers on he CD are older, so it's best to update from the Nvidia site

Overall Review: Great Card, i am happy