XFX GeForce 9800 GT 512MB DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 SLI Support Video Card PVT98GYAF3

Pros: couldn't use it to find any

Cons: does not work with dvi/vga adapter, so using a vga monitor is out of the question, information about this fault should have been given

Pros: Great performance, w/ HDMI output and all that good stuff. Doesn't require external power which was a big plus for me.

Cons: It's definitely the loudest component in my case. I didn't realize until afterwards that it uses DVI-D (digital) connections only (I assume all the new cards are this way nowadays). This means that you can't just stick on an adapter for an analog VGA monitor. I thought the card was broken at first until I saw the little (*) note in the manual. If you've got a new monitor that shouldn't be a problem.

Pros: great video card for the price!

Cons: did not come with an adapter but other than that everything went in perfectly and smoothly.

Overall Review: newegg shippping owns all

Pros: I have seven 9800GT and four 7950GT by a different manufacture. Only other video card running in my gaming lab was a fanless XFX 7600GT. Since I could no longer find the 9800GT's i prefered, and because I never had an issue with my XFX 7600GT, i gave this model a go. The stock VGA cooler that came with this model made more noise than anything currently running in my lab. I immediately replaced the stock fan with a ZALMAN VF900 – CU 2 Ball VGA Cooler. Video card now runs great! Great value for the price including the after market Zalman addon.

Cons: It came with a undesirable VGA cooler. Not overclocked.

Overall Review: Nice to have a video card with HDMI

Pros: Runs most games maxed out with a smooth frame-rate.

Cons: VERY LOUD, you can always hear it running. Because of the size of the fan it makes a very high pitch sound when you start playing demanding games. This is most likely causing me to replace it very soon.

Overall Review: It overheats really easy. I've had it for about 2-1/2 months now and its starting to go to black screen almost everyday because of it overheating causing me to reboot. Its gives good frame-rate but there are better ones out there.

Pros: Fantastic card, performs exactly as needed and gives me the performance I was expecting for the price.

Cons: Kind of loud when at full load. Originally I was using a DVI/VGA adapter, but as other have said it did not work. I also tried a DVI/HDMI adapter and that would work but not always.

Overall Review: I ended up getting a new monitor with a DVI port so I could use a straight DVI/DVI connection. That has worked well with no problems, but kind of bummed I had to upgrade my monitor when I was trying to do a budget upgrade.

Pros: Easy install. Had the HDMI output I was looking for and there isn't too much to really connect for the card.

Cons: The driver disc does have some drivers on it, however you have to register with their site to get the up to date drivers. When you install those, you don't really get the right drivers. The real drivers you need are at nvidia.com.

Overall Review: Good Card, solid workmanship. HDIM and DVI output.

Pros: i'm sure the card will be a good upgrade when i get to use it.

Cons: the only thing that i didn't find too helpful is that the video card came with no adapter of any kind for older monitors. I only say this as a negative since every other card I have ever bought low end or higher has come with some sort of adapter such as DVI-VGA. I know it clearly shows in the pictures that it doesn't come with one but i think it would be a whole lot better if it did since I now had to track one down making the whole upgrade process take somewhat longer.

Overall Review: upgraded from a 8600gt 256mb 128 bit interface. that card got me by since the end of 2007. that old 8600gt only had 32 or so stream processors where this one has almost 4x that amount. I expect this to be a pretty decent upgrade from that card....once i get the chance to use it.