XFX GeForce 9800 GT DirectX 10 PVT98GYDLU 512MB 256-Bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: The value of this card is amazing, not only is the price after MIR excellent, this card comes with a $40 free game, and an excellent warranty. This card is powerful enough to play any of the recent games, at any "reasonable" resolution (1680x1050 and under) on high settings with great frame rates. So far I have observed: Crysis: all settings on high, 2xAA, 1440x900= ~ 30fps COD4: all settings max, 4xAA, 1680x1050= ~65fps HL2: all settings max, 4xAA, 1680x1050= ~130fps ETQW: all settings max, 4xAA, 1680x1050= ~60fps (no matter what res or settings I use, it never goes above [or below] 60fps) The card is relatively quiet when idling (I have 4 1200rpm 120mm fans in my case, and it sits about 3 feet away from my head, and I cant hear it over them). I was planning on purchasing a cheaper card, and COD4, but when I saw this, I knew it was the best deal. This was the same price as buying a $70 card and the $40 game, but with better performance.

Cons: The card runs warm... I wont say hot, because most graphics cards that are reference design (aka, non-fancy cooler) run at least this hot. I havn't done a load temp test with it yet, but mine idles in the low 50's (ambient of about 22c). The main problem I have with the cooling on this card, is that it not only exhausts the heat inside the case, but it blows it in the wrong direction for most cases. What is happening to me, is my PCI-E slot is low enough that the airflow from my bottom front fan that the cool air is basically blowing directly into the exhaust of the GPU (from a few in away)... and I think that the fans are "fighting" each other. There has been no side effect of this as of yet, but it just seems counterintuitive to how a HS should be designed. The fan gets kind of loud when it runs at full speed... it is slightly louder than the stock CPU fan for an AM2+... so while its "loud" its actually fine, you wont notice it when gaming... you'll be to distracted.

Overall Review: Alot of people here seem confused about if their PSU is enough to run this. Wattages are important, but what it really comes down to is amperage. If you plan to run a 9800GT in your system, you need to have at least 26-28amps available on the 12v rail. If you're lucky, your PSU will tell you in its specs (the sticker on the side) how many amps it has on the 12v rail. If you're not as lucky, you can still find out, it just takes some simple math. Amps = wattage/volts... so you just take how many watts you have on your 12v rail, and divide by 12 to get your amperage. My earthwatts 430 has 360w/12v=30a, and has been running it just fine. (note: you CANNOT just add the amperage up if you have more than one 12v rail... you still must do the math... my earthwatts has two 17amp 12rails, but must keep to a 360w max between them, so always go off of the total wattage for all of the rails.) This is my first GPU, and i'm Impressed with the quality. I'll definitely consider XFX ag

Pros: Fast and good card

Cons: Has a problem under Linux when sharing PCI resources with other cards like TV cards. Never received a rebate... They send me an email and that is all I got. 3 months had pass and even the history of my purchases had been erased.. I saved the emails for proof always.

Overall Review: This is part of the email on 10/30/2008 The XFX Technology USA Rebate Center recently received your submission for the following promotion: Department: 111283 - PVT98GYDLU $20 MIR Customer Service: 877-776-2676 We appreciate your business. Thank you. Please do not reply to this message. Because this message has been automatically generated, your reply will not receive attention.

Pros: Much quieter than I thought it would be. Fan is easily controllable through Nvidia control panel although I keep it on auto. Ran 3dmark05 after some gaming and the card never reached 70 degrees and my score shot up a few thousand points. Idles @ 52 degrees, and 49 with case fans max. Outperforms my overclocked 8600GT XXX by a long shot. Plays everything I own maxed out except crysis (it's at the store) and when AA is turned up a lot. No problems with my 550w power supply. Free shipping, rebate, and a free copy of COD4. Awesome deal unless you already own an 8800. Don't need to think that through much do you?

Cons: May not be a con for everyone, but the card, as you know, is very long and relatively heavy. No performance gains from 8800, but an excellent buy for whoever has a lower end card (I had an 8600).

Overall Review: Give the card good airflow and you won't need an aftermarket cooler (unless you plan on overclocking it). I have a front intake and rear exhaust (120mm) and a little slot cooler and it works perfectly (52 idle!). Why are you still reading this buy it already.

Pros: Looks cool, doesn't need gobs of power(unless you SLI). Stock fan is not really loud. Came wih COD4 when I purchased it(main reason for buying). OpenGL 2.1?? Good documentation and support numbers are easy to find. Seems like this company really tries to produce a quality product. I like the support rail on the top of the card. It really helps with minimizing flexing when installing the card. Installed in a 3-year-old Dell Dimension 5100 with a P4 3.0Ghz hyperthread CPU and replaced a 7600gt. It really helped the PC with gaming performance and can run COD4 with most settings on high and frames around 50-70. Card clears the large central fan housing with about 1/8" to spare and the power connector just squeezes in. No problems with installation!!

Cons: Doesn't perform above the level of the 8800gt. I had done a little research , so this was no surprise. Costs more than most of the 8800gt cards unless you get the AKIMBO or some superclocked/silent cooler versions from E***, B** and other 8800gt cards. The XFX 8800gt was $20 less than this card, but was out of stock at the time.

Overall Review: OK, so the only difference between this and the 8800gt that I can spot is the addition of OpenGL 2.1. The 8800's use 2.0. If anyone knows more about this and can give more differences, please do so. I'm not sure which games use OpenGL, so I can't say if it's worth getting the card for this alone. I went with this card over another brand of 8800gt because I needed another copy of COD4 and the cost of the game and a cheaper 8800gt was actually more than this card with the free game. So, I got to try the 9 series and didn't pay more for minimal,if any, performance increase. Plays everything my 8800gt's do and seems to be very stable while doing so. I haven't overclocked yet, so I can't comment on that aspect of the card. This is my first XFX card and I can say that it seems very well built and the support and documentation is second to none IMO. 4 eggs because IMO a 9 series card should beat an 8 series if it costs more. no dice on that one, but a card worth trying

Pros: This card runs newer games very well. Settings can be pushed up to max with games on highest res. (besides using high AA settings). Decent price for a good card to keep up with new games. I mostly play WoW (60+fps) and the CoDs' multiplayer (runs very smooth)

Cons: This card runs at 50c idle and up to 75c under full load. It also blows the heat towards the front of the case. I installed the ZALMAN VF900 VGA cooler, which helped with the temps. It took my temps down to 38c idle and 63c load. The cooler fits perfect and is easy to install (the hardest part was getting the old heatsink off, I ran the card before removing the heatsink and it popped right off). I was going to get the ZALMAN VF1000 but it seemed too massive. Maybe it would give better temps tho.

Overall Review: Nice card to replace older ones to keep up with games. Runs hot but better coolers can be installed but that also puts the price up higher. Modded Xclio full tower gigabyte ep45-ud3p 4g ocz 1066 e8500 (oc'ed 3.60, 1600 fsb) xfx 9800 gt (little oc)

Pros: Great card i plan on getting another one to sli. I was a bit hesitant at first but im glad i got it. I play wow at about 120 FPS so im not complaing much.

Cons: hot(er) Its really not a big deal, but under a load this baby runs about 70ish.

Pros: Price to proformance this is a well worth it. Runs every game I have on max settings on a 22inch LCD at 1650 X 1050. (assassins creed 35 to 50 fps) (COD4 40 to 50 fps)(TF2 at 50 fps) If you're looking for a card that can run any game but don't want to kill the bank...look no further.

Cons: None....does what I expected it to do.

Overall Review: Pretty much if you don't own crysis or if you do but don't plan on trying to run it on max settings then this is the card I'd get. (still will run crysis on middle/high settings on my comp) Thermaltake W0100RU 500W Foxconn A7GM-S 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000 2.6GHz Socket AM2 Western Digital 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel

Pros: Can't currently say any.

Cons: I received the card very quickly through Newegg. I installed it correctly, and nothing, I got a blank screen on my monitor, I tried it on three different computers and decided it was faulty, so I start a RMA process with XFX on their site. I sent the card almost a month ago, and I'm still waiting for my replacement card. For anyone that wanted to know, my experience with their tech support and RMA process was horrible. I will come back and rate the card when I can actually use it.