Pros: Card plays everything I throw at it. Minimal temps, really no noise at all.

Cons: A little over a month after I bought it, my dvi connections do not work.

Overall Review: Now that I've owned this card for a little over a month, I came home last night to find my monitor not getting a signal. There was nothing special going on, on the pc, so I can't imagine why there would have been a problem. I cold booted, and could not get a post. I tried all the no-post things that I could, and low and behold, I tried an HDMI cable instead of DVI, and it boots no problem. Neither dvi port works now, and when they are plugged in, the fan spins up at max rpm, and the computer will not post. It seems to be working fine with hdmi, but I have opened a trouble ticket with xfx. Time will tell if they are as great as I thought they would be when I put my dollars down for this card. -AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition -MSI 890FXA-GD70 Motherboard -Cooler Master Storm Sniper Black Edition -Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus -4GB Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 -XFX Radeon HD 5850 -Antec True Power New 650W PSU -1 x 320Gb Seagate 7200 Sata 2 -2 X 640Gb WD Caviar Black

Pros: Fast. Maxes out anything I play. Fairly cool in comparison to NVIDIA product line.

Cons: Uses 2 6 pin PCIE connections

Pros: -DirectX 11 Support -Plays WoW at Ultra w/8x AA in 25-man raiding content -Stays cool (30C to 55C depending on load) in my case -Stays quiet -Even Crysis at enthusiast settings isn't much of a challenge! -Played S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat at Maximum settings 4x AA at ~65FPS -Best option for users as anything more expensive is risky with the uncertainty of DX11 in the next year or two.

Cons: -Board is slightly more flimsy than those with full sheaths, due to the length. It is very secure in my mobo, but it isn't perfectly level.

Overall Review: I do not consider the past two reviews accurate. User error can always reflect poorly on the product, when the product is not remotely at fault. The 5850's reference benchmarks/performance should be seen on any of the 5850's, whether XFX or not. If you are far below the reference performance, then it is likely user error, CPU bottlenecking, or some other issue-- NOT the video card. I installed this the night before last and played with Warcraft, Crysis, Aliens vs. Predator, and STALKER Call of Pripyat. I also went through all the 3dMarks and some other demos-- this card performs flawlessly. What's great is how cool it runs too - a lot of OC potential. The compatibility with my other hardware is outstanding and I am extremely thrilled with this purchase! XFX 5850 Gigabyte 890GX AMD Phenom X6 1090T Crucial Ballistix Tracer 1600Mhz DDR3 Corsair 650W

Pros: Runs Crysis on max settings

Cons: Heatsink blows air in the case

Overall Review: I like running the fan at 100% to keep temps lower

Pros: Low idle power consumption. Handles Crysis on Max settings @ 1680 x 1050 resolution like a charm. Fits nicely into the Antec 902

Cons: heatsink keeps warm air inside the case, but with proper air flow, it's not a big deal

Pros: works fine no problem , fast card . if card is hot, put the fan on moron . stop complaining.

Cons: std 725/1000- OC ati ccc 775/1125 get more using msi after burner get 850 - 900 / 1200 , 100 % fan with zalman vf 1000 .( delete file and change file cfg from 0 to 1 ) simple.

Overall Review: spend more get more . dont expect spend less get more. learn more from pro ( google it , and read more review). this is the cheaper vga can u get with dbl warrantie . and no control voltage. ( safe ) good brand you can trust.

Pros: Runs great, I run my monitor at 1080 and this thing chews up anything I throw at it.

Cons: Slightly large card, make sure case will fit it.

Pros: Solid construction, great price on Newegg. This is a heavy duty card, People complain about the "cheap heatsink". For a stock heatsink it is so much nicer than people are giving it credit for. It has 2 offset heatpipes and an aluminum dispersion ring, the blades on the dispersion ring are solid. If you bought a video card a year ago, the construction and quality of fans and heatsinks didn't come close to this.

Cons: Not as aesthetically pleasing without a full coverage encasing fan solution but... Having the board and area around the GPU open allows my fans to keep this card cooler by blowing across it.

Overall Review: Having 2x 6pin pci connectors at the rear works well IF you have a ground mounted PSU.