eVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTX 768 MB PCI-Express Graphics Card

I've owned this card for awhile now and can't say enough good things about it. I've owned both ATI and Nvidia cards in the past so I'm not impartial to either side. I'll go with whichever company has the best product at the time.

That being said, at the time of my upgrading I couldn't find any other card that even held a candle to the GTX. Not only the card itself, but the company EVGA is great as well. Their lifetime warranty is awesome, their customer forums are very helpful, the step up program allowing you to upgrade to a better card down the road is an awesome option, and they release driver updates to improve the card in a very timely fashion.

The card itself runs very hot but the included cooler does its job well, even after a heavy gaming session my GPU temps rarely go beyond 65-70C. I decided to switch it out with the Zalamn VF 1000 with optional ramsinks just because I wanted to apply my own thermal paste, like controlling fan speed, it cools a tad...Read more

What more can be said about the 2nd fastest video card in the world? Only the Ultra is faster, and only by a few FPS. This card runs my games at reasonable speed with all features maxed out. If only nvidia would get its act together on the drivers. There are many "issues" still with the G80 series cards, mostly with multimedia playback, which I don't make much use of. For gaming, it is a great single-card solution available right now. Buyers considering purchase of a DX10 card should be aware that Microsoft has just come out with DX 10.1. Current generation DX10 cards will not support DX10.1 extensions and APIs. How big a deal this is remains to be seen.

Don't be disappointed with the numerous cons. I just got more descript with them.

Pros: The 8800 GTX can run pretty much anything (Few exceptions like Crysis but even then I pull off Very High at 1024x768 no AA) on the highest settings with little to no lag. The size and looks of it makes you feel like you just bought something from God.

Cons: This card runs HOT and that's no exaggeration. I had 70-80C temperatures with stock cooling. I picked up a Thermalright HR-03 Plus heatsink cooler found here http://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-HR-03-Plus-Video-heatsink/dp/B000NW916E/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1198705859&sr=8-9 and just fitted a 120mm fan on it (92mm is recommended for it, I got creative) and it worked beautifully. Another issue with this card is power. It consumes unnecessary amounts of power with it's two 6-pin molex connectors. I recommend a 600watt powersupply as a minimum. The next issue I have is size. This card is inevitably a two slot...Read more