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I didn't even purchase this card from Amazon, but I have to say that it is amazing when coupled with a core 2 duo E6600. I really could not slow the card down even at highest of settings. This card lets you set Anti-Aliasing all the way to 16X !!! Actually there is 16X and 16Q!!! It looks awesome is all I can say. I watched some high definition movies today (1080i) and they were crystal clear. I compare this card to the first direct X 9 card (the 9700PRO) which is the last card I bought. This is just as ground breaking as that card was even with direct X 9 games. The dark messiah game that came with my card ran like a knife through butter at the maximum settings at 1600X1200. Trust the reviews on this card and the core 2 duo 4 MB L2 cache CPUs. They are amazing how fast they really are. Cannot slow these things down at all with todays technology, but DX10 will probably start to slow these things down! Go get this now unless you can afford the 8800 GTX version which does have more pipelines or whatever.

I would give this card 5 out of 5 last year. In this price range which I paid around $330, this card has the best performance/dollar ratio. However, recent release 8800GT took away the spotlight. Below is the summary.

8800GT 512mb is no doubt faster than 8800GTS 640mb. I hate to say this since I love my GTS. The fact is simply because GT has higher core/shader clocks & number of shaders.

8800GT is marked cheaper than GTS lines which makes it the best performance/buck ratio winner.

Finally, if you're wondering how GTS 640mb handles Crysis and some hardware consuming games, the answer is it can easily cruise through COD4, Bioshock with high setting but not Crysis. You need SLI 8800GTX to do so.

Conclusion:

This is an amazing card with powerful capacity to handle all the games on today's shelf except Crysis. (It can still give you excellent experience if you know how to adjust settings.)
The card by itself is 5 starts. Put it next to 8800GT makes it 4 starts.

Bought this card to replace my GeForce4 video card. I must say that this card handles all the latest demo very well at full settings. I played Bioshock, Quake wars and Medal of Honor - Airborne (Please note that my processor is the Core2 Quad Q6600 and that the game play depends on your processor too). All the games ran smoothly at full settings. If you do not want to spend too much for your video card, then this is a good card to go for.

Make sure that you have a 16X PCIe slot and a good processor (at least above 3.2Ghz is recommended), else your processor will be the bottleneck.

Other thoughts: I have 2 LCD monitors. Well when my computer boots up only the primary display comes on and the secondary one will remain in sleep mode till the OS starts up. None of my older cards had that behavior. But it is nothing to worry about.

The fan does not run at 100% by default and is very quite. You need to install another utility if you need to increase the fan speed. But as you increase the fan speed, the noise increases too.

Great performing card. With two cards: Runs everything with the exception of Crysis on highest possible settings. Crysis can be put on high but not very high if you want a decent frame rate. Card runs extremely hot, need good airflow. Price is outragous compared to the newer cards that perform faster and are a lot cheaper.

BUY PCIe 2.0 -- Their cheaper and perform better!

Guao, this thing is a monster in every way... It really is powerful, I don't think i'll be needing a new GPU soon. The fan does'nt make any sound and it has a great desing, the card is a bit big, people might have trouble with some cases or may have to move the hard drives around. One thing I disliked is that the manual is on CD, common guys spend a little bit on paper, having the manual on real life is reaaaaally useful. Apart from that, perfect in every way...