GIGABYTE GV-R787OC-2GD Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card

Pros: -This card is very fast, and came with a good incentive to purchase.(Came with Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite, both very entertaining games. Supposedly there is now a Far Cry 3 promotion, and those who recently purchased a card before this can e-mail them to get the game, but I am unclear on the process.
-This card is quiet, though from what I can tell, since my stock fan sounds like a jet plane.
-Helps me render well, I can use OpenGL and am able to maneuver my models smoothly.
-Overclocked out of the box, and since I am unclear on overclocking, this helps me.

Cons: -The only true "Con" I can think of is, depending on the game, I can notice some artifacting, or some kind of glitch, but this isn't for every game I have played. If there is a way to fix this, I would like to know, as my drivers are currently up to date.
-This card is pretty massive, but what can you expect from a card that outputs so well?

Other Thoughts: First, I would just like to say, this card is an AMAZING, for lack of better words, improvement over my previous computer I had. Using an old, integrated Nvidia 9200, it was difficult for me to even play older games at smooth frames. With this card, I'm able to play games such as Bioshock Infinite, Sonic Generations, Dragon Age: Origins very smoothly, usually at 60fps if it's locked, or above and beyond the 60fps someone will usually strive for.

Overall, I am very pleased with this purchase, though I felt it was slightly over the expected price. It works beautifully, and truly is a major improvement to the card I had used prior to it.

Pros: -Quite (if you turn the fans down) it's quite loud if you stick with stock fan settings.
-Runs really cool (even with my reduced fan speeds, 10% at idle and 25-30% at load) it idles at 33C and around 55C at load.
-Really quick. With a stock FX-6300 I get 60fps on modded Skyrim (4X AA/8X AF, ENB, and Hi-Res Textures) 60fps, Far Cry 3 on Ultra (2X AA) 45fps, and Blacklight Retribution everything maxed out 80fps.
-Looks sleek and sexy.

Cons: -Very loud if you don't turn the fans down.

Pros: -Great card runs everything
-supports my 3 monitors great
-No problems for me
-2 free games ( I bought it before the farcry3 addition)

Cons: -non so far

Other Thoughts: Benchmarks (Done with fraps)
Tomb raider Ultra 1080p:
Frames: 3367 - Time: 58656ms - Avg: 57.402 - Min: 43 - Max: 61
Crysis 3 (single player) Ultra 1080p:
Frames: 16693 - Time: 282113ms - Avg: 59.171 - Min: 8 - Max: 62
Borderlands 2 Ultra 1080p:
Frames: 15370 - Time: 146438ms - Avg: 104.959 - Min: 60 - Max: 122
Would post others but don't have the time at this time.

Pros: Nice, quiet card that runs cool.34 degrees with a modest O/C.

Cons: Can be a bit glitchy at times. I get a one good hard crash every 6 weeks or so. Restart and the problem goes away.

Other Thoughts: I have tried to keep the drivers updated, so not sure why the crashes happen. Other than that i have no problems with this card at all.

Pros: Fast and reliable. I popped this bad boy in and It ran everything I through at it. It runs the two game I got free for with it with no problems. I average 50 fps on every game i play. Stays cool at load with around 40C and idles arounf 20C.

Cons: Large, I mean LARGE!!! This is a big beast! I had a hard time determining if I should take out my side fan or get a larger tower. I just kept my side fan and I have about an inch of room.

Other Thoughts: Planing on buying another for cross fire. But I got tomb raider with my first buy so might just give to someone else. Though I would buy even without the free games.

Pros: Works great when working.

Cons: Developed artifacting and weird video glitches, have tried many different drivers and solutions but it is too late to get an RMA from newegg, guess I'll buy nvidia next time.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your GIGABYTE product. Please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyteusa.com with the case number 96089 in the subject line. We will provide personalized service and analysis to help solve your issue ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your contact number, and we will contact you.

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Pros: Looks really cool, it's nice and quite, and it was delivered really fast.
But besides that can't really tell product was DOA.

Cons: Product was DOA, tried calling Gigabyte Tech Support, but their work hours are 8:30am - 5:30pm M-F. So kinda hard to get in contact with them.

My desktop won't even post once I put the card in, powersupply is a thermal take 750W bronze so not a PS issue. As I am only running one card atm.

My MB is a Sabertooth 990FX, so I know that I will not get PCIe 3.0 speeds, but I mention the MB because it has indicater lights on to show where it's at before post. With the new card it gets stuck at Video signal (no built in video) but it boots fine with the old card a (MSI 6670).

Other Thoughts: So not trying to be a complainer but I mean I leave for work at 6:00am and don't get home until 7:00pm and they aren't open during the weekend. So how am I supposed to contact their customer support?

I know they also have an email tech support as well but it's still the same issue; that I will not get a response until the next day so there's another day with this very expensive paper weight.

Working on an RMA now, hopefully the next card will work, I'll update once I get in it next week sometime. -_-

Manufacturer Response:

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Pros: I have had this card for almost six months now and it has taken everything I have thrown at it. It always runs cool even under load and is very quiet.

Cons: None.

Other Thoughts: This card is pretty big so make sure it will fit in your case before buying. I use multiple monitors and have never had a problem with the drivers on the website.

Pros: Great performance in terms of clock and general fps. Very quiet.

Cons: Tons of artifacts and flickering. Not a vsync related issue but most likely a driver issue. Is there a reason AMD has not updated drivers for this card since January? First time buying an AMD/ATI card, always been an Nvidia fanboy but took a risk this time. Did not pay off. I've tried uninstalling drivers and reinstalling but to no avail, card actually performed WORSE after that. Cleaned the registry of all drivers and sweeped my OS for any remnants. I'll have to find a way to get this card off my hands and eat the loss, and just wait and pick up the 660 ti.

Other Thoughts: Not a bad company, but there has to be a faster response to these issues. I've been reading negative reviews since after I bought the card in February.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Customer,

Thank you for your comments. We apologize for your difficulty with your GIGABYTE product. Please contact us at newegg-support@gigabyteusa.com with the case number 95792 in the subject line. We will provide personalized service and analysis to help solve your issue ASAP. If the matter is urgent, please send us your contact number, and we will contact you.

GIGABYTE VIP Support Team

Pros: Its much better then my 4850hd cards i had and Man 2 free games pfft i could not pass this up, playing BF3 in High, TombRaider in High, Bio Shock in High, Guild wars in ultra, Starwas Old Rep. Maxed, Simcity 5 Maxed, Black light Ret. Maxed a must buy with the 2 free games

Cons: Ummmm BIG card that it all i have spoken!

Other Thoughts: Big card thank the computer nerd in me i have an Antec 900 case that will fit it did not know it had to have 2 power connections to run it tell i got it but no biggie i just should learn to read specs on whats needed b4 i buy next time but thats on me! =)