Joined on 09/12/07
Best Bang For the Buck

Pros: This card is fantastic, blew my old nvidia 8 series out the water, Overclocks like a champ, the majority of my games now run 90fps and upwards, Crysis (64bit) manages 40FPS (2x AA @1600x1200 Max settings) definitely the best sub 3$$ card on the market. Tempted to go Crossfire.
Cons: Not entirely a con, but on the fan, lets be frank above 50% speed its a hoover (but a very efficient hoover), though at default clocks you wont see more than 38% (and its a whisper at 30%) at 100% load. It gets really hot, upwards of 78-80c though if you're case is a good sound isolator 50% fan will have you sitting around 65c.
Overall Review: Best card purchase I have made, beats out the others. Not the best of all cards on the market. But it's King at its price bracket, hopefully I will be seeing a solid 1ghz core on it when I get my water cooling rig setup.
Down Right amazing

Pros: Sound card and headset in one package The sound card is actually the same audio chipset as the other Xonar series plus a tweaked Sennhieser 350 headset so price with newegg is perfect. Gaming is amazing with 7.1 enabled used to run Tritton pro's these beat em hands down.
Cons: Only one con and that would be the 1/4in jacks for those who don't have amps or the right connectors. not a con for me personally
Overall Review: Used to run onboard audio, never really considered a sound card worth it....untill now, first track I played brought tears to my eyes it sounded so good. This is completely worth it!
Amazing!

Pros: Amazing headset! I have never known games could get me this immersed, the Crysis single player demo and any valve game sound amazing, I can hear those really annoying snipers try to get me half a map away, this is a definite headset for those who wish to enjoy the best sound and not keep everyone and their mother up at night.
Cons: Only real con, though solvable through an adapter is that the Microphone has to be plugged in separately for both Xbox and PC, however for PC u can get a 2.5mm to 3.5mm adapter and problem solved. only other minor annoyance for some is that you need to fiddle and tweak with the settings, but if you're a hardcore gamer like me this is actually a plus
Overall Review: For those who are using this for the PC and are complaining about poor sound/base, you are most likely listening to it through the G9 adapter, if you have a newer motherboard you will most definitely have a Fiber port on your PC, plug that in and connect it to the external card and your games/music/movies will blow you away! Definitely worth the $$$ dropped on it!