EVGA GeForce GTS 250 DirectX 10 512-P3-1140-TR 512MB 256-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

Pros: This card is quiet despite running at 100% fan speed all the time, especially compared to my GTX260 @ 100%. I've got it in an Antec Three Hundred Case with 4 case fans and I can barely tell the computer is even on. This card has the BEST price/performance ratio out there. Only a couple bucks cheaper than the next best card for price/performance and can give 15-30% better performance.

Cons: No fan control in EVGA Precision, but not a big deal since it's quiet to me. Not much overclocking room. I think EVGA tested a bunch of GTS 250's and picked the one's that were stable at the slowest speeds and sold them as a crippled version. That's fine with me at this price. Only 2 year warranty but at that time I will want to upgrade anyways. Also, this card is not eligible for EVGA's Step Up program.

Overall Review: I use this in my wife's computer with an 18.5" widescreen monitor @ 1366x768 res. This card coupled with an Intel E5300 @ 2.6 Ghz and 4GB RAM is the perfect combination and plays all games at max settings. Mass Effect 2 avg. 60+ FPS, Crysis DX10 Very High avg. 27 FPS. This card is extremely good for price. Recommend this card, especially because it's from EVGA the best Manufacturer out there. Thanks EVGA and Newegg for a great product!

Pros: I upgraded from an nvidea geforce 6100 and i must say this purchase was WAY worth the price!!! I had never installed a graphics card before and i never read the manual yet it was simple to figure out. i litterally just played wow for 1 hour the fan is surprisingly quit and everything comes ready to go in the box. just slip it in connect three cables and your ready to roll!

Cons: ...

Overall Review: shipping was super quick too! go new egg and go evga and go nvidea! did i mention that it comes with free physX? it comes 3d compatible.

Pros: - Nice card, at least as long as it was usable (see below) - Comes with power adapter and DVI to vga adapter. It does take up a couple of slots but you should expect that anyway; however, it was not too long (about 9 inches, I think) to interfer with SATA ports, etc, on the motherboard. - EVGA tech support is great once you get to the 2nd level.

Cons: Fan is loud and speed cannot be adjusted through software according to EVGA tech support. Mine was stuck at 65% at around 40 degrees. I never got the chance to see if it would speed up with higher temps. Might try to hook it up to a speed controller when I get the card back from RMA.

Overall Review: Don't try flashing the bios with the 1150 update in the evga tech forums ... it will brick the card. (another admission by tech support). Read that to fix the fan issue, flash the bios with iso on the forum that was provided by someone in tech support. Apparently, it was not for ALL GTS 250's but they failed to say that. I contacted evga tech and they confirmed that it would brick the card and it would have to be RAM'd. They said something about the HD versions not having adjustable fans for some reason, which doesn't make sense ... I'm taking away 1 egg for the fan speed design, another egg for the misleading info in there forums by EVGA and giving on egg back for the 2nd level tech support and RMA process, even though it's going to take a couple of weeks.

Pros: Very fast card, plays all my games at high resolution with graphics settings turned up. The HDMI output is awesome, I hooked this upto my 42" plasma tv and was playing Modern Warfare 2, and this HDMI output blows s-video out of the water. Im going to pick myself up a 30-40 inch plasma tv and use as a monitor

Cons: Takes up 2 slots. Card does not have an s/pdif header for use with HDMI out.

Overall Review: Great card, great price, Love the HDMI!

Pros: I purchased this card as a shell shocker deal to place into a new machine I was putting togethor. I skipped using the CD that comes with it and just pulled the latest from Nvidia. Card isnt to large fits fine it my ATX coolermaster tower. I was looking at cards with the super cool looking heat sync covers on them but then I thought about it and it faces down where you cant see it anyways so the plain look didnt bother me much. Card runs very quiet and has been super stable so far. WoW on ultimate settings running 1080P averages 60FPS outside of major cities.

Cons: As I said above Card is plain looking but not really a Con since you cannot see the front of them anyways when its installed in most cases.

Overall Review: Havent messed around with the HDMI port on it yet...for the price, go for it!

Pros: Bought two for SLI, so far installed just one. Replacing my two 9500gt's in SLI. Windows 7 bumped the performance score from 6.6 to 6.9 with just this one installed! Can hardly wait to install the second.

Cons: Unfortunately, the rebate was not so good. When I purchased these cards(8.2.2010) it was advertised with a rebate. I thought cool. But the rebate apparently didn't go into effect until 8.3.2010. And my invoice purch. date showed the the 2nd. My rebate was rejected and I'm out 30 bucks each. A bit dissappointed. Also, the rebate is in the form of gift cards and according to the conditions only one rebate allowed per person via hosehold. So if you buy two for SLI, you might only get one. Not to mention you have to jump thru alot of hoops.

Overall Review: Have purchased most at Newegg and been pretty satisfied. Good store with good product. My system: Asus P7P55D EVO mobo,Arctic Frezzer Pro Cpu cooler, Intel I7 860 2.8ghz (stock),Kingston HyperX 2gb(x2)1333 ram,Creative Xfi Extreme Audio, Sony DVD Rom, Memorex DVD Burn w/ lightscribe, Seagate 250gb HDD (2x), One running XP Pro 64 and the other running Windows 7 Pro 64. All in a 20 year old Rosewill case.(Refitted/upgraded fan cooling). Vizio 37" lcd tv, via HDMI and audio using 11year old Technics reciever with 6 channel surround, JBL theater speaker set.

Pros: This is a great card for the price, don't get me wrong. It was able to play the Starcraft II beta on the High settings without having to overclock. The software included is fairly useful, the EVGA Precision is at least a halfway decent overclocking and monitoring tool, but it falls behind when compared to what I can do with the NVidia software. EVGA tech support was very good, although I am still waiting to get my rebate.

Cons: The card ran perfectly fine for about a week, but then the fan broke. It seems the torque was high enough to make the cheap plastic split down the middle. I had to RMA the card directly to EVGA. Also the drivers for the card have made my onboard video drivers corrupt for some reason - even updating or rolling back the drivers do nothing to help. I basically BSOD the first time I start up, though the restart works fine. I think it's just my mobo. Fan speed is permanently stuck at 100%, but that isn't a bother for me. It just means my card keeps at its top cool all the time.

Overall Review: If the blasted thing hadn't broken on me it would have been a full five eggs. The free games - which are actually THREE free games instead of two - are nice and show off the card's capabilities. This is my first time buying from EVGA and I'm more or less satisfied, other than the whole issue with the fan. The fan is extremely quiet when it works, assuming it works. I'm not sure what a couple people have posted about with the noise.

Pros: The card is shorter than I expected and fits in my small case well. It runs my games EXTRAORDINARILY well, especially in comparison to my old 9500 GT. It's got great ventilation and overall works well.

Cons: It may say it's a 2 slot card, but it's really a 3 slot card. You wouldn't be able to fit anything in the open slot below it. Luckily I don't have anything to put in the slot below it so I'm all set there. I still think it should be a 1 slot card. As mentioned in the other reviews, the fan is loud. However, with the software included (EVGA Precision), you can manually change the fan speed.

Overall Review: I don't know what happened with that one guy who didn't get the power adapter. Mine included it although I didn't need it. Great card, especially for this price (plus the $25 rebate I got). Don't hesitate buying this card.