PNY VERTO GEFORCE FX 5700 ULTRA (PNY-VCGFX57UAPB)

• Reviewed by: gabemad007

  Strengths: Overclockable and stable. Fast and for the money this card is aweseome. I have a clear panel on my case and it looks good too.

  Weaknesses: I can't get people off my PC.

  Overall: I first overclocked this card and let my brother and friends play it to test its stability and they played Far Cry for hours, and nothing. Stable as a rock. I have always used nVidia cards, so I can't say anything bad for ATI I'll let that for the pro reviewers to compare. All I can say is that this card is a very affordable quality solid gamer.My budget RigAMD Athlon 64 3000+ (overclocked to 2.2gigs)Gigabyte K8NS PRO Mobo1 gig of cheap DDR PC3200 (overclocked at 440mhz) Seagate 80 gig SATA HDPNY nVidia FX5700 Ultra Video Card (yes, its overclocked)Sound Blaster Audigy Sound CardSylver X-Blade case with Blue Light Scheme

• Reviewed by: dbgt2155

  Strengths: easy to install, works with everything i throw at it

  Weaknesses: none found yet

  Overall: my system is an amd 2800+, 512 meg of pc-2700 ram, 120gig hd, cdrw, dvd. Its not an over the top pc but its a leep forward from the p2 700 mhz i had used. Benchmarking with the bone stock system with 3d mark2001 se 4495 not to bad, but when I installed the fx 5700 Ultra it jumped to a little over 14,000 I cant tell you the differance in games and even application. It is all i had hoped for and then some. I highly recommend this card, and people complaining that it is heavy, that is one sign of quality. If you take power supllies for example, if it light wieght its not worth a crap.

• Reviewed by: Ronstex

  Strengths: Very Good Card For The Price...

  Weaknesses: There Arent Any Inless Your Picky.....

  Overall: Very Nice Card. Would Buy Other One For My Other Computer.I Told My Buddy To Get It For Hes Computer So He Should Be Getting One Him Self.

• Reviewed by: johnnyhp1

  Strengths: Easy Installation. Compatable with existing hardware and games. Enables use of Direct X 9 and streaming video that other cards did not allow.

  Weaknesses: None!(so far)

  Overall: I originally replaced my previous video card because I could not play some newer games and could not download video clips without my system crashing. My previous card was a PNY G-Force 4 Ti4400. I originally tried an ATI 9600SE. I soon returned that however because it is nearly impossible to install on a mobo with a non-Intel chipset. There even is a page in the installation manual which requires you to change the chipset drivers BEFORE INSTALLATION! When I finally did get it working (with downloaded since drivers the instal disc was useless)the respose in some games was delayed and "choppy" and it crashed regularly and often! I returned it to the local vendor and called NEW EGG! They sent me a full retail version of the FX5700. It installed easily on the first try. The games I am running are smooth and fast. I wish I had stayed with the PNY NVidia product to begin with. I highly recommend this for anyone searching for a great mid price range card, especially for those with a non-Intel chipset on the motherboard. My system has an AMD processor with a Via chipset and now runs great. This new video card has breathed some life and extended the usefulness of my 3 year old system.

• Reviewed by: ganneenia

  Strengths: The NV35 chipset is much more compatible with DirectX9 than previous nVidia chipsets and has much better compatiblity with OpenGL than Radeon 9600XT. Very overclockable with extra cooling for future.

  Weaknesses: Only 128-bit memory bandwidth which limits the potential of its DDR2 memory modules. Large and heavy card, requires xtra ATV connector. Could use better DrirectX9 FSAA and anti-aliasing.

  Overall: Really good buy or upgrade for a mainstream video card that is pretty future-proof. Games run really smoothly and very few glitches. Make sure you use the 53.03 Forceware by nVidia.