11-28-07
Duration of ownership:
Strengths: Good performance for the price!
Weaknesses:None really...OK, so it's not the fastest beast out there.
Overall Evaluation: I bought this card primarily for general use in Vista and for playback of HD-DVDs (paired with PowerDVD Ultra 7). I'm not much of a gamer, so this card could be considered overkill, but it works great for me... and after rebate, it's pretty cheap (relative to some video cards out there, anyway!).Unless you need top-of-the line performance, this could be a good choice. If you want really good performance, SLI two of them together. It'll still be cheaper than the ultra performers out there.
10-06-07
Duration of ownership: 3 Days
Strengths: heck of a difference in "seeing" a game,was it worth it YES would i go for the 8800 series ,i will hold off on that 'till more directx10 games out
Weaknesses:MUST get updates as soon as you put it in. Be Sure all old drivers are out from other video card
Overall Evaluation: Very very happy with my purchase .Have read a lot about DX10 just wish that so much of it was Not contradicting in information ..some stories say that putting the card in sli 2X there is a Massive drop in frame rate. so read up on it that was the main reason i went with the 8600. It seems that professional reviewers forget that the regular guy is spending their own money and not the bosses or company Enjoy
