MSI N460GTX Cyclone 1GD5/OC 1GB Overclocked Graphics Card Review

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(More customer reviews)This is about the smoothest running video card I've had in a long time. The past 6 years ATI has been my exclusive video card manufacture starting with the ATI X800 pro through the Radeon 1GB 4800 VC. After about 2 years with my 4800 it was starting to get long in the tooth with some of the newer titles this year. I originally wanted to go with ATI's 5850 model but the increase in price and high temps turned me off from ATI's products. I looked at Nvidia's GTX 470 VC but like the 5850 high temps, price, and power consumption turned me off. I was going to settle on the 5850 until this card came out, much better FPS per dollar, cooler temps, lower power consumption, and better over clocking abilities made this purchase a no brainer.
Pros
Cheap for what you get in performance, easy to install and very stable drivers at this point. Went from 48 FPS on my 4800 in Dirt 2 to 74 FPS over clocked. Speaking of overclocking I pushed the core to 800 MHZ, shaders to 1600 MHZ, and memory to 3900 MHZ stable with low temps around 65C playing Crysis.In terms of performance over clocked it performs on par if not a little better than the 5850 depending on what game and probably about 10 percent behind the GTX 470 which is not bad for cards that cost $50-100 more. Biggest reason why I got this card is because of 3D displays coming out in the near future something you can't get fully using ATI/AMD products.
Cons:
1st, Nvida's control panel is sloppy and slow, while the drivers so far has proven to be stable I can't stand how unresponsive Nvida's control is. 2nd reason why I switched to ATI only the past 6 years was card failures from Nvidia. My Gefore 2 MX, Gefore 4 TI 4400, and Gefore 6600 GT all failed in 8 months or less, not good when you are paying $300 plus for some of those cards. 3rd, this card is not that much faster than my 4800 playing DX9 or 10 games. I would say default settings its only about 25 percent faster, overclocked probably around 30-35 percent. This not really a con, I just prefer buying mid to high cards when it becomes 50 percent or more faster than my current.
Other thoughts:
If you got $225-250 laying around and have a VC slower than a 4800 or Geforce 260 than this card is right one for you, it's fast, cheap, and efficient in both size and power consumption.

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MSI Geforce 460GTX 1024MB DDR5 PCI-Express 2.0 Graphics Cyclone1GD5/OC, Dual-link DVI x 2, Mini HDMI x 1

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PNY GeForce 9500 GT 1024MB PCI-Express 2.0 VGA + DVI Graphics Card VCG951024GXEB Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this video card to replace one that went bad in a storm due to power surge. This card installed easily under Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. Drivers were installed automatically. Total time to replace damaged video card was under ten minutes. Card was also very cost effective.

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Verto Graphics Cards are the perfect upgrade for your casual gaming or Vista experience, providing DirectX 10 game support and HDCP capability. Experience amazing games and gameplay in HD with a Verto GeForce 9500GT HDCP-capable graphics card. Features full support of DirectX9 and DirectX 10 for games, plus the ultimate HD movie experience with HD-DVD & Blu-ray movie playback capability.

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XFX ATI Radeon HD 5850 1 GB DDR5 2DVI/HDMI/DisplayPort PCI-Express Video Card HD585XZAFC Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a non-reference version of HD 5850. The reference version (HD585AZNFC) has the fan at the end. This one has fan in the middle. The Core voltage control is disabled in this version. I purchased this card from JR through amazon.com and at that time model no. was not mentioned in the title and they were displaying the reference version image for this card. Make sure to check the model no. (HD585XZAFC is non-ref version, HD585AZNFC is ref version) before deciding and not just the image displayed. The ref version usually comes with Dirt2 coupon but this one does not.

Performance of this card is excellent. Played NFS Shift at 1920*1080 with max settings and average FPS were 55 (After applying patch 1.02). Dirt2 averages 70 FPS, GRID averages 78, Tombraider Underworld averages 70 at max settings and 1920*1080 resolution.

Great value for money. This is the best card for price around 300(as mentioned in "Best Graphics Cards For The Money: May 2010" review at [...]. This card is a little over 10" in length (XFX states it at 9.5") so make sure you have enough space. Two 6 pin power connectors are required from power supply. It comes with double lifetime warranty which gives peace of mind. Make sure to register in 30 days from purchase otherwise the warranty will be reduced to just 1 year.

At base voltage and clock this card is at par with its ref version. Performance might suffer at very high clocks since extreme clocks can't be achieved without voltage control. The ref version is a bit expensive also. Overall I am happy with this purchase since I am not into overclocking. This card has enough power to play available games at max settings so overclocking is not needed.

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XFX RADEON HD 5850 1GB DDR5 DISPLAYPORT HDMI PCI-E 2.1 - Chipset ATI Radeon HD 5850 GPU Radeon HD 5850 Bus Type PCI-E 2.1 GPU Clock 725 MHz Stream Processing Units 1440 Memory Bus 256-bits Memory Type DDR5 Memory Size 1.0 GB Memory Speed 4.0 GHz Thermal Solution FANSINK Minimum Power Supply Requirement 500 Watt External Power Requirement two 6-pin power connectors TV Out NO VGA NO DVI 2 Dual-Link Support YES HDMI 1 Display Port 1 OTHERMax Supported Resolution (DIGITAL) 2560 x 1600 Max Supported Resolution (ANALOG) 2048 x 1536 RoHS YES HDMI Ready YES HDCP Ready YES ATI CrossFireX Ready YES ATI Hypermemory NO ATI Eyefinity Technology YES MicrosoftDirectX11 ATI Stream Technology YES ATI PowerPlay Technology YES ATI Hybrid Grahpics Technology NO Accelerated Physics Processing YES Accelerated Video TranscodingYES ATI Avivo HD YES Low Profile Compatible NO Double Profile

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XFX ATI Radeon HD 5970 2 GB DDR5 PCIE2.0 X 16 HDMI/2DVI Video Card HD597ACNB9 Review

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(More customer reviews)Death in the Line of Duty
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To start, even though this card is dead and Amazon won't accept a return, I in no way
blame Amazon for this fiasco, as the card was manufactured by XFX, not Amazon. I do however
have some choice words for XFX as the only replies I have received from them look like they were
written by a fifteen year old with no tech knowledge.The Card
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running the 5970 in an Antec 900
with an overclocked i7 920 (3.2 GHz)
and a ocz 700w power supply.

When this card performed, it did so admirably, pumping out massive performance that dominated
every game I threw at it including the currently (in my mind) best looking game Metro 2033, and
yes, before you ask, it can play Crysis!+Crysis- 1920 X 1080 with everything maxed = 55 fps average.

+Metro 2033- 1920 X 1080 with everything maxed = 39-42 fps average.

+World in Conflict 1920 X 1080 with everything maxed = 80-110 fps average.

-Average Temps before death at 38 % fan speed: 38c at idle.
-Average Temps before death at 50 % fan speed (loud but I use headphones) 60c at high load.So as you can see this card is blazing fast, and requires less power and produces less heat
than two physically cross-fired 5870s. So if you are looking for insane performance with surprisingly
forgiving power requirements,(eat your heart out GTX 480!) then look no further than the 5970.Conclusion
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I didn't think it was fair to rate this card low so I give the card itself a 4/5
but I think XFX should be ashamed of their support, so XFX gets a 2/5.

So buyer now you are at a crossroads. You know you want the blazing, steamy performance this card can
bring, but should you get it from XFX? Well that's up to you. Maybe my situation is a-typical of XFX's
customer service, but I feel that in recent years XFX has dropped the ball in the service department.
Well I'm off to once again try and initiate the RMA process, but so far I'm being given the run around.
Overall this is a great card as long as it doesn't run into any problems, because XFX won't be there for
you.

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RADEON HD 5870 1GB DDR5 HDMI Graphics Card HD587XZNFC Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been building my own PCs for a number of years now. I have to say this is the most powerfull and most well founded GFX card I have ever purchased and used. I modded the card to a watercooled card with ease. Much easier then many of the NVIDIA cards I have worked with. I run 2 of these in Crossfire and my system more then maxes benchmarks. I get about 100 FPS with my system.If you are looking for a great GFX card for your system look no further. I am also able to run a 3 monitor setup form this one card with the Display port it has...EASILY ONE OF THE VERY BEST CARDS ON THE MARKET!

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Taking 3 enormous steps towards realistic gaming, the The XFX Radeon HD 5870 with Eyefinity Technology, gives the first-ever wrap-around in-picture experiece to fully immerse yourself in the game, or maximize your productivity at work.

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