BUT noticeably better performance than the integrated GPU on my Intel Haswell ...
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I was looking for low power usage, low heat, no additional power connector on the board and quiet operation...BUT noticeably better performance than the integrated GPU on my Intel Haswell based desktop processor.

Well, this card has come through on that promise.  It works great and I get a really nice bump in performance over the integrated graphics. I bought this card pretty much when it first came out, which was a bit high.  However, as of 7/20/2014 price is now appropriate considering what you get for the money.

Honestly, its the best card you can get from what I have seen, based on what I was looking for.

The only drawback I can see, is for those looking to have a dual card setup this one doesn't support that feature.  I didn't care too much about that so for me it's not a big deal breaker.
3495466
Solid performance with good overclocking. Could be a bit better on the single-core performance, however.
968749
I actually broke the locking device on my motherboard to hold it in place. Turns out it didn't matter as theis sturdy bricks sits in just fine anyways!
Such a great card, although i wish they would update their driver CDs. I can run high intesity games such as the Witcher 3 or other graphics heavy games, with a nice CPU of course.

Frame rates sit around 40-50 during normal gameplay and during cutscenes sometimes drops to as low as 20, although it is usually 30 fps in cutscenes.

Even with the high intensity games, it has never exceeded a GPU temp of 60, the highest it ever got while i observed was 56 degrees, while running the stress test and while playing the game.
1237231
I installed this on my Linux computer running Fedora. I use the NVidia binary drivers from RPMFusion. I've thoroughly enjoyed this upgrade from a VERY old card 2500GT or something like that. I'm actually able to play TF2 on my Linux computer now. I also use it to drive two monitors without any issues. A great card for running games at about 1080p as well as two monitors. I'm not sure how much of the load is on the graphics card vs the CPU, but I also record gameplay and stream via OBS Multiplatform without any performance issues.
4221143
I was impressed with improvement this card has made to my old Dell GX280. I  had installed Win 7 Ultimate  and tried to get by with the integrated graphics card, but the system was slow. The addition of this card has made all the difference in the world. The screen runs smoothly and my software runs faster
2507487
I recently built my first computer, my GPU was the R9 380 2GB model from Gigabyte. And my CPU was the Phenom x2 565 dual core.

Of course, the cpu bottlenecked my gpu quite a bit. I started playing the new game Black Desert Online, I had Low graphical preset and I still ran at about 30-40 FPS. After purchasing the FX-6300 Black, I got back on and my performance shot up, I now play on the High Graphical Preset with anywhere from 45-70 FPS. I can Max out almost any game, I can stream and record games smoothly without a problem. I am extremely happy with this processor, and would highly recommend it to anyone with the supporting chipset.
(P.S. The supporting chipsets would be AMD's AM3 or AM3+)
97773
We have some dated (over 4 year old) desktops, and have done some upgrades to them over time (new video cards, new hard drives, new DVD burners, and after the rest of the house went gigabit we wanted new network cards as our old PC's only supported fast ethernet).

This Intel card is not only fast, but offloads a bunch of stuff to the card, helping to improve overall PC performance. We purchased a bunch from another site, and after about a year, one failed. After deciding to replace it, the price winner for a single unit was Amazon.

If you need gigabit speed, and have an older PC, this may help a bit. It seemed to lower our overall CPU consumption and network responsiveness seemed slightly improved. Though we have no real way to accurately measure what changes occurred with respect to network performance as a result of installing this card.

The jumbo frame support seems to be inconsistent between various vendors, after a lot of experimentation, it seemed better to disable rather than enable it. Traffic on our LAN and across internet grows every year. With these cards, we'll be set until we need the next generation of PC.
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This card is a huge improvement from the old ATI 5450 1GB I was using before. With this upgrade, I went from sluggish gameplay (Skyrim) even at medium settings to smooth quick play at visually fantastic ultra settings.

The best part is, the card doesn't need any extra power beyond what the PCI-e x16 slot offers which enables me to get some new life out of an old Dell Inspiron 580 (Corei3, 4GB ram, Win7 64, 300W PSU). I don't need to spend on a new power supply (or a new computer) so it's a cost effective addition that performs very well so far.

Excellent -affordable- performance is exactly what a mid range video card should supply. This card is perfect for casual gaming.
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Bought this card to replace onboard Intel HD graphics (i3 chip) in a Windows 7 PC used exclusively with a Samsung 55-inch LCD TV, playing movies ripped to hard drives. The Intel HD 4000 simply couldn't deliver the true HD experience, with lots of banding, artifacts, and general low quality performance (videos would stutter as it struggled to maintain a consistent frame rate). Having used EVGA nVidia cards in all my other computers, this was a no-brainer, and the price just can't be beat. Card installed like a charm and immediately updated its drivers off the Web (no interaction on my part). Using an HDMI connection, the picture quality is 100 times better than the onboard Intel. Blu-ray rips are brilliant, crisp and smooth. Even my older DVD rips look so much better. The passive cooling is fine, because my tower is well ventilated, so heat isn't an issue. A world of difference for only $29, this is an incredible bargain. Kudos to EVGA and nVidia. Highly recommended.
2477514
Got this card when I finally decided to switch from an AMD 8350 + HD6970 to an Intel 4970k + Nvidia build. Quite cheaper than the other vendors but I would say that it was an awesome upgrade from my previous system with games so much better on my 1080 monitors at stock speeds. No LED for bling and its just black on the side with the MSI mark, no backplate as well that should have made it more sleek without seeing all the solders on top. Planning to get another one for SLI and to get some waterblocks to add it in my loop for better cooling.
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I'm running an older Windows7 P5NE-SLI motherboard with a q6600 processor. With this awesome GPU I can still hang with some of the more graphic intensive multiplayer games that I love (Planetside 2, Rust, Space Engineers). I plan on getting a second one soon for the SLI capabilities.
1958510
This was an upgrade from the AMD FX 6100 6x. To tell the truth I don't see any noticeable performance improvement.
1369412
Went from an i5 MB with 12m RAM, 600 watt PSU and onboard Intel GPU to this and haven't really noticed much of an improvement but I guess it did increase my editing speed a little with Vegas Pro. Not as impressed as I thought I would have been...or should be. Your mileage may vary.
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I'm a middle-of-the-road kinda guy. And I'm a shopper - price is important to me.  But that doesn't mean I like to settle for the mediocre.  I added this card to my Gigabyte GA-MA785GPMT-UD2H main board on a hunch based on past experience.  The hunch was that I wasn't getting all I could from the embedded graphics (ATI Radeon HD 4200 series) packaged with this otherwise terrific board based on my past experience with other ATI products.  My hunch proved valid with the purchase of this card.

I'm not a gamer - I don't need half the features this card offers.  However,  I am sincerely happy with the the performance features I do need and appreciate- such as a clear, unadulterated display free from artifacts and inaccuracies and enough RAM that it doesn't dip into my system resources to operate.

As a result, I feel as if I have an entirely new machine.  Applications respond quicker, and my HD display is finally fulfilling it's capabilities.  I could not be more pleased.
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I bought this computer toward the end of February. It arrived quickly and was well packaged but not overly packaged. The first few days I had it I received multiple error messages and it would not update drivers through the Nvidia control panel. It kept saying it couldn't connect now and to try later. The computer still ran well  but it was a bit annoying to keep receiving error messages on a brand new system. I eventually updated the NVidia driver directly from the website and that got the Nvidia control panel to work but didn't seem to do much else.  A day or two after I did that Nvidia released a driver update that solved all of my issues with the computer. I'm now I'm incredibly happy with the performance. The system goes from completely off to fully booted and ready to go in about three seconds. It is super stable and Fallout 3 now runs in windows ten without having to install dubious fan-made patches.
860505
Ever since NVidia announced the Geforce2 Go chip for laptops, I knew I had to get one. I closely followed the prices and availability of equipped laptops, finally deciding on this one after trying it out at CompUSA. The video performed better than I expected, and I expected quite a bit. I'm a fairly hardcore gamer and am amazed at the speed and quality of the video subsystem on the 3005-S304. The only slowdowns I've seen are in Quake 3 when I turned all the settings up to full, but this will bring even a beefy desktop to its knees. At 1024x768 in 32-bit color with the defaults for texture quality and lighting, I couldn't notice any framedrop. I tried Max Payne at 1024x768 at 32-bit color and it was similarly very smooth. I HIGHLY recommend this computer if you're looking for a laptop to game on. Not only that, but the P3 kicks butt in development as well. I've switched over to using the laptop exclusively for Windows development at work, because it's just so much faster at building the projects than the 600mhz Dell with 384MB ram I was using.
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Works really well with the ex240 cooling my CPU and gpu