Best value video card!
923212
Since the R9 280 is just a rebrand of the HD 7950 the value is amazing. I am running two of these on water and I can play any game on high to max settings. Crossfire can take some extra tweaking to get working with some games and some can't use it at all.

Get two of these in Crossfire for a couple hundred bucks and over clock them to basically have an HD 7990 which is about the same as an R9 Fury X, Titan X, or 980 Ti but at one third the price!
2460573
This is the perfect price for this card at the time!
Good Price, good looks, good quality! You get to play the
games without breaking the bank and it looks gorgeous!
Running on Dell Inspiron 660 quad core, 8 GB (Note: Win 7 32bit)
with a 300Watt PSU and a 128GB SSD/1TB WD drive.
Runs DOTA2 Max, Planet-side 2 Max, Battlefield Max!
I'm a long time Nvidia fan but this ATI card and drivers make me
think twice about Nvidia.
4672855
Better than I expected from an "entry level" graphics card thats for sure! This was easy as pie to install. Just popped it into the mobo and plugged in the 4 pin connector and the system was ready to go. I've been testing it out relentlessly on my first time pc build. So far no issues whatsoever. It can handle just about any game you throw at it, and while sure it may not get you ultra quality every time but I experienced excellent framerates between 40-60 depending on the game. I suppose I'll mention my system has 2 4gb g skill sniper ram cards and amd athlon quad core cpu. All I wanted was a rig that could handle the current gen and beyond games at the very least with minimal quality and I got more than that with this.

The only negative thing I can say is that at first the card for me would run too hot and shut down automatically only minutes after playing a game, but with the program speedfan I was able to monitor the temps and crank up my gpu's fan to 100% which, for some reason it was not at. After doing that I have been incident free!

Games I Tested & Run W/O Issue: *UPDATED 7/19/14*
[Testing @ High/Very High/Ultra settings in 1080p with results between 40-60+ fps)

- Smite - Team Fortress 2 - DOTA 2 - Portal 2 - Painkiller: Black Edition - Super Meat Boy - Mortal Kombat Komplete - The Darkness II - Fallout: New Vegas - Left 4 Dead 2 - Warframe - Path Of Exile - Minecraft - Bioshock - Spec Ops: The Line - Skyrim - The Bureau: XCOM Declassified - Tomb Raider GOTY Edition - Prototype - The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
4391705
Zotac makes awesome video cards, but their PCs are awesome too.  I put 8gb of ram and a 5400 RPM 1 TB hard drive in mine, comes with 3.0 BT as well, well worth the $200.00 for it even without a hard drive and ram...mines running windows 8 and runs awesome...I won't even buy a PC unless its a AMD processor, and this one runs good at 1.7Ghz dual core
3404225
I've personally always had a great experience with Asus products, in particular their ROG/Strix line.  Honestly this card was an amazing price to performance value when I purchased it (early 2016).  It will easily serve as a jumping off point for anyone looking to expand their gaming beyond 1080 resolution.  I found this card pushing big Triple A titles at 1440p with well over 100 fps.  Pair it with a quality G-Sync monitor and you can't go wrong.

I would have a hard time recommending this at the current market value however, considering it is selling for around the same price as the 1080 Ti I purchased around Thanksgiving.  However, once the market prices normalize again I wouldn't hesitate to move someone towards this card.
3350056
I've never been a fan of Zotac, not sure why except they're always priced at the lowest end.  This is a great card!  I have several 980 Ti's and a couple GTX 1080's and needed to try the one in the middle. I'm now having to rationalize why I spent the money on the 1080's!  My favorite builds used to have GTX 970's in them, now I'm enamored with the 1070 price/performance ratio.  There is no perceptible difference running a 1080 next to this one.  Same programs and games run blindingly quickly.  FPS is higher on the 1080, but that translates to nothing noticeable by a human being. I'm set up to run 2 complete systems side by side, working off the same i7 5820K CPU's and 3000Ghz Corsair Ram with the same 4k monitors also next to each other.  This card is fast, handles anything, runs about 10 degrees cooler (Celsius), takes a back seat to nothing.
3449880
Great video card for my purposes. The price was excellent. High performance.
3211742
This graphics card is great! Owned for about a month now and hasn't failed me yet! I mainly got it to play games like Grand Theft Auto San Andreas and Minecraft. But now i see it works pretty well with games like Vice City, Driver Parallel Lines, Bully, and Slender. I even get decent frames per second with graphic mods. Based on a graphics card hierarchy, I found this card's performance is the equivalent of an Intel HD Graphics 3000. I also found it is sold at a very good price, and just had to buy it to upgrade my low end PC from a GeForce 6150 SE, which is integrated and slows down my CPU. I was initially worried that installation would go wrong somehow, but even though this was my first PC upgrade ever, I was incredibly happy to know that installing the card on the mobo was a breeze, the 250w power supply was not a problem for this upgrade, and installing the drivers was a very simple process. I would recommend this graphics card to anyone who wants to play PS2 era games, and other games like Minecraft on their computer, while not having to spend too much money.
4574412
The Video Card is amazing! I found a very old computer and resurrected it with this card! Plays Battlefield 4 Ultra 1080p around 60fps on singleplayer and very smoothly on high for multiplayer. I think the only reason it lags at all is because of my other specs. Very easy to install although the card is very big! Make sure you have a long case since i had to move around my hard drives to make this thing fit. SLI would be almost impossible. Comes with DVI to VGA adapter.

Computer Specs: 650W Power Supply, ASUS Sabertooth x58, Intel i7-920, 10GB DDR3 1066, 120SSD
1457694
I have to say, i was a bit skeptical when buying this card for such a low price when it offers 900fps in 80k titles. However, i was shocked when i could easily overclock it to 10ghz without an ek waterblock. I highly recommend this card for enthusiasts looking to build the ultimate gaming rig. compared to last generations measly titan xp with only 12gb of gpu ram, this new version comes with 1.2tb of it. Also the ddr3 connector is the way to go compared to gddr5x slots. When you put this in 8way sli and pair with an intel core duo you will crush the benchmarks. With my rig i was the top in the world on fire strike until 20 seconds later someone else came in with a 16 way sli configuration. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS PURCHASE! YOU WONT BE DISAPPOINTED
1848412
I bought the 970 and an thrilled with it!  EVGA did an exceptional job packaging NVIDIA's product.  I saved about half the cost for ~ 400 cuda cores.  It is fabulous for displaying high resolution action.  I strongly recommend EVGA for their build quality.  I'm not sure how to describe the craftsmanship of the board except to say you could see and feel the effort that went into crafting the card.
1398950
This "low-end" graphics card acts like it believes it is a high-end fellow!  With 512 mgs of on-board ram it renders pc graphics quite nicely.  On my pc, Windows Vista rates it 4.9 and 5.3, respectively.  It was simple to install.  The card is smaller (PCI-E) than most other cards and easily slips into its slot on the pc.  After turning on my pc, it asked for drivers (included on a CD disk) and loaded them flawlessly.  It's the first time in recent years that I didn't have to tweak anything!  And did I mention the price???  Unbeatable, in my view.
876337
I purchased this card to upgrade the lame video card that came standard on my computer, and am very happy. I always used ATI video hardware in the past but became disappointed with the quality and driver availability. My experience with this Nvidia card is awesome. They provide regular (monthly) and quality driver updates, and the card runs awesome. I've run Crysis (and warhead) at the highest settings (no AA) and it works great - a couple of minor studders but very playable. Overall very pleased with this purchase. My only complaint is that the "HDTV" support is overstated. It comes with a pathetic component cable adapter, which cant support 1080p. If you are using this card with a high end TV or projector you will need to buy a better cable. I actually use a plain old VGA cable which is crystal clear and looks great on the screen.
4135823
Great card, maxes out pretty much anything I throw at it! Has 3GB of VRAM so if you're into modding games to have HD textures or you want to play in absurdly high resolutions, this is the card for you! I keep it clocked at 1GHz core and 1375MHz memory and it serves me very well. Shipped very fast: Received it within 3 days of purchase. Would totally recommend this, however, make sure you get the CPU and Power Supply to match this beast, no less than 650 watts MINIMUM. I got a 700 watt for it and it works just fine. As for the CPU, don't make the same mistake I did of getting an FX-6100, that CPU is awful for gaming. Get a 6350 and up!
1739767
You won't het better value than this. I tried to create a similar build on pcpartpicker and I could not beat the price for the power. I can run all the new games well and I am extremely satisfied!
2716179
This video card is fantastic!! I have a AMD 5200 with 2gb ram and this videocard and I can run Crysis, Gears of War, Mirror Edge, Call of Duty World At War with no problem! Excellent Video Card!

Cheers
1189965
It's been a beast. I have played Far Cry 4 using this video card with no slowdown or issues whatsoever. I use Photoshop and Adobe products regularly with extremely large images and I have no complaints. This is definitely the best video card I've owned.  Highly recommended and I'm pretty choosy about my video cards due to my photography and gaming needs. If you can get this on a great deal it's worth every penny.