MSI nVIDIA GTX560Ti OC 880MHz 4200MHz 256Bit DDR5 TWIN FROZR II Graphics Card (1024MB, PCI-E, 2xDVI, 2xHDMI)

Amazing graphics card. I've spent a long time doing a hell of a lot of research on GPUs, but this one stood out the most, regarding price, performance, heat, and power consumption. I make gameplay videos to demonstrate what GPUs can do, and have already made one for this 560Ti card: Metro 2033, a brilliant example. If you're wanting to see for yourself, just go on YouTube and search for "MSI 560Ti Twin Frozr II OC - Metro 2033 (Gameplay)" and it should be the first one, by derteufelmann. By the time you check it out, I'll probably have more, so just go on my channel and have a look to see, conversely, you can just check out the 550Ti ones and keep in mind that the MSI 560Ti is a LOT better than the PNY 550Ti.

Pros:

1. Very, very fast.

2. For me, with a well cooled case and 4 high quality none-essential fans, my 560Ti has been no hotter than 66c after a while on several various games. I'm at stock, and the fan control is automatic, so, for those that know, this sucks a bit and thus, the cooling can be much better just by simply setting a better fan operation.

3. Even with the fans maxed, the noise isn't bad at all, especially when compared to how loud the PNY 550Ti was at full. I'd say it's well worth setting the fans to about 80% or 90% when the temp' hits a high-usage amount, pertinent to your setup, so that it essentially revs up properly, when you are actually on a game; this method is especially great, when you have, and often use, headphones.

4. The card looks the business, and for those who appreciate the aesthetic value of their merchandise, you will surely not be disapointed.

5. While this card can draw a fair amount of wattage, it does seem to put it to fair use, and isn't anywhere near as bad as some cards in the market. The card features 2 6-pin PCI-E ports, which draw 150 watts, and you have the 75 watts from the PCI-E slot, which gives you a 225 watt power draw. I'm a little rough on the workings of electricity, so I don't quite understand why I'm about to share with you, but apparently this card, when overclocked, can eat up a little over 300 watts, so it's worth keeping this in mind, should you decide to OC.

6. SLI support! While some will pout at the restriction of only 2-way, I vote this to be a good thing, because two of these cards are phenominal! I still can't decide whether I'll be getting a second, since one is pretty insane enough as it is, mauling games like Metro 2033, Bulletstorm, Crysis 2, CoD, etc, on max, or near max settings at 1600x900.

Cons:

1. The way I see it, the 6-pin ports are in an extremely stupid place - I don't know WHAT they were thinking putting it where they are; I have a very decent big case and still it's a hell of a squeeze, and I have a TX750 Corsair PSU, so anyone with one of these, will know the wires and connections aren't exactly small and nimble.

That's it - as of yet, I cannot fault this card.

Do I recommend it? HELL YES, I do.

I purchased this card just under a month ago. I have been monitoring temperatures levels recently and noticed some issues. The card under 100% load was running at 100-105degrees C. and about 50degrees idle.

The case has great airflow, but sky high temperatures within 2 minutes of playing Battlefield 3 or even Eve Online which isn't that taxing. Have forced me to send this back for a replacement.

Make sure you install MSI's Afterburner software, and keep tabs on your temperatures.

Update: 2 days earlier than the estimated delivery date, my replacement card arrived.
Playing battlefield3, my temperatures dont go over 50degrees, the GPU usage no longer sticks to 100% usage on the most mundane of tasks, and my performance in Battlefield3 has doubled over the faulty card. Working properly, this card is great. I may get another to SLI them.

I can't fault Amazon on their support, and now i have a fully working card, it's great. I still won't give it 5 stars due to the issues with the original card i had. But if you get a good one first time, then pretend i gave it 5.

great card i upgraded from a 550ti and see a lot of difference its running at 29c on idle and 41c on black ops everything on high and 60fps sound is good no major noise worth moaning about b ut i would say get a full tower i have a midi and its tight fit
intel i7 860 @ 2.8
psu 700
ram 8g , 1333
and a basic dell mother board that come when i bought the pc
anyhow i recomend the card