I bought this item, slightly sceptical that such a cheap card could offer any real improvement. I bought it to coincide with the release of BF3. My Nvidia 9600gt card just about managed to play the game with all the settings on "LOW". I whacked this baby in and everything automatically defaulted to "HIGH" and "ULTRA" with absolutely no loss of performance or reliability.
The game looks fantastic, plays smoothly without choppiness or screen glitching. I'd easily recommend this card if you want a decent, instant performance boost for a low cost.
MJust for info, my system specs are
Intel 2.5ghz quad processor
4Gb Ram
EVGA 550ti graphics card
Windows 7 32bit