upgrade from a msus atus amd 4870x2 . . have this card for almost four year and now just upgrade to this gtx 590 . the 590 card run hot but a lot queiter and cooler than the 4870x2 . i notice a big difference like smoother and faster framerate and i think i might need to play it on a good quality 30 inch monitor vs. a 24 inch im play on cuz just seem to be a boottle neck . first time upgrade to geforce family and pretty happy with it so far . spec : i7 2600k 7.8 corsair vegeance 7.9 graphic card 590 7.9 ssd intel 160gb disk 7.6 use coolermaster centurion case power by corsair ax850 supply , asus mb z68 deluxe , coolermaster hyper 212 cpu cooler LOVING my new upgrade so far !!!