after research many card in this price class -lrb- spring 2012 -rrb- I settle on this card . the combination of more core and more RAM mean I can get a few more fp with this card vs. similar price card . there be plenty of technical review that I see when research , so just google the card . the evga software let you control voltage and core speed and monitor fan in a user friendly app . the only surprise that I have be that it could only run 2 monitor at a time , so even if I have 3 monitor plug into the card , it only run 2 of they at a time . similar price and performance atus card generally can run 3 monitor off 1 card .