this card really be a monster . it give I much better performance then my old 4870x2 do for less heat and less watt pull . the dual-x cooling design help keep the card a mild 30c idle and a maximum 54c under load in Saints Row 2\/3 . if you be go to be overclock this beware for the time be , AMD 's driver be not optimize yet and you run the risk of blue screening or just have the game freeze period . I oc ` ed it to 1ghz gpu clock and it freeze 8 minute into mu sr3 test . this combine with a i7-3930k be more then strong enough to play even the most demand game , emulate game like tale of Symphonia w \/ lle or Zone of the Enders , without much hassle .