a do a huge amount of research about this card before get it . and what I come up with , be that its the best card available at the moment for under about $ 250 . after have use it I still stand by that . HOWEVER there be some thing to consider : 1 : it be ATI ... some of you may read this and say what be you talk about I love ATI ? well that be fine . however I have have nothing but terrible experience -lrb- until now -rrb- with atus . this be the only card ive ever get that have work at all . Whats more , ATI have a record for have terrible driver , and this be seemingly no different . but it do work ... sorta ... 2 . the game : WELL my favorite game be Starcraft 2 . my old card a gt 240 run sc2 on high at about 35fp . this card will run it at about 45 and get horrid drop in frame rate that make the game almost unplayable . on the other hand . battlefield 3 , on the HIGHEST setting , will play at 70-90 fp !! with 0 frame loss !! go Figure !! 3 . this be a Minor gripe , but the 2 DVI port be not the same . 1 be Digital + analog and the other be just Digital . the card come with a Digital + analog converter , as do most . this mean that unless you have a digital only converter than you cant run to monitor with out hdmus . maybe its just I but I have rarely see Digital only be use . so if you would like to play bf3 on ultra with perfect fp than I recommend this card to you . if you really just play sc2 like I than consider something else , or look into driver ahead of time . I will be look for a set of driver that work well with sc2 .