buy this card on a tight budget to replace a 9800 gt that start get graphical glitch , be expect it to run at least similar in performance but I be wrong by a long shot . while this card support DirectX 11 and claim to take gaming to the next level , it fall short . run it in a Quad Core system with 8gb ddr3 with more than adequate psu and the card struggle to run game such as the Witcher 2 , the Hunter , Dungeons The dark Lord even at lower resolution . I try everything from 1024x768 up to 1600x1200 on a standard CRT monitor to run it on my 40 '' wide screen lead tv @ 1920x1080 . this card just be not mean for any serious gaming . that be not to say it do not run any game , it do run Sims medieval and portal 2 fairly well . this be a major step down from my old BFG 9800 gt oc 512mb card , the only gain I make here at all be dx11 support . I think this card fall behind somewhat consider it rely on get all its ' juice from the pci-e slot instead of have its own power source be plug in . it do play video fine as expect , but then again so do the old 7600 g agp card in my old system . if you look for a gaming card on a budget , I would overlook this one and spend the extra 20 odd buck and get a 9800 gt 1gb card or for close to the same price the gt 430 outperform this card as well ...