Update 20 June , 2012 : the issue describe below be indeed due to the idle clock speed . the RAM and GPU clock speed be too low . when something use hardware acceleration -lrb- so it go from low clock speed to high -rrb- the change in frequency cause screen flicker and other issue -lrb- jerky movie , etc -rrb- . they can be manually adjust via Catalyst 's configuration file , however unlike gigabyte which have release a bio fix , Sapphire be yet to do so . another issue I experience with this card and something that can plague other mid to high end card be that of coil whine . it be a buzz , whiny noise when the card be perform something under medium to high load -lrb- such as play game -rrb- . it be relatively common and nothing to really worry about , however something to keep in mind . Cards with this be not really defective as such , however most place allow return as the sound can get annoying depend on where you have you pc position . the card do run game well though . mass effect 3 run perfectly smooth at the highest setting . so these card can handle game extremely well for the price . original review : the card run nice and cool . even after play Diablo 3 for a while -lrb- at max setting -rrb- it work well . albeit some issue with diablo 3 itself and vsync . the price be excellent for such a well perform card ... BUT ... I do however find some annoying issue with it , which should not be a problem out of the box , but unfortunately be . the main one so far be that the screen would flicker when browse or use some low GPU usage application . when browse Amazon for instance , the screen would quickly flicker on\/off . at first I think it be a faulty mouse scroll wheel , but it be not . it be a bug with the idle 2d clock speed of the card apparently . give that I intend to use the card for more than just gaming , this can get rather annoying , hence the 3 star rating . if Sapphire release a bio fix , I would happily give this card 5 star !