the first card I receive from Amazon.com have some hardware problem -lrb- as explain by a evga tech -rrb- and I have to RMA . more detail : go to EVGA website to this thread : \/ forums\/tm . aspx ? m = 1644099 and so I tell Amazon I want a RMA Wednesday night ; a new card appear at my doorstep Friday morning . this new card be work great : and I be one very happy camper . ------------------------ now onto the review : pro : power : the evga 670 be a beast . I can run all of my game : include bf3 and my super heavily modded Skyrim max graphic in 1080p . and I average a fp of 70 + sometimes go into 110 fp . EVGA Precision X utility : it be really good . Easy to use , have a lot of neat -lrb- and actually really useful , not just gimmick -rrb- feature : such as test you card , change oc offset , manage fan profile , set target fp . it also have this awesome on screen display : it show the fp , gpu clock , temp , etc. as a overlay on whatever game you be play . it be better than frap . I can go uninstall frap now . : d con : the stock profile with this card run REALLY hot . and when the gpu get too hot -lrb- around 75c -rrb- it start to down clock itself . also , when run on full load -lrb- ex . bf3 on max graphic -rrb- the video card get kind of loud - the fan 's speed get really high . -lrb- edit -rrb- : and yes I know I can tweak the fan setting , and I have : though now its run even louder than before , but at least its not down-clocking . ----------- Final Thoughts : -lrb- my 2 cent -rrb- if this card -lrb- $ 410 -rrb- fit into you budget for a high end computer . get it , the 670 card be a beast . if you want good customer support \/ tech support , good software support -lrb- precisionx -rrb- , and a solid product , go for EVGA . if you want a quieter and cooler card , you might want to go for gigabyte or maybe even Asus\/MSI . obviously , I go for evga -lrb- and I do not regret it -rrb- , but keep you option open .