pick up two of these card , as my 4 yr future proofing project . and let I tell you , unless something remarkable come out push the limit of pc gaming ... this card be awesome . I be able to run battlefield 3 , Crysis and Batman on Ultra setting with a 26 inch monitor on 1080p push 60 fp . bottom line ... if it be graphic performance you want , get this . card go up to 34-39 under heavy load which isnt bad . the only downfall of the card be the the fan when kick in sound like a aircraft take off . other than that ... highly worth it . my system spec ... 2 x Corsair Vengeance 12 gb -lrb- 3 x 4 gb -rrb- = 24gb 2 x Sapphire Radeon HD 7970 1 x OCZ Technology 240 gb agility 3 ssd - 3g sa 6.0 gb-s 2.5-inch solid state drive 1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1 tb sa iii 1 x Intel Core i7-980 Processor 3.3 Ghz lga-1366 -lrb- bx80613i7980 -rrb- Intel Core i7-980 Processor 3.3 Ghz lga-1366 1 x Corsair Hydro Series H100 Extreme Performance liquid CPU Cooler -lrb- cwch100 -rrb- Corsair Hydro Series H100 Extreme Performance liquid CPU Coole 1 x evga Intel X58 and ICH10R Chipset EATX ddr3 800 LGA 1366 Motherboards 141-GT-E770-A1 EVGA Intel x58 and ich10r Chipset EATX ddr3 800 LGA 1366 Motherboards 141-gt-e770-a1 1 x Cooler Master Cosmos II full Tower Case 1 x enermax MAXREVO Series EMR1350EWT 1350W atx12v 4 x cougar cf-v12h Vortex hydro-dynamic-bearing -lrb- fluid -rrb- 300,000 hour 12cm silent cooling fan