EVGA GeForce GTS 450 (Fermi) 01G-P3-1450-TR Video Card

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i use it as a graphic card that connects my htpc in to my tv, it does do custom resolutons for some reason the tv isnt exactly 1920x 1080 so i can adjust them to fit my screen. i really live the evga name i think they make some of the best graphic cards on the market, however only has a two year warranty no biggie cause the card is built very well.

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Though I can't tell how it performs, the appearance of the card is great. If it can fit in my small ATX case, it can fin in any ATX case for sure. No need to worry about it not fitting in your rig. Im a little concerned about why it didn't come what it was suppose to come with: HAWX 2. I got starcraft trial and the civy upgrade but no hawx2. I should had double checked while I was in the store but I noticed it didnt come with HAWX2 until I unboxed it at home. Now I don't think I got a chance of getting it since they might just think I want a second copy for free. I guess it's alright considering it was a part of the bonus.

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Quite a step up from my old 7900GS in both performance and power requirements. I had a lot of trouble initially with it eating some drivers and getting nv4_disp.dll blue screens while watching video. I've had great luck in the past with EVGA cards and couldn't bring myself to blame them with selling me a lemon. After some further investigation I discerned the problem was caused by my PSU being just a tad too small to handle the added demands. Since upgrading my power supply everything seems to be back to normal and am looking forward to giving it a good workout.

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I purchased this to replace a 9800gt/512mb (heat or spotty power) that was fried.Used mostly to run WoW & BC2. So far no issues, runs well with high settings.Card works great, has a small foot-print, and is well priced.For anyone on a budget, or like me just don't need a cutting-edge $400+ video card, this card will work well.

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Perfect for a non-gamer, or for a small case! I am using this as a physx card with my two 5870s and it has been working great. Since it comes with hawx2, it's really like paying $50 for the card, which is an absolute steal. I don't think anyone could call this a gaming card, but as a physx card or for a non-gaming PC this is an excellent value for your money.

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Runs great and really packs a punch! This card is a great deal for the price! I was really impressed with it, it's so small, but really fast!

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Great card for the price. I would definitely recomend this to anyone whose not looking to game too extreme and likes to watch movies or smt.

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This card is about the same strength as a GTX260 core 216, but runs cooler, only has one 6 pin, is a lot smaller, and uses a lot less electricity.If you already have a gts250, probably not worth the upgrade. This card went into my backup rig which had an 8800gt, and it's very noticeable. I game at 1920x1080, with 8x/8x AA/AF playing COD WAW on the most graphically challenging map it never fell below 50 FPS, averaged about 80 FPS though.Two of these in SLI is probably atleast as strong as a GTX470, and for a good bit cheaper.

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Pros: The Tiny Video Card is a Death Sentence , it's a Video Card and it's Tiny! To bigger cards with as much performance(GTS250/GTX260/Radeon 4850) but are very long and have high noise/thermal envelopes it is, that is. It's a very nice tight package, roughly the same size as my Powercolor Radeon 5770 maybe even smaller, and While this GTS450 won't out perform a GTX260, it will handily do away with a meager GTS250 or Radeon 4850. With a little overclocking it could run with the GTX260 and Radeon 4870. I also appreciate how quiet the card is, the fan at full blast is quieter than my GTX275 at 50%. The cooling is very good, after some heavy testing it never went higher than 54 degrees. Overall, performance wise, stock clocked would be a bit faster than the GTS250/4850, overclocked I'd put it between the GTX260/4870 and the GTX275(leaning heavily towards the GTX275). Keep in mind I overclocked it to 930/1860/4500 which is a pretty amazing overclock I must say.Cons: Really can't keep up with my Powercolor PCS+ Radeon 5770. While the Palit GTS450 can overclock like mad, so can the Powercolor Radeon 5770. Only game I've had the GTS450 beat the 5770 was in Far Cry 2. In fact, the 5770 can overclock a bit higher than the GTS450...with that 5770 I can reach 1000Mhz/5000Mhz...which has it run about at the same level as a GTX285. Bear in mind, there is a BIG price difference between the two cards. At the time of writing it's a $45 difference price wise. So, if your lucky with Overclocking you gotta ask yourself is the price difference worth the performance difference between a GTX275 and a GTX285?Other Thoughts: Overall an Excellent card. Runs cool and is quiet. Overclocks nice and has none of the nasty characteristics of it's higher end brethren. Price I paid for it was nice, was about the same as a 5670 and was a no brainer so I picked it up. Happy I did! Knocked an egg for a couple reasons. The price has since gone up a bit, but is still reasonable. The other reason is that almost any Radeon 5770 can overclock like mad, My launch XFX 5770 can hit 954Mhz/4900Mhz reliably, and AMD cut prices recently so you might find a better deal going red. But if you see this card cheaper than a 5770 than get this, it's a nice card with an excellent cooler, nice overclocking and a very good size. Also, would work great for a media pc with it's HDMI out and audio over hdmi, like with the Radeon cards.

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very quite and small. can fit into most cases without any kind of fudging around. fyi much smaller then my older card that was a 8800 gts.that it has 1g of memory, i use multiple screens.well worth the price of admission esp. consider the evga upgrade program, which i prob. will use.