I bought this card for a friend's birthday and he is delighted. Cétait to replace Geforce 8800 Gt a little aging, and suddenly it makes a big difference! It is able to run all its games like Far Cry 3 Borderlands 2 etc with good quality graphics without performance concerns (if not to push too hard on the AA). I chose a Gigabyte, because I've already bought several of their graphics cards since I mounted PCs and I've never had any problems with this brand. The map does not take too much space in the box, and remains silent. In short, a great card for the price!