Strengths: Excellent video card! Runs cool and quiet.

Weaknesses: Nothing I can think of.

Summary: I was an nVidia fan for a long time and I own several nVidia GeForce cards. Recently, after reading several reviews I decided to give a shot at ATI and I am very satisfied. I am running Flight simulator X with all settings at high and it runs smooth.

Strengths: Card not only utilized PCI Express 2.0, but also utilizes 4th Generation DDR Memory where most still use 3rd Generation Memory.

Weaknesses: I haven't found any weaknesses as of yet.

Summary: This card was somewhat larger and heavier than I would have expected, but everything worked out just fine with respect to installation. I find that this graphics engine is second to none as far as speed and quality and at around $170 (minus a $25 Rebate if purchased through Amazon), it is by far the best value out there. I have to admit that I have always been somewhat biased to ATI Viper Technology. I switched to Nvidia a couple of years ago and regretted it because of the slow downs I experienced just playing simulators. This blows the Nvidia I had out of the water. In fact, I don't even see the need in adding a second card.