Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

When my Mac died with no Apple stores in my area and homework due that day, I had no choice but to go out and buy a PC. My first stop was WalMart. Having used only apple products for the better part of 8 years I was very out of touch with what a PC needed to be in terms of "future proofing". By the grace of God, one of the guys in the electronics dept happened to be very experienced in computers and basically said ... "Don't buy one here!" After finding a much better pc at a local shop, I started thinking about graphics cards. I'd never had a gaming capable rig before and the possibility of creating one was something I just couldn't pass up. I initially was looking at the GTX 770 with 4 gigs of ram, however, since this was pretty much a spur of the moment purchase in terms of buying a PC and subsequently upgrading said PC, I really couldn't justify spending another $450+ on a graphics card (really, I couldn't justify it to my wife, but I digress). After several agonizing days of reading and watching reviews I decided I would "settle" for the 760. "WOW! OMG! WTF have I been missing?" These were pretty much the only thoughts that went through my mind after running some games on my new baby. I feel as if I have already entered the next generation of gaming! Yes, there are other "better" cards on the market, but I am in no way disappointed in my purchase. I am still in awe while playing games that I've previously played on a console because the difference in quality is amazing. Everything I have, mostly newish releases of 6 months or less run on max or near max settings with no problems. The frame rate is smooth as silk and so is everything else. While I do plan on upgrading in a year or two, assuming there are bigger and better cards on the market, the EVGA GTX 760 superclocked 2 gig card is full of eye candy that takes my breath away every time I use it. I've not spent a better $250 in recent memory. Pros: Performance for the price plus a free game for $250 can't be beat. Cons: I've spent a lot of money on games because I love seeing how wonderful everything looks.