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UV Plus+ nForce 790i Ultra SLI nForce 790i SLI FTW DIGITAL PWM nForce 790i SLI FTW nForce 780i SLI nForce 750i SLI FTW GTX 280 Superclocked GTX 280 HC16 GTX 280 FTW GTX 280 GTX 260 FTW GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked GTX 260 Core 216 GTX 260 EVGA X58 SLI AKIMBO Cooler 9800 GX2 SSC 9800 GX2 9800 GTX+ 9800 GTX SSC 9800 GTX 9600GT SSC 512MB 9600 GT SC 512MB 8800GTS 512MB 8800GT SSC 8800GT KO 8800GT AKIMBO 1GB 8800GS 384MB 8800 GT AKIMBO SC 512MB 8400GS 512MB 630i - 7150

UV Plus+	Top
	Silver Award PC Perspective Read the Full Article May-08 "In my testing the UV Plus+ more than met expectations..."
	Engadget Read the Full Article Jul-08 "We've heard your cries for USB-to-DVI adapters..."
	Legit Reviews Read the Full Article Jul-08 "The EVGA UV Plus 16 really is a great and handy device."
nForce 790i Ultra SLI	Top
	Score of 80% FiringSquad Read the Full Article Apr-08 "When it comes to EVGA�s 790i Ultra SLI board specifically, we have nothing but good things to say..."
	Spielesuechtig.de Gold Award Spielesuechtig.de Read the Full Article May-08 "With the EVGA 790i you get an excellent mainboard, especially if it's about overclocking."
	OCAHOLIC Overclocker Hardware Award OCAHOLIC Read the Full Article May-08 "Finally to note: excellent features, optimal layout, elaborate BIOS options, performance and overclockability point out this board to be a 'Must-have'."
	Award of Recommendations Guru 3D Read the Full Article Mar-08 "High performance, highly flexible, highly overclockable."
	Award of Recommendation Hot Hardware Read the Full Article Mar-08 "In all of our tests, the nForce 790i SLI Ultra finished at or near the top of the charts."
	AnandTech Read the Full Article Mar-08 "Gamers that are looking to buy a system that is capable of practically overclocking itself should seriously consider the nForce 790i. "
	Hardware Secrets Read the Full Article Mar-08 "This motherboard is clearly targeted for those building the most high-end gaming machine"
	Editor's Choice Award Tech4PCs.com Read the Full Article Mar-08 "...best one than has crossed by our Laboratory. "
	Hot Product Award Motherboards.org Read the Full Article Mar-08 "...the new 790i offers good performance and excellent overclocking features..."
	Gold Award PC Perspective Read the Full Article Mar-08 "...exceptional speed and overclocking performance that we haven't seen on any other platform."
	Bjorn3D Golden Bear Award Bjorn3D Read the Full Article Oct-08 "The EVGA 790i Ultra SLI awed and amazed us with it's blazing speed, both in SLI and non-Graphics performance. This is the stuff computing legends are made of."
nForce 790i SLI FTW DIGITAL PWM	Top
	Legit Reviews Read the Full Article Oct-08 "EVGA has taken a great board and made it even better with this revision. I've never touched a 790i SLI Ultra but I can't imagine it being easier to work with or more stable than the EVGA 790i SLI FTW Digital PWM motherboard."
	Award of Recommendation Hot Hardware Read the Full Article Dec-08 "There is no doubt that the EVGA nForce 790i SLI FTW Digital PWM brings a lot to the table, including great features and design, solid performance, excellent quality, and a sizable yet practical bundle. On top of all that, EVGA manages to add a layer of enthusiast-oriented detail while still making the board accessible to the average user. It is an impressive board all around."
nForce 790i SLI FTW	Top
	OCC Gold Award Overclockers Club Read the Full Article Sep-08 "...a lower price, equal or better performance and a lifetime warranty, what more do you need?"
nForce 780i SLI	Top
	[H]ard\|OCP Read the Full Article Feb-08 "The EVGA nForce 780i SLI board certainly did not disappoint me. From its fairly solid benchmark performance to its solid layout and stability, this board is winner."
	Motherboards.org Read the Full Article Feb-08 "EVGA is the only mainboard manufacturer that offers a Lifetime Warranty on their boards meaning that they go the extra mile for the customer just as they do with the graphics cards."
nForce 750i SLI FTW	Top
	Award of Excellence Chile Hardware Read the Full Article Jun-08 "En resumen: excelente overclock, gran diagramaci�n, atractivo dise�o y un precio que no nos espanta. Realmente una delicia de placa madre."
	[H]ard\|OCP Editor's Choice Gold Award [H]ard\|OCP Read the Full Article May-08 "The EVGA 750i SLI FTW motherboard has got the �For The Win� part exactly right. If saving some dough on your next motherboard is important and you want SLI abilities, the EVGA 750i SLI FTW is the motherboard you want to buy. Kudos to EVGA for bringing a great enthusiast product to the shrinking value motherboard market."
	Score of 91% FiringSquad Read the Full Article May-08 "EVGA has definitely hit a homerun with this motherboard and as a result we can�t wait to see what they come up with next!"
	Fudzilla Read the Full Article May-08 "We got it up to 525MHz stable; this is the highest setting with an nVidia chipset we ever did."
	Buying-Recommendation Award OCAHOLIC Read the Full Article May-08 "...numerous BIOS options, performance, overclocking capabilities, high quality components (solid state capacitors) are the key features of this mainboard clearly designed for gaming and overclocking enthusiasts. "
	Gamepyre Read the Full Article Apr-08 "EVGA only used high quality parts and beyond spec solid state capacitors to achieve this accomplishment and it is the king of the 750i motherboards."
	Best Hardware Award Guru3D Read the Full Article Apr-08 "Yeah the 750i SLI FTW went 'for the win' .. and it struck gold. It wins our 'best hardware award' it deserves nothing less."
	Hot Product Award Motherboards.org Read the Full Article Apr-08 "Many hours of thought and design went into this motherboard and it offers excellent overclocking abilities in a board that costs much less than many of its competitors, without sacrificing what�s important to enthusiast users in the process."
	Score of 90! HardwareLogic Read the Full Article Jul-08 "If you've got an Intel processor with a pair of SLI capable cards looking for a good home and want to motherboard that can hang with the best of them, you should feel comfortable making the 750i SLI FTW the foundation of your next system."
GTX 280 Superclocked	Top
	- Dam Good Hardware - Award Hardware Canucks Read the Full Article Jun-08 "When push comes to shove, the EVGA GTX 280 Superclocked is a very good single GPU solution that can go toe-to-toe with literally anything on the market and come out on top."
GTX 280 HC16	Top
	Legit Reviews Read the Full Article Jun-08 "Overall, the GeForce GTX 280 graphics card was a winner in our books and it made a difference while gaming, which is the most important thing."
	Fudzilla Read the Full Article Aug-08 "Overclocked EVGA GTX 280 Hydro Copper 16 will provide even more raw power, and we sincerely recommend it..."
	Guru3D - Top Pick http://www.guru3d.com/article/evga-geforce-gtx-280 Read the Full Article Sep-08 "The EVGA GeForce GTX 280 HC16 is a top-notch product. We had a breathtaking gaming experience and very cool looking nicely chilled GeForce GTX 280, from A to Z this product is a pleasure to own."
GTX 280 FTW	Top
	Tweak'O'meter of 95% TweakUP.DK Read the Full Article Jul-08 "The Tweak'O'meter ends up at a well-deserved 95% for a product that impresses in every aspect and have managed to raise the bar for high-end graphic-cards significantly."
	Editor's Choice Award Motherboards.org Read the Full Article Jun-08 "The new EVGA GTX208 FTW Edition VGA card is the fastest single card solution we have ever had to grace our labs period..."
	Gamers Choice - Gold Award Gamepyre Read the Full Article Jun-08 "There is no doubt that this is a serious Gamer's Choice Gold Award product as it just plain kicks major pixel pumping ass..."
	AnandTech Read the Full Article Jun-08 "...here we see an 11% performance advantage from the overclocked EVGA card. Given that the EVGA card has an average clock speed increase of 11.2%, this sort of a performance gain isn't bad at all."
	FiringSquad Read the Full Article Jun-08 "EVGA�s e-GeForce GTX 280 FTW is definitely engineered for the win."
	Grand Slam Hardware NV News Read the Full Article Jun-08 "...the EVGA FTW model performed flawlessly during our 3D testing..."
GTX 280	Top
	Award of Recommendation Hot Hardware Read the Full Article Jun-08 "They have executed once again with a new line of graphics cards that not only offer significantly higher frame rates, but large performance gains for gamers..."
	Bjorn3D Golden Bear Award Bjorn3D Read the Full Article Dec-08 "The EVGA GTX-280 is the most powerful single core GPU on the planet. It's the fastest GPU we have ever tested and when it reaches those sweet overclocks it gets even better."
GTX 260 FTW	Top
	HEXUS.labs Certification Hexus Read the Full Article Aug-08 "The EVGA GTX 260 FTW 896MB receives the HEXUS.labs certification for successfully completing our benchmark suite without issue."
	The Tech Lounge - Editor's Choice The Tech Lounge Read the Full Article Sep-08 "Overclocking went through the roof. The card starts about 10% overclocked to begin with, so getting another 90MHz out of the memory and a scary 100MHz from the GPU is outstanding."
	Tweak'O'meter of 95% TweakUP.DK Read the Full Article Jul-08 "The Tweak'O'meter ends up at a well-deserved 9.5 for a product that displays an exceptional high performance compared to the price..."
	OCC Gold OverclockersClub.com Read the Full Article Jul-08 "The GTX 260 uses 192 stream processors, 898MB of GDDR3 memory, 1.4 billion transistors all tied up in one huge 65nm core to deliver jaw dropping video performance."
	Fudzilla Read the Full Article Jul-08 "...EVGA GTX 260 FTW is a great choice and certainly the fastest GTX 260 card on the market."
GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked	Top
	Grand Slam Hardware NVNews Read the Full Article Oct-08 "With EVGA's strong support features, the GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked is highly recommended by nV News."
	The Tech Stop Read the Full Article Sep-08 "The GTX 260 Core 216 Superclocked Edition is EVGA�s brand-spanking new, upper-midrange graphics card that is priced to compete..."
	Dam Good / Dam Good Value Hardware Canucks Read the Full Article Sep-08 "Not only does the EVGA Core 216 come with a name known for high quality customer service and a lifetime warranty but it also boasts increased clock speeds over the stock 216 SP cards."
	AnandTech Read the Full Article Sep-08 "...want to point out that CUDA and PhysX are significant advantages that would put the Core 216 over the top..."
	Legit Reviews Read the Full Article Sep-08 "The GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 does, without a doubt, improve performance over the original GeForce GTX 260 thanks to the additional 24 shaders that have been added to the graphics card."
	Guru3D - Top Pick Guru3D Read the Full Article Sep-08 "...faster than it's predecessor .. making it compete fiercely with the competitors best Single-GPU product."
GTX 260 Core 216	Top
	FiringSquad Read the Full Article Sep-08 "...we think the 216 shader GeForce GTX 260 is a step in the right direction..."
	ExtremeTech Approved! ExtremeTech Read the Full Article Oct-08 "A great choice for those that favor running games with AA enabled or that really need to run CUDA applications."
	Award of Recommendation Hot Hardware Read the Full Article Sep-08 "The new GeForce GTX 260 Core 216 performed very well throughout out entire battery of benchmarks. Overall, the GTX 260 Core 216 outperformed the first-gen GeForce GTX 260 in every test..."
GTX 260	Top
	OverClock Intelligence Agency Approval OverClock Intelligence Agency Read the Full Article Jul-08 "The EVGA nVidia GeForce GTX 260 video card certainly spits out some very impressive numbers. Despite throwing some of the most demanding benchmarks and game demos at it, many using the latest DirectX 10 feature set, the card holds up well even at high resolutions and settings."
EVGA X58 SLI	Top
	Award of Recommendation Hot Hardware Read the Full Article Dec-08 "In terms of integrated features, the X58 3X SLI has just about all you could want in a new X58 board, including both internal reset and power button switches, and a highly appreciated external clear CMOS switch peeking through its back IO panel"
	Tweakers Essential Guru3D Read the Full Article Dec-08 "You'll absolutely like how much detail goes into the design. It's an excellent match for a delicious processor series. Next to being one of the most feature rich X58 products we tested so far, we do believe it has massive tweaking potential as well."
AKIMBO Cooler	Top
	[H]ard\|OCP Read the Full Article Jul-08 "As an OEM cooler the AKIMBO performs incredibly well."
9800 GX2 SSC	Top
	ExtremeTech Approved - 8/10 ExtremeTech Read the Full Article May-08 "The 9800GX2 SSC is the fastest 9800 GX2 eVGA offers..."
	Recommended Award Fudzilla Read the Full Article Apr-08 "EVGA 9800 GX2 SSC is something you don�t see every day, and the results speak for themselves. As long as you can afford it, we sincerely recommend this card because it�s the best pick on the market."
9800 GX2	Top
	Recommended Award Fudzilla Read the Full Article Mar-08 "If you have 8800 GTX or similar card this is the one you want to replace it with."
	Base Hit Hardware NV News Read the Full Article Mar-08 "The GeForce 9800 GX2 is a solid offering from NVIDIA and EVGA..."
	Hot Product Award Motherboards.org Read the Full Article Mar-08 "In these instances this card is the fastest single slot solution there is on the market..."
9800 GTX+	Top
	- Dam Good Hardware - Award Hardware Canucks Read the Full Article Nov-08 "There really is a hell of a lot to like about the EVGA 9800 GTX+ and from where we are standing, there aren�t many negatives at all."
9800 GTX SSC	Top
	Brzone Award ComputerGEIL.dk Read the Full Article Jun-08 "...the card was amongst the fastest cards in this roundup at all times."
9800 GTX	Top
	Fudzilla Read the Full Article Apr-08 "EVGA 9800 GTX is the best single chip (G92) card and we recommend it as THE best choice."
	Home Run Hardware NVNews.net Read the Full Article Apr-08 "...a good value for a new system build or an upgrade from the GeForce 7 Series."
	Hot Hardware Read the Full Article Apr-08 "...the GeForce 9800 GTX is definitely a solid offering. Owners of previous generation mid-range cards would be well served by a GeForce 9800 GTX."
	9.0 - Editor's Choice Award Computer Shopper Read the Full Article Apr-08 "It offers excellent performance in the most demanding games and accelerated video playback..."
	Gamepyre Read the Full Article Apr-08 "The 9800GTX is a fast card. Of that there is no doubt."
9600GT SSC 512MB	Top
	Gamepyre Read the Full Article Feb-08 "The 9600GT from EVGA is an excellent example of the new chip as it is the fastest available clocked 9600GT so far..."
	Editor's Choice Award Tech Power Up Read the Full Article Mar-08 "Overall this shows that EVGA knows exactly what their product can deliver..."
	[H]ard\|OCP Read the Full Article Mar-08 "It performs very well, it doesn't get excessively hot, and it sips power at full load."
	FiringSquad Read the Full Article Feb-08 "...this card is all about performance, and with its 740MHz core, it certainly delivers in this regard."
	Editor's Choice Guru 3D Read the Full Article Feb-08 "This is the Optimus prime among the 9600 GT range. I had no clue how fast this product was clocked until I checked and rechecked a second time. Despite the massive clock the temperatures were absolutely normal. This is the fastest performing 9600 GT we tested."
	Hot Hardware - Approved - Hot Hardware Read the Full Article Feb-08 "...the card is quite overclockable as well, as we were able to hit 775 MHz GPU clock speeds along with 2200 MHz GDDR-3 memory clock speeds in our testbed."
	ExtremeTech Approved - 9/10 ExtremeTech Read the Full Article Feb-08 "EVGA's factory-overclocked SSC model breaks the $200 barrier, but it still delivers a whole lot of bang for the buck."
	Legit Reviews Read the Full Article Feb-08 "The EVGA e-GeForce 9600 GT SSC was hands down the fastest card of the group thanks to having higher clock rates than the other cards."
	Grand Slam Hardware NV News Read the Full Article Feb-08 "The EVGA e-GeForce 9600 GT SSC performed flawlessly during the course of this review and is recommended by nV News."
	Hot Product Award Motherboards.org Read the Full Article Feb-08 "The 9600GT from EVGA is an excellent example of the new chip as it is the fastest available clocked 9600GT so far announced."
9600 GT SC 512MB	Top
	Gold Award Tech4Pcs Read the Full Article Apr-08 "Excellent product, to be a card that is located for the market of average range obtained quite a remarkable performance."
	Chile Hardware Read the Full Article Jun-08 "...the card was amongst the fastest cards in this roundup..."
8800GTS 512MB	Top
	Highly Recommended Award Bench Zone Read the Full Article Jun-08 "Overally, the GeForce 8800GTS 512MB is a powerful graphics card, with relatively good power consumption, runs any game that you throw at it smoothly at resolutions under 1920x1440, and also operates very quietly."
	[H]ard\|OCP Editor's Choice Gold Award [H]ard\|OCP Read the Full Article Jan-08 "At the end of the day, if we had to pick one of these video cards, we would choose the EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GTS 512 MB because it is the least expensive, comes with Crysis, and it provides the exact same gameplay experience as its more expensive competitors."
	Editor's Choice Award Computer Shopper Read the Full Article Jan-08 "Faster than earlier models in most tests and sporting improved video playback, the updated 512MB 8800 GTS is an excellent choice if you're looking for a quiet, fast card."
8800GT SSC	Top
	FiringSquad Read the Full Article Feb-08 "the EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GT SSC is designed for all-out performance."
8800GT KO	Top
	Hot Hardware - Recommended Hot Hardware Read the Full Article Jan-08 "...we can't help but recommend the EVGA e-GeForce 8800 GT KO for enthusiasts in the market for a quality GeForce 8800 GT card."
8800GT AKIMBO 1GB	Top
	Motherboards.org Read the Full Article Apr-08 "...the AKIMBO cooling solution as it kept the card noticeably cooler during operation, about 15-20C cooler according to NVIDIA�s temperature monitoring software."
8800GS 384MB	Top
	Editor's Choice Tech Power Up! Read the Full Article Feb-08 "With the GeForce 8800 GS you can have both a great price, massive overclocking (= fun) and blazing performance."
8800 GT AKIMBO SC 512MB	Top
	Editor's Choice Award - Score of 90% FiringSquad Read the Full Article Apr-08 "...the Akimbo board seen here is a true champion among champions..."
8400GS 512MB	Top
	Score of 8/10 Gomeler.com Read the Full Article Jan-08 "...have the ability to decode H.264 and VC-1 within the GPU, freeing up CPU clock cycles and making high-definition content a possibility for any PC with a PCIe slot."
630i - 7150	Top
	Award of Excellence Chile Hardware Read the Full Article Feb-08 "...because of its great flexibility in connections...we grant the Award of Excellence at eVGA e-7150/630i product."

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