For 200 this isnt a bad card, it beats anything else in the price range. I was hoping for a bit more tho. I dont really care about the power consumption, but its higher then i would have predicted. They definitly should have gone with an 8pin connector, doesnt make any sense that they didnt. But board partners can easily fix that, if they dont, they are stuipd as well.
All in all if you have anything less then a 960/380 and your budget is <=300, then this is the only card you should consider(well the 4 or 8gig version). If you have a 960/380, then this is an upgrade, but really id wait for now, those cards are good enough in todays games at 1080p, might as well just wait for sales, or the next cards. That is unless you have money to move into a much higher price bracket, then its the 1070, but going to a 1070 for 1080p would be a stupid waste.
This article should have really had a 380 in it. I know a 960 is basically a lil slower 380, but the old card this replaces should have been in the charts. Same complaint i had about about 1000 series nvidia reviews, they were missing the cards they are meant to replace.
I think its also a bit unfair to have the field stacked with overclocked cards, sure factory overclocks from board partners, but overclocks none the less. You didnt hide it, and really the 480 does well enough even against that disadvantage, but still doesnt seem right.