You would be excused from having the word 'hot' pop into your head when you first set eyes on the Gainward FX 5900.
Although flames aren't the best association to make with a heatsink, the red PCB is pretty snappy. Performing on par with most of the 5900s in the round-up, this card bucked the trend by performing much better in high resolution synthetic benchmarking, but with results slipping somewhat in the real-world gaming testing. A solid all-round performer with a full three-year warranty, it is a little on the pricey side and slightly lacking in the software department, but worth consideration.WinFast A350.