I have an Asus 580 GTX card and recently I have had frequent Kernel Mode Driver Failure when running FSX (and Battlefield 3) I am using the latest NVidia drivers (295.73) and during a flight I will experience this 2-3 times. It is usually preceded with some really wild graphic corruption and a spike in the gpu usage.Given the fact I have seen this Kernel Mode Driver Failure with different drivers I am leaning towards a hardware issue vs. software. Asus has been less than helpful with any troubleshooting. Their response was to remove and reseat the video card. (Really, that's the best you can come up with?)I am now looking at the new 680 cards, which appear to have the nvidia surround without SLi. If I end up getting a new card would eVGA be a better OEM than Asus? Any thoughts on alternatives- and saving me $500+ on a new card?My system specs are in the signature.ThanksKevin

Have you actually tried Asus advice and reseated the card? Try to install the drivers using the Clean Install option. Just click on the Advanced button when you enter the driver installation screen and tick the advanced installation box.If you're upgrading to a GTX 680, the EVGA will be a great choice, no doubt.

If you're upgrading to a GTX 680, the EVGA will be a great choice, no doubt.

Totally agree also. I have been using EVGA for 3 years now and I haven't ever had a single problem.

Totally agree also. I have been using EVGA for 3 years now and I haven't ever had a single problem.

However, right now all cards are exactly identical. No overclocks, no aftermarket cooling. So in terms of performance and/or reliability it shouldn't matter which brand you buy. The only difference there is are their software, guides, and service. What I know is that EVGA always gives the best service.

I fixed that problems simply changing PCI-E slot where the VGA is running, from slot1 (16x) to slot2 (8x). No more problems, at all!