Pros: -Doesn't run hot
-Played everything at high to ultra until 2015 when games started demanding more VRAM.
-Price wasn't bad for the time of purchase.

Cons: I honestly never thought I'd have to write any negatives for this card but as others have reported I am now experiencing artifacts, black lines and black screens at a bit over a year of ownership. Thought maybe I was having issues with my HDMI/power supply when I kept getting black screens that would flash over and over while playing games and I swapped cables and checked my old and it worked fine. Artifacts and black lines follow almost immediately. If you plan to buy this card beware when you get near that year time lime for this card you may start having the same issues others and myself seem to be having. Will be switching brands to an EVGA 980 ti since they seem to have great reliability in their cards.

Other Thoughts: Was nice while it lasted but for as much money as I payed I expected longer life from a GPU. Very disappointed in that aspect.

Pros: It last a year

Cons: It wont last past a year

Other Thoughts: Get it if you want to waste money

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Jonathan,
Sorry to hear about the issue you reported. Based on the symptom you reported, we suggest you check following steps below since many reasons can cause the situation like this ,
1. Check and make sure that power are connected correctly, try a different power supply if possible.
2. Check your other major hardware’s (memory,CPU and power supply) to ensure that they are not the cause of the issue.
3. If possible try the video card on another working system to check.
4. If you need further assistant, please feel free to contact our technical support department directly at 626.271.1004 from M to F, 6am to 6pm Pacific standard Time.

Thanks for choosing MSI

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: Beautiful, runs cool, handles absolutely everything I can throw at it and then some

Cons: The GTX software fails to install and update drivers, and must be manually installed. Every time an update comes out I have difficulty manually installing because the drivers fail and I have to reboot after BSODs and restart the whole process from scratch.

Other Thoughts: Performance wise I was extremely happy with the video card which was rated very high at the time of purchase and is still a great value for what you'll experience on the computer. I had planned to invest in a second video card this year unfortunately with all the aggravation I have to go through every driver update I'm tempted to throw the whole thing out and invest in something that won't crash my whole system.

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Based on the symptom you reported, we suggest you checking following steps below since many reasons can cause the situation like this ,
1. Check and make sure that power are connected, do a clean install of window if possible and update driver.
2. Check your other major hardware’s (memory, video, CPU and power supply) to ensure that they are not the cause of the issue.
3. If possible verify the video card on another working system to check.
4. If you need further assistant, please feel free to contact our technical support department directly at 626.271.1004 from M to F, 6am to 6pm Pacific standard Time.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: Great card! Best value for the money

Cons: none

Pros: -Runs most games at 60+ Fps
-Stays pretty cool under load
-It is pretty quiet under operation

Cons: -Coil Whine
-Games stutter (Nvidia to blame for bad drivers(

Other Thoughts: I just wish this card would run at its best performance. I hope that windows 10 will fix these issues.

Pros: Good for the money
Ran quietly

Cons: I began experiencing graphical artifacts mainly large black spikes and during games suhc as CS GO. Please note I did not have my card overclocked and temps always remain bloe 75C. Purchased the Witcher 3 and the artifacts were terribly making the game nearly unplayable. Now I have to go through their RMA process and go without a graphics card for who knows how long. Very Dissapointed with MCI

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Based on the symptom you reported, we suggest you checking following steps below since many reasons can cause the situation like this ,
1. Check and make sure that power are connected correctly and firmly.
2. Check your other major hardware’s (memory, CPU and power supply) to ensure that they are not the cause of the issue.
3. Please verify the video card on another working system to check.
4. If you need further assistant, please feel free to contact our technical support department directly at 626.271.1004 from M to F, 6am to 6pm Pacific standard Time.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: Great when it works

Cons: I'm a bit upset that I've had this for a 3 good months before it began filling with issues. It started with only One out of the three monitors working. I sent it in for an RMA paying for the postage there.

I keep using my old and trust EVGA 650TI

I receive the replacement and plug it in. I get all three monitors up, but red lines. Can it evolve? Well the red lines evolved to red boxes and windows crashed sayings there is an error regarding graphics. I got so upset I just put it back in the box and forgot it until I had to increase my GPU for some testings.

I will update after talking to technical support... but pretty sure you lost me on this one MSI.

Other Thoughts: Please test before sending to me. Seems like a sloppy job to send an even broken graphics card

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the product, please do not hesitate to contact us directly at usreview@msi.com and we will be more than happy to assist you, thank you.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: Great card. did what i asked until it died. (this is actually in response to the last review posted on this page which i made 360$ card etc) checked all the usual stuff. RMA'd it for 16$ postage and they sent me back A BRAND NEW REPLACEMENT!!! i am so happy. total time taken for RMA process was around 10 days total.MSi that is what i call solid customer service! still your number one fan. A1 customer retention. next hardware purchasw will be MSi no doubt

Cons: 16$ postage . no big deal. is a great card would pay it again

Pros: when it worked it was awesome. i bought this card to play world of tanks. it was a little noisy but hey thats no problem. the graphics WERE good.

Cons: After one year, i started to experience in game crashes. a few weeks later my whole system would crash. judging by the lack of noiseincrease from the fans it has stopped to increase fan rpm as the temp increases. basically it crashes everything after the temp goes past around 60degC. initally i thought it was a PSU problem. so i forked out $200 for a new 850w PSU. didnt change anything. problems exist still. so i have reinstalled my old Msi radeon HD6850 and everything runs just fine thanks very much. after reading the other comments on this product. up until now i have enjoyed good quality from Msi. now i have my doubts.....

Manufacturer Response:

Dear Valued Customer,
Based on the symptom you reported, we suggest you checking following steps below since many reasons can cause the situation like this ,
1. Check and make sure that power are connected correctly and firmly.
2. Check your other major hardware’s (memory, video card, CPU and power supply) to ensure that they are not the cause of the issue.
3. Update driver, if possible test card on another working system to check.
4. If you need further assistant, please feel free to contact our technical support department directly at 626.271.1004 from M to F, 6am to 6pm Pacific standard Time.

Best Regards,
MSI Review Team | usreview@msi.com

Pros: Runs all current games at high/ultra settings

Cons: Might not run all future games in high/ultra settings due to memory constraints.

Other Thoughts: Could try to overclock the memory to get some added performance. This really helped when trying to run watch dogs on high settings.