Pros: Getting similar results to a GTX 1080 in performance. Temps never exceed 58 degrees under load, even in VR, as long as you set the fan to around 65%. -3dMark Timespy score on stock frequency w/ Ryzen 2600 was about 8950. Pretty impressive really. -Plays games like The Forest in 4k on mostly max settings quite well (around 45 FPS). -Fairly aesthetic card as blower fans go

Cons: Fairly loud if you want to keep the card cool enough, depending on the airflow in your case. I have this in an ITX system (Phanteks Evolve Shift tower) and the airflow in that case is pretty bad, which is why I needed a blower fan. Fortunately, I mostly use this system for VR, so the Oculus headset drowns out the noise.

Pros: I looks great, and feels like quality when you hold it in your hands. The box it comes in is beautiful. The PCI Express slots are nice/sturdy.. the metal finish looks great on all the board 'armor'. Tons of features (well, if it worked).

Cons: 2 bad boards in a row = 1 Egg review. The first board worked initially, but the Killer NIC Wifi + Bluetooth module was dead on arrival. The module itself was "loose" on the board (I could wiggle it). I didn't really care about Wifi/Bluetooth on a desktop so I ignored it. Everything was fine, until ~ 2 weeks of ownership. Suddenly I booted up and it said my OC had failed (I had set the XMP so my DDR4 would run at the rated speed of 3333). In addition to not being able to run my RAM at the proper speed (there's nothing wrong with the RAM btw), the PC now was unable to locate a boot device by itself. Each time I booted it up, it would tell me it couldn't find a boot device, and that I should insert one and restart. If I manually selected my OS SSD (hit F11 on the initial splash screen and select the boot drive), it worked fine, and would continue to work until I shut it off. The next time I'd try to use it, once again it would fail to find a boot device. The only way to get into Windows was to manually tell it what device to use, every time. I sent back the first board, and received my new board yesterday. This one is even worse, in that it's basically unusable. The CPU will shoot up to 100 degrees within seconds of booting it up, after which even trying to navigate the BIOS is basically impossible because it's so slow. It randomly sets the CPU to run at 800mhz for no reason. No, my CPU cooler is not broken (it's a brand new GTX H100i from Corsair, works fine). I reseated the CPU 5 times in the socket to make sure I had everything lined up properly, and reapplied thermal paste a few times. One time, during one of my many many reboots, it suddenly "just worked" and ran at a nice 26 degrees. I was able to get into Windows, everything seemed to have magically straightened itself out. Then, as if from nowhere, I get a random BSOD error (too quick to read), after which low and behold, it was back to running at 100 degrees and not working again. 1 bad board I could understand. 2 is unacceptable.

Overall Review: Complete lack of quality assurance on the part of MSI. There is no way they're testing these boards. 2 bad boards in a row should be impossible for a $549 motherboard. These things should be getting checked, double checked, then rechecked again at this price point. Instead I've received 2 pieces of unusable junk. I now have no computer until I order yet another board (I will not be ordering any more MSI motherboards. Ever.). Never had any issues from Gigabyte or ASUS. I guess it's time to see what they have to offer.

Pros: -Looks good -4k is amazing (when it works) -Build quality seems high -VESA support -Comes with DP and HDMI cables

Cons: As others have stated, with DP 1.2 enabled, there are issues. I have had the "popping" noise happen only once, but it seems as though gaming on this monitor basically doesn't work for some games. When you move from a 2d to 3d environment, it seems like some games will either immediately start flickering and crash, or they do it shortly after you get into the game. Games that fail to run properly: Metro Last Light Garry's Mod GTA IV Games that seem to work: Skyrim (with mods and ENB it seems fine) Rust The Forest (Alpha) Space Engineers Those are the games I've tried so far. The ones that work look and run amazingly smooth thanks to the 60hz. I have an i7 3930k and dual GTX 780 6GB cards from EVGA, so I have enough video memory to push most games pretty well. I also have run 3dMark Firestrike and it runs fine. It pretty much seems to be an issue with DP 1.2, specifically 4k @ 60hz. Lower resolution settings seem to work better, but even at 1600p for instance, GTA IV still crashed. I'm going to purchase another DP cable and see if that's possibly related.

Overall Review: Looks great, but 4k 60hz gaming is hit or miss. I would say it's basically impossible that ASUS even tested these for any kind of gaming at that setting, because about 50% of the games I've played have had the issue. There's simply no way this should have gotten past a QC department, which makes me think they simply don't test anything. I'll give it a short while to see if ASUS posts a fix, or if it's possibly driver related (4k SLI drivers are pretty new still), but if they don't I'm going to return it and get the 4k Samsung instead. I want to keep this because of the VESA mount support, so I hope ASUS gets their act together.

Pros: **Quality Construction** The card is definitely a thing of beauty. The backplate adds a nice touch and helps keep things cool. The dual cooling fans are huge, and perform their task very well. The card idles around the 32 degree range, and I've never seen it go past 68 under full load and overclocked. This single card scores 10k on 3dMark11 "Performance Mode", which is pretty awesome. 6GB GDDR5: This is probably uncessesary for the vast majority of users. If you game at 1080p please buy the standard 3GB version of the card and save some money. You won't notice a difference. I currently use 3 monitors and plan to go to 5 when MST Hubs become available (google Club 3D MST Hub, they are already hitting UK markets, hopefully US soon). This card is very quiet. I am using a "Fractal Design" black steel mid-tower with sound dampening panels (probably deserves a lot of the credit here), and at 50% I cannot hear the fan without putting my ear to the case. I haven't needed to push the fan past that, and I usually run it at 42% which as I said, keeps the card at 68 under full overclocked load. Pretty sweet.

Cons: Expensive of course, but compared to other 6GB offerings (GTX Titan, HD7990), it's fairly affordable. The main "con" is the size. As others here have mentioned, the card definitely covers 3 slots. With my current setup this means I have to run a 2nd card (if/when I get one) in my 4x PCI Express slot, which is not ideal. I am currently ordering a CPU/Board to remedy this situation (and gain PCI Express 3.0!). Just something to check on your board beforehand if you plan on getting 2 and don't want to overhaul your whole PC to accomodate them. Also, power consumption is a big deal here. The box recommends a 750w supply! 2x8 pin connections are required. I did some googling, and found that under full load and OC'd, this card uses almost 400w by itself. Pretty serious stuff.

Overall Review: This card is not faster than a GTX680, which I moved from to use this. The pixel-pushing power is pretty much identical. The difference is only noticeable when multi-monitor gaming, which is what I do. Anyone with a single 1080p display need not apply. Save the money and get a nice SSD or something. Or donate it to me so I can buy more RAM for my new board. :)

Pros: This card is amazing. I replaced 2x GTX570's with this card. My benchmarks have gone up. My frame rates have gone up. The card runs quiet and cool. Came with tons of swag, like a case badge, stickers, adapter cables, etc. This card idles around 34-36 degrees, and has never gone past 65 with a fan speed of only 58%. That's great, and it's incredibly quiet. I can barely hear it. Compared to my previous "jet-engine-like" 570 pair, this is a welcome change. The heat output reduction is also great, especially with summer coming up soon. I gained about 800 points in 3dMark11 on the Extreme test. Note that this is with my CPU at stock speed (980x i7 6 core). My previous setup had been fully overclocked, so I expect I could gain another 500 points or so. This card uses way less power than my previous setup, and only requires 2 6-pin connections rather than a 6 & 8 like most cards. Adding all this up = Win.

Cons: Neweggs' customer service. I had to get this card from a competitor because Newegg refused to honor/correct a shipping glitch on another model (MSI TwinFrozr edition). The shipping was listed at $94.94, and the customer service rep "Katherine" who I spoke with via IM chat refused to help or do anything about it, stating that "If the site says that's the price, it MUST be right". Katherine reminded me of a parrot, simply reciting her script and not actually "thinking". By the time the price was fixed, the stock was gone. I called the phone based service and was offered a $25 discount on my next purchase by "Gloria" who was supposed to email me a coupon. That email has never arrived, so I was lied to and/or given the shove-off twice on this. Bad Newegg.. bad bad bad.

Overall Review: This really is a great card and it was worth buying. I have this setup running 3x19" LCD's for a total resolution of 3240x1280 (portrait mode). The 2GB of GDDR5 makes this run nice and smooth. I had some stuttering issues with my old setup that have totally disappated with the new card. I have run Skyrim, LOTRO, Garrys' Mod, and Fallout New Vegas on this setup so far and they all run on maxed out/Ultra settings without a single lost frame. That is impressive for a single GPU. Bottome line is: If you can get it, get it. You won't regret it.