Joined on 10/03/17
Fantastic jump from the 20X0 series.
Pros: -Even when under 99% load the card is reasonably quiet and runs cool. -Great performance at MSRP, especially if coming from the 20 series. -Large heatsink. -Looks good and can still fit in some MATX cases despite it's massive size.
Cons: -Not being detected by default RGB software and required an install of GCC. -Card initially crashed when enabling frame generation for testing. Has been stable since with no issue. -Not quite up to 4090 performance, as promised by NVIDIA (no brainer)
Overall Review: If you're coming from a 20 series, and it can be obtained at MSRP, go for it. The card is much larger than the default 2 card slot of the FE edition, but the cooling and noise level justify it. The card comes with a free mount, so the included gift from NewEgg -if applicable at time of purchase- isn't needed. As stated in the cons, when first enabling frame generation, the card crashed, even with new drivers. Since then, I've been able to toggle settings with no issue and the performance at 1440p is fantastic in native settings from all games tested.
Worked well for a few months
Pros: Compact, good heatsink and shroud for the M.2, plenty of USB headers.
Cons: Just stopped working after a few months and had some coil whine prior to.
Overall Review: It's a shame this product died on like it did because it supported everything I needed in a MOBO so I'm hoping it was just a bad draw of the lottery.
Was a good buy for the price
Pros: Runs most 2019 games. Stays quite under load for the most part. Never saw temps get into uncomfortable territory. Never bothered to tweak its settings or OC, it worked great for the price as purchased.
Cons: Card died on me after about 2.5 years, it gave me issues for awhile in the past (fans would spin up and the video would die), but driver updates always fixed that until recently.
Overall Review: Was a great budget buy in 2017, but in 2020 it's hard to justify buying a lower end GTX card, however if you are to do so, I would recommend this card. Even though I seemed to get bad luck with the lottery and the longevity of the card, it performed quite well for the price.