MSI GeForce RTX 2070 8GB GDDR6 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Video Card RTX 2070 GAMING Z 8G

Pros: -New Architecture -Fast as all Hell -Glows a LOT -Significant Improvement in the performance in games versus my old GTX 970 -Build quality is very top-tier, and the aesthetics are great -ZERO issues during installation, took about 10 minutes to get everything set up -You will probably regain your will to live

Cons: -If at all, Not much Ray Tracing support so far -Probably not worth getting if you already have a 1070 or 1080 -Didn't fix my broken Marriage

Overall Review: This card is absolutely amazing so far. Feels great to be able to crank the settings in games like GTA V, Crysis 3, Dark Souls, The Witcher, WoW, etc to the absolute max, with little-to-no frame dips below 60fps at 2k Ultrawide resolution. I would totally recommend this card if you have something like a 1050ti, or anything in the GTX 900 series and below. It's at a very similar price point to the 1080 and 1070ti, but you get the extra features, new architecture, and future Ray Tracing support, and a bit more performance. I was originally looking to upgrade to a 1070ti or a 1080, but once I saw that this card was near the same price I had to cave in and get one! However, if you already have a 1070/ti, or a 1080/ti, you may want to hold off upgrading as you will only get a small percentile performance boost over the previous generation, and I'm not sure Ray Tracing itself is worth $600 as no games support it yet since it's so new. But if you have a 970, or anything similar or less, this GPU is a FANTASTIC BUY.

Pros: Looks good Very Cool when it actually works

Cons: oh my gosh.... where do I even start? This card worked great for literally 4 hours. Then it was a never ending cascade of blackscreens,bluescreens,crashes,freezes, in games and even at the desktop! I tried EVERYTHING to get this to work right. I even uninstalled old drivers via DDU and did the whole safe mode internet off thing then reinstalling drivers LIKE 20 TIMES. I tried for about 10 hours to get this to work. It's defective, I gave up. Put my old 1070 in.... not a single issue. Not happy, at all.

Overall Review: 0/10

Pros: Good video output - Min 60 FPS on everything I have played so far Runs cool enough (Roughly 65-70 C on max load) Quiet until it hits high load RGB lighting is really nice Bought it at 550$ WITH BF5 Ray tracing is really beautiful All metal Backplate helps reduce heat and GPU sag

Cons: Card is big, and bulky, and heavy Can raise temperatures in a small room during long gaming sessions (But that's with ANY cpu, so it's not a big deal here) Ray Tracing is only supported in a few games right now, so your buying a feature that's not highly supported, and may never be.

Overall Review: I highly recommend this card for anyone looking to get into RTX on a budget. I had an EVGA 1060 6GB SuperClock, which was a really decent card. I bought this because I wanted more beef for streaming and recording gameplay, but didn't want to spend 1200$ to buy a 2080Ti. I have been extremely surprised with how well the card worked, and how easy it has been. A lot of people are claiming DoA, which is to be expected with any new card release, but I didn't have ANY problems getting this card working. Because I had previously had the 1060 installed in my CPU it was just a 2 minute driver update and I was gaming again. This card is listed as being 12 inches long, and 6.1 inches wide, with a depth of about 2 PCIE slots. That might worry some of you about fitting it in your case, but rest assured it's not ACTUALLY that big. They measured it with the extra length of the mounting bracket included, so really this card is about 5 or 5.5 inches. I had exactly 6.2 inches of width in my case and it went in snug and easy! They even thought ahead and inset the power connectors so you have extra room for the wiring to fit. It'll fit in just about any case, as long as you have 6 inches from your MOBO, and 12 inches for the massive length! Please check if this card will fit before buying! The card is currently super cheap compared to other cards with similar benchmarks, so it's a good time to grab one of these, at least from what I've seen and read. It preforms well above and beyond what i expected, and I doubt I'll be upgrading for at least a few more years! The fans are really quiet, they don't even spin up until 60C, and when they do they aren't annoying at all. I don't hear them through my Astros A10 headset, and the mic doesn't pick them up either, so I can't complain at all. Even when I'm using my speaker system I can barely hear them, and even then it's only a dull hum in the background that sounds methodical and relaxing. There's no huge sound problems with this card for me, or anyone else unless you're going for a super quiet build, in which case you should be looking at watercooling anyway. Just FYI there's NO WATER BLOCKS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR THIS CARD. If you're looking at that just get a 2080 or 2080Ti, there's going to be way more support for watercooling them. I've had this card for 3 weeks now and I love it! The ray tracing puts up 60-70 FPS in BF5, the look is really nice, and it's very powerful. I know a lot of people are skeptical about this card, but I wouldn't be. If you don't want to buy into Ray Tracing that's not even a hit to this card, it's still a good cost to performance ratio from everything I've seen, and it's cheap enough that you can actually get one. It's also very appealing in my rig visually. The RGB is simple, and minimal, but just enought to stand out. The backplate fits perfectly with the silver and black ascetic I went for, and configuring the RGB was too easy. You need 2 programs to run the card, one for clock and one for RGB, but that's a minimal gripe because I have only opened the RGB settings the one time. Just keep in mind that this card will fill your case, so it might block the intended visual effects on your MOBO RGB if there are any by the PCIE slots. Final thoughts... I got the 2070 Gaming Z. That extra Gaming z is important because the Z cards have extra headroom for factory clock and overclocking. Mine is at a max boost of 1830 MHZ, the factory max boost, and it runs amazingly well. Spend the extra little bit and get the Z model for extra future proofing.

Pros: I've had the card since 10/25/18 and have not experienced any issues yet. (Praying that stays true). Currently running any game on ultra settings with a 100 frames at the very least.

Cons: Nothing that I can think of at this time but will update the longer I have the card.

Overall Review: As always, this card is massive and it took me some time to rewire my rig to adhere to this gpu's massive size. I am not a huge guru in specs, speeds, etc but it seems that the card runs anywhere between 60-70c under load but that could just be my current setup. I dont overclock or push the limits but the card at default/ factory settings is far superior to my older gpu. The driver installation took me a bit to resolve but I believe it was because I am still running windows 7 pro (or so said the MSI rep). The driver disc that comes with the card had me refer to nvidia geforce experience to get the latest driver but geforce experience kept throwing me errors that it couldn't find any so I had to grab the driver from their website and run a custom installation. I hope the card lasts as I check in on it like my first born child - haha. Computer parts are so expensive these days and if you are like me, you cant afford two of these bad boys simultaneously so I put all my cards in on this gpu. Will update review as time progresses. I would 100% recommend this card and I have a friend picking up this exact one in a couple of weeks.

Pros: Well, I upgraded from my gtx 1060 I had for 2 years. Needless to say, this thing runs as fast as lightning. Here are the things i like. super fast QUIET great cooler for load situations gorgeous design suttle and tasteful RGB LED's

Cons: This card has very little overclock headroom. Oher than that, a perfect card.

Overall Review: Not a con but a possible issue. this card is literally one of the widest cards on the market at 6.10" in. CHECK YOUR CASE WIDTH SPECS. I would recommend this to anyone who has the money for an upgrade. Or someone who doesn't want to spend 800+$ to get a turing GPU. Props to msi making this one of, if not the fastest RTX 2070 on the market right now. I'm in love with this card

Pros: - great looking card - very fast (if it works, but getting to that)

Cons: - Defective the first time I got it - Defective the second time

Overall Review: When you pay this much for a GPU you expect it to work the first time. You DEFINITELY DON'T EXPECT it to be defective, let alone the REPLACEMENT TO BE DEFECTIVE as well! But that is exactly my situation right now. What is going on here?! I am extremely upset and staggered by the lack of quality I am receiving. Gamed for about an hour, entire screen turns to a glitchy mess and computer crashes. Computer tries to restart but GPU crashes upon restart so computer crashes and tries to restart again and GPU crashes again. No overclocking necessary. Called MSI, could only say "I understand your frustration" over and over again like it's going to fix my card. (In other words, they couldn't/wouldn't help me.) I am currently seeking a refund.

Pros: Wouldn't know. After 6 and a half hours it wouldn't even show up as an installed device.

Cons: hmm, for the money it should come with cables. It doesn't. I got this from my wife for a birthday/Christmas gift. No way of really giving a review because it wouldn't install. Went back to my MSI GTX 970 and that works GREAT( Purchased from Newegg) . This won't stop me from purchasing from Newegg as they are FANTASTIC. Hopefully the problems get resolved, because I was really excited to get this card.

Overall Review: I would purchase again, if I knew it was going to work. I would not my son to go through what he went through trying to install the defective one ever again.

Pros: -Great looking card! Love MSI Gaming series looks and Twin Froz tech!

Cons: -Dead on arrival. Overheating and artifacts everywhere you look. Couldn't get past BIOS screen due to poor display.

Overall Review: -Began RMA process. Crossing my fingers for a better 2nd card