MSI - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8GB GDDR5X PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card - Black/Red

I decided to wait till the hype on this GPU went down (that and the availability of it was scarce during launch). I was coming from a GTX 980ti Hybrid and the watercooling on it sort of spoiled me. Which is why I was skeptical about getting a GPU with it's own custom cooler on it. One thing you'll need to be aware about a GPU with onboard fan coolers is that you're dispersing the heat from within the case. So I immediately flipped a few case fans to serve as exhaust fans to blow the heat outside of my case. But here's the kicker, this card remains amazingly COOL! Through many hours of Battlefield 1 and Dishonored 2, this GPU never hovered beyond 65C. That's friggin' good. And the fans are so quiet that even if you manually blast them at 100%, it still sounds pleasantly quiet. The performance is spectacular on a 1440p monitor. On 4K, you can run most games at low to medium settings and probably get away with 50+ fps average. Overall, at the price I got it for ($730 approximately), it was well worth the purchase. Do NOT get a "Founder's Edition" card. No way should anyone pay premium prices for a "reference card".

Bought 2 of these for SLI and must say its not worth it, SLI works with very few applications and the ones that it works you do not need SLI for. Performs GREAT Runs SILENT Runs COLD Was suppose to get a coupon code for a free game Download and Best Buy never sent them to me. I called them about it and after an hour haggling on the phone they sent me One Code when I had told them over and over again I am suppose to get 2 code because I bought e cards....calling them again after this review, what a pain it is.

I have had this card now for over a month and I have to say that it is running great, ZERO issues and it is quiet. I am not overclocking anymore than the built in "gaming" mode that the MSI software handles. I have put in many hours with Ark, Far Cry: Primal and Battlefield 1. All running on a 4k monitor with EVERYTHING cranked up. No lag, excellent FPS and super high quality. Highly recommended.

Great graphics card, performs extremely well. Love the GUI they have for Windows.