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You know, I knew my GPU was old. It was one of the last things I'd gotten around to upgrading over the years. It was part of the original build, 5 or 6 years ago.But it performed! No, I'm not playing Crysis on High, but it pushed the games, man, and I didn't have any appreciable lag. Frame rates seemed decent, I just had no complaints.But I finally pulled the trigger, and settled on this card for a balance between budget and performance. Would I have liked the 6GB card? Darn right. But I was trying to be fiscally responsible. And this is actually my first nVIDIA GPU, I've always run with AMD. My first benchmark was Skyrim. Yeah, it's dated, but I hadn't played it when it first came out. I just don't see the point in paying $60 for a game I can get for half that in a year or two.Anyway, I enjoyed it immensely, I see why it was such a big deal when it first released, etc etc. And then they released the updated texture packs. Oh cool! So I moved on over to that version, and it was neat to see what they'd changed, what stuff looked more detailed or intricate.I still couldn't imagine what a difference a new card would make. I mean, I'm already pushing this game on Ultra settings, no problem. What difference could it possibly make?? So I threw the card in, loaded drivers, and started up Skyrim.Holy. $#!7. I mean, seriously. Still set to Ultra settings, but oh my god. It was like being handed glasses after never realizing you were nearsighted. Like suddenly being granted hearing when you didn't know you were deaf in one ear. The game just looks freaking remarkable in comparison, and I am amazed. I can't even quantify it enough to put into this review. There was more texture and (as much as is possible in that game from that year) more realism to objects. The parallax in high-ceilinged halls was absolutely stunning compared to what I was used to. I mean... seriously, it was almost like I'd gone from a really nice 2D that kinda looked 3D, to true 3D.The difference was amazing, and continues to be so on the games I'm replaying to see the difference. And this thing overclocks quite well! I pushed the core clock up +300 (had it at like +340, but ran a liiittle more stable at 300), and the memory clock up a solid ghz, +1000. Runs beautifully and cool, even under load. (That might have something to do with the fantastic case I got with it: Corsair Carbide Clear 400C Compact Mid-Tower Case.Well worth the purchase, no regrets. Well, except that I didn't get the 6GB one.

Wow just majestic hahahahaha I upgraded from the gt 730 4gb gddr3 128bit all I can say is just wow 😮 blown away the card is extremely quietand when the fans are on you don’t even noticed I maxed mine out and more quiet then the gt730 so that’s an extreme plusthe size of the card is massive hahaha better have room I sure do in my thermaltake core X71 caseand do keep in mind minimal this card requires 400w or higher states on the box mine work perfectly 600w gold by thermaltakeSo now the rgb holy child programming it’s so terrible it’s just awfully made can’t use wheel have to use pre made colors app on phones is even worse 😂 so I just keep mine on blue or one solid colorThe rest of the application is eh needs major improvement the card is perfect now they need to work on the application improve features looks ability’s and soo on other then that application can be dealt with when used when OC for example this card is very powerfulInstalling was perfect even with the led to inform if something is wrong with the power amazingThe backplate Is metal and connects to the front faceThe heat sinks are very I interesting and noticeable slightlySymbols for gigabyte and fan stop are spot on and beautifulThe panel where the hdmi and display ports are it’s actually a dark grayish color not pure silver hahahaI will post videos tomorrow!!!!!One update and I was ready to game list below is what I’ve played on max settings so far will keep updatingFortnite on epicSubnatica on maxedThe forest on maxRoE on maxGta 5 on highThe hunter call of the wild maxedBattlefield VUpdate 1-12-2019Application has been updated and now I can choose what ever color I wantthe overclock part is still wow not worth it I uninstalled gigabytes overclock saved the rgb fusion 2.0 and downloaded msi after burnerI will say however check your thermal pads and paste my pads where dry a little bit so I changed them and the paste was dry tooBut amazing card this thing can handle any game you can through at it

I have been looking at GPU's for a while and finally decided on the Nvidia 1060 series due to its performance vs price ration. The 1050 is a great card but the performance difference is huge while the price difference was moderate. The 1070 is an excellent card but it would end up costing more than my entire computer. Most of the Nvdia 1060 GPUs are roughly the same regardless of the maker. The main difference is the fans/cooling, the appearance, and the ports. This gigabyte offers dual fans that supposedly offer more cooling due to the fan design. I am not sure if its true but the temps have been fairly consistent and the fan is very quiet. Keep in mind that with minimal to moderate use the fans do not come on at all (unlike GPUs of the past) once you reach a certain degree of use the fans will ramp up as needed. Also worth noting is that this generation of Nvida cards have "auto overclocking" which means they can adjust their frequency depending on how you are using it. This has worked out very well so far with the card humming with light apps at less than 400mhz and then going to full clock with heavy games. The temperatures are reasonable (about 66 degrees at full load) and the performance has been spotless with my Core i5 setup.The only real downside to this is that it comes with no accessories. Back in the day I recall GPUs coming with connectors adapters to allow you to use different types of monitors. This GPU has 1 HDMI, 1 DVI, and 3 display Ports. I would have much rather had more HDMI or DVI output or this could have come with adapters to allow you to switch but unfortunately I had to purchase the adapters myself.As long as you are ok with the ports then you won't be disappointed with the card.