Gainward GeForce GTX 980 Phantom graphics card - GF GTX 980 - 4 GB

Handles all games maxed out at 1080p. Perfect card for gamers on 1080p as you'll have no issues maxing out games with them looking phenomenal. Keeps cool and rather quiet, I don't notice any coil whine or fan ramp up while gaming for hours at a time. The fans are very interesting as you can simply unscrew them and screw them back in. This makes is ridiculously easy to keep the GPU free of dust, which is a major bonus in my book. I've not had any stability issues but bare in mind all components from all companies can and do have faults, but it's doing it's job nicely at the moment.Specs:I7 6700k @ 4.6ghzHyper 212x CPU cooler16gb G.Skill Ripjaw 2400mhz ddr4 ramGainward GTX 980Runs like a dream on any game. I'd imagine it to perform well with higher than 1080p resolutions too, not 4k but 1440p for sure.Another thing to note is that with a program such as MSI afterburner you can really make the card reach its full potential, the card overclocks very well, I have gotten the core up to 1500mhz and the memory up to 3900mhz, and overclock of 150 ish and 350 ish respectively. There's no need to do this as the card doesn't really need to extra horsepower but it may come in handy when more resource intense titles come out in 2017. Don't be afraid to overclock, it's idiot proof. It's set up so you can only take thing so far, and if you go to far you reboot and keep lowering the clocks until you have a stable system.Overall, 8/10 will definitely consider gainward again.

The first which come was faulty. After 3 hours of playing has showed me a black screen, computer was working but not a graphic card. Thanks to amazon I've received replacement in the same week. However in both cases the packing was really disappointing. I can rather say there was no packing at all, both cards was posted in its manufacturer boxes, simply labeled for postage. Second card working fine. It is not the best at all. Badly designed radiator and fans blowing all the hot air inside the computer case, maybe just 5% of the hot air going outside. I have expected much more than that from Gainward brand. This features has forced me to keep my case open during the game. My old XFX Full Size Radeon HD6870 had much better designed cooling system, taking out all hot air outside the case. The performance is quite good, fans are really silent. Under load the card is easily reaching 70° C. By the way this card is requiring two 8 pin connectors.

Running Windows 10 and latest Nvidia drivers, I get 2 or 3 BSOD's and lockups per week. This is a huge pain because I leave my PC on 24/7 for remote access, and obviously can't get in if it's frozen. Unsure whether it's a problem with drivers or I got a faulty card, changing drivers hasn't fixed it but there are hundreds to try and the crashes are unpredictable.The other major pain is the connectors on the card. You get 1 DVI socket and 3 Mini DisplayPort sockets. Mini DP sockets require an adapter, and most of those adapters are very poor quality and fail within a few months. But it's better than the mini HDMI of my old Gainward GTX 570 because mini HDMI plugs break by the sheer weight of gravity weighing on the cable.When it works, which to be fair is most of the time, it performs great. Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is buttery smooth on Ultra.

Best PC upgrade I have ever bought, seriously improved FPS in all games, I can now play everything on ultra settings.

I always purchase and recommend the 'Gainward Phantom' range with every GPU series/generation. One of the best brands in the market!

Very well built card. Very solid frame and I like the removeable fans. The card was absolutely silent upon powering up. However this card is HUGE keep that in mind. Unfortunately my card was faulty and would crash when trying to display 1920x1080 and this was a hardware problem rather than software.

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