Absolutely spectacular. I’ve never seen a video called just good.

I’m just blown away. I don’t really have words for it.

Watercooled with an old Alphacool Eiswolf AIO. The pump isn't that great. But the Eiswolf 2 version looks much more solid. This has kept this card cool in an NZXT H210 small case for >3 years.

I'm going to admit something to you all, when these first launched I thought and they looked like a lemon of the card next to the 1080ti Mini I had in my old travel PC in my completed list. Fast forward to today and these honestly look like a steal of a deal. The performance of a 3070 with a VRAM count that makes sense for modern game titles, all the features as well. They honestly at the 600 USD price I got these used on EBAY amazing. They even make the 3070 and 70ti look like trash, honestly why they are a thing when the 2080ti is still out there on the market. But whatever works I guess...

Lovely card with solid performance. Will be sad to see this go.

Wish I could control the lighting.

For gpu, FE working fine.

When you want the best and you're willing to invest into RTX, this is it. It cost almost literally an arm and a leg at launch and prices haven't gotten much better even with the impending release of the 3xxx series. The stock shrouds on the FE's looked (in my opinion) much classier than the after market cards and managed a svelte two slots. For most of their lifespan I used them just as they were - but finally moved to a full water cooling loop. This caused a massive 40C drop in temps at full load. No longer almost too hot to touch they shed heat perfectly.

What can I say? this thing is a beast. GPU rendering with this monster should be fun.

As I said, this card is more than I need, but it should keep me covered for a long time. I chose this over one of the aftermarket versions based solely on aesthetics. I get that the others have better cooling solutions but I'm confident I'm going to get what I need out of the founders edition. It runs quiet in my build and really the only complaint I have is that controlling the green lighting appears to require a phd in a field that I can't even define...so I wish I could do that but maybe at some point someone will come out with a simple tool. I played around with overclocking in precision x1 and then settled on just leaving it alone for now.

So far I cant complain. It runs everything I have thrown at it without issue but it would be nice if RTX and DLSS were actually used in more than a handful of games. I think half of the GPU is just there to cost extra.