I upgraded from an MSI Aero 2080 Ti blower card, which was a decent card for my needs, but the fans were very loud. At the time of purchase, I also picked up a Corsair RM1000x Shift 1000 Watt power supply unit. Basic Rig Specs: -AS-Rock Z390 Phantom Gaming 4 Mobo -i9-9900K -32GB DDR4 RAM -Rosewill Photon 750 Watt PSU(Upgraded to 1000w PSU referenced above) -Windows 10 Monitor Setup: -LG 43UK6300 4K(@60Hz) TV -Sansui ES-G27C1 WQHD 2560x1440p Monitor@180Hz This is a great upgrade, especially for those in my exact situation, with approximately 5 year old hardware. Had I gone with 5080 or 5090, I may have left more performance on the table as the Z390 mobo is only PCI Gen 3. However, when I decide to upgrade my motherboard/chipset, this card will swap over nicely, and I can take advantage of the performance gains of PCI Gen 4. The card is extremely quiet, especially compared to the 2080 Ti blower card I had previously. There was a time when I thought the fans weren't working properly because it seemed almost too quiet, but everything was running properly. I tend to play two types of games predominantly, First Person Shooter games(both campaign and multiplayer...so CoD, Borderlands, the Finals, etc) and Action RPG & Soulslike games(Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Remnant 2, Black Myth Wukong, Lies of P, Lords of the Fallen(2023), Nioh/Wo Long, God of War, Witcher 3, etc). On one hand, I want smooth 1440p high refresh gaming, and on the other hand I want stable 4K@60Hz. While my old card would output at max settings on most games, it would run hot, and by all indications it would be running on the edge of its performance limits. Distant textures would struggle a bit in Elden Ring, for example. This card handles both game types with no issues so far, and it feels like I have a lot of headroom to grow into with this card. That can be looked at as either a card that will handle the advances in gaming over the next 5 years, or headroom for advanced tuning(overclocking and other measures) on current or past titles. Also worth mentioning that this is one of the best looking cards ever made, in my opinion, and I think it looks great in my case. That being said it, it is a huge card, and I've included a picture to show the size difference from the 2080ti. I believe it was 2.5 slots, and you're going to want to install the included GPU support, because it is heavy. As far as value goes, this is one of the better cards when it comes to price to performance, and although I'm always looking for the best price, I'm a gaming enthusiast, so I'm willing to splurge a little bit to get what I really want. I bought the card in December 2023, and I'm writing this in September 2025, so I've had time to play 100s of hours on the card. Borderlands 4 just released, and I'm having issues running the game in 4K(minor issues that will likely be fixed with patches from the developer, game has been out for less than 1 week at the time of this review), but this doesn't bother me as even the best cards are having issues running 60FPS in 4K@60Hz in BL4. I just switched to 1440p, and it runs great on BL4 now! For the most part, the card will handle whatever I throw at it, it's just a matter of fine tuning the games specific settings. I have not over clocked or run the card at anything other than base settings. I would recommend this card if you're in a similar situation as me, or if you have new hardware and you're looking for a good gpu that can handle everything, something like this or the 5070 Ti now would be a great option!