(UPDATE 1/17/21!!) - still rocking strong. No issues whatsoever. Love this thing.
So far so good. I am upgrading from MSI GTX 1660 Super. I wanted that extra vram to play around with and so far it has done the job. I went from AAA games on high to very high graphics to very high to ultra. The latter most cases. Time will tell though. I've only had this a few days but everything is in order. Ran many benchmarks and am getting good results.
Now for some issues people in the bad reviews almost scared me off of this product for.
I nearly passed on this because of 3 main issues people had.
1. Too hot- this GPU DOES get hotter than my 1660 super. BUT it is not anywhere near anything to worry about. While playing an open world game on ultra it can get as high as 75°C. Say for instance RDR2 or AC Odyssey. This is not anything to worry about. I'd say 85°C or 90°C is when you might what to start watching your card. It's widely accepted that 70° - 80° on max graphics is the average. I will say my 1660 never got that high but I wasn't able to push it like this one. If someone is having heat issues I'd think their setup is faulty or room is 80°F period.
2. Coil whine - mine makes no such noise so it might be a cases by case thing. There's also nothing to worry about if it does whine. Unless you can't handle the noise. I use headphones so it wouldn't matter to me either way.
3. Artifacts - Again it might be just luck of the draw. Because of the negative reviews I put this thing through some paces just to double check and found no issues. And again it's all about your setup. One of a million things can be causing these issues. Could be the card or could be software or hardware conflicts. Thing to remember is everyone thinks they are an expert when they build their own rig. I assure you they are not as I am not. I'm just telling my experience so far.
All in all I am very happy with this card so far. It's about a 44% upgrade from a 1660 super. I will update this review when more time has passed. If everything is cool I'll let you know. If it exploded you'll know. Also I'm pretty sure I got the last one as the posting was unavailable the next day. Or just got lucky. Something was telling me to buy it and so far I'm glad I did.
My rig just for continuity purposes.
MSI Z490m motherboard
Intel i7-10700k CPU clocked up to 5.1ghz
16gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 3600 ram
Zotac RTX Geforce 2060 Super mini
500gb WD SSD m.2
2tb Seagate HDD
6tb Toshiba HDD
Noctua CPU heatsink
600watt power supply
2 extra cooling fans
| Max Screen Resolution | 3840x2160 |
|---|---|
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Speed | 1680 MHz |
| Graphics Coprocessor | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 |
| Chipset Brand | NVIDIA |
| Card Description | Dedicated |
| Graphics Card Ram Size | 8 GB |
