When I went to Best Buy to buy a video card, I was planning to buy a 4Gb card, but the store only had 1 brand of card with 4Gb on it, and it wasn't the EVGA. They were also out of stock online! So I settled for the 2Gb model. If it wasn't EVGA or MSI, I simply would have gone without!! I live more than 60 miles from the nearest Best Buy, so it was either the 2Gb or nothing! It installed very easily and I configured my new 29" Curved monitor to split the screen into 2 halves! That went well also! Surprise, surprise!! I also changed the power supply while I had it apart to a 600W because these video cards do draw lots of power, and since the mfgr doesn't put in anything too large, I decided to change it before I destroyed the original one by overworking it! I am very happy with its performance so far, but I haven't as yet put it through its paces by playing any of the new video games. Everyone says that it will work just fine, but I cannot attest to that just yet. I have used EVGA cards for years without any problems at all, so I wanted to stay with that brand. I did find out that the "FTW" model is the best of that series, but I was actually ignorant about that fact until AFTER I had bought it. So Best Buy must only stock the most popular models, and it was highly recommended by the salesperson. Now that the new 1080 has hit the stores, watch for price drops on these older models. I just can't see spending $500 for a video card... this one was on sale for $189. A good value for the money!