This replaced my 4 year old MSI TwinFrozr GTX 760, which has functioned without a glitch since I bought it. I decided on the EVGA as the card was physically smaller than the MSI equivalent - I have a Shuttle XPC, so space is limited.



The card is beautifully presented, the packaging is functional, rather than artistic, which is definitely a point in its favour (though I could have done without the poster...), and uses only the 8pin connector, rather than the 8+6pin that the 760. All I did was shut down the computer, swap the cards over, restart the computer, and that was that. Nothing needed to be done, other than set up the custom configuration I use in the Nvidia control panel to activate the 75Hz WQHD refresh that my big monitor uses. It just worked. Which is what you really look for in a piece of hardware. There are, apparently, LEDs on the card the light up to show the EVGA logo. They're inside the case, so I don't see them.



Speedwise it's a perfect match for my monitor, mentioned above. The games all zip along, Vsynced at 75Hz. I don't play any particuarly gruelling games, I have Doom 2016, Motorsport Manager, Pillars of Eternity, World of Warcraft, Diablo III (I think - the most recent), they all have everything in graphics turned up to 11, they look stunning, and never skip a frame. Milkdrop - the awesome plug in for the venerable WinAmp has doubled in speed, and again, looks utterly marvellous.



The card is, to all intents and purposes, silent. I'm going to have to buy a new case fan, as it now sounds loud. Even after 2ish hours of gaming, the graphics card didn't switch its fans on - which is good, as I use the machine in my living room as a home theatre a lot of the time, the extra silence is golden.



Okay, it's not cheap (but less than a GTX1080 :), but it does everything you want in a graphics card for running games at HD-2k resolution. If you want to run 4k games, you're probably looking at at least one 1080 or SLI. I'm very happy with this card.



EDIT: Added the final star. After a couple of weeks playing and stressing this card as much as I can, all I can say is that it just eats the stress and lets me play - the fans have never switched on, and games have never been better.