GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Dual-Fan OC Edition VR Ready Dual HDMI DP 1.4 Gaming Graphics Card, 3 Year Warranty

Background: I am a CS student who was taking a neural networking/deep learning class. At the time, I had a GTX 465 with unlocked cores (effectively a 470 just without the name on the GPU). The code I was running was for a convolutional neural network training on an image dataset. Because of this, my computer couldn't handle it and I needed to utilize my GPU for calculations via Nvidia CUDA & TensorFlow. Unfortunately, my GTX 465 wasn't compatible enough (2.0 compatibility), so I had to upgrade. That's when I decided to go for the GTX 1060 because of its compatibility with CUDA (6.0) and its performance capabilities (1080p60 @ max or near max settings for vast majority of games) for such a relatively low cost for a GPU from the newest GeForce line. In other words, it seemed to be exactly what I needed for the class and for general use moving forward after the class. Needless to say, Nvidia has outdone itself with this new line of cards. This card far surpassed my expectations, and it's just higher-tier low-tier GPU of the line ("2nd worst" after the 1050 Ti, not including its 3GB counterpart). Included with the card was a 1-year subscription to XGamecaster and ASUS' own overclocking software. The CNN training on the Cifar-10 dataset ran 100k iterations with provided TensorFlow code in about an hour (bottlenecked by print statements every 10 iterations). Keep in mind, this card is meant for gaming and not AI-related use (that's for the $2000+ Tesla line), which is why I was pleasantly surprised at how fast its computations were. Now onto gaming performance. One thing to note: the overclocking software has three presets: silent mode, gaming mode, and OC mode. Each of these settings allow for the fan to be completely off or on an automatic setting. Its default is gaming. Additionally, you are able to create your own profile and adjust the clock boost, GPU voltage, fan speed, power target, VRAM speed, target temperature, and target FPS. On gaming mode, it was able to run GTA V at near-max settings @ 1080p60 without going over 60 C with the fan on. There was a bit of lag every now and then, which is fair. On OC mode, I am able to do the same thing but with no lag at all. On both settings, the framerate sometimes drops to ~55 and back up again in a split second. it's not noticeable to me on my 60hz monitor, but it may be to some. By messing with the settings, I was able to get the clock boost up to 2025 mhz before any real minor or major performance issues. To do this, I set the boost to +85 and the power target/target temperature to 100%/83 C. Then I set the fan speed to 55% and the target FPS to 60 FPS. The boost is able to go past +85 but keep in mind the boost is bottlenecked by how much power the GPU is given (I didn't want to mess with the GPU voltage for fear of messing something up). With these settings, I was able to record with Nvidia Shadowplay and maintain 1080p60 with no issues at all. GTA V runs extremely smoothly, maxing out at 63C when heavy rain occurs in the game. Otherwise, it rather ever gets to 55C. Keep in mind, however, that the GPU temp also largely depends on your computer's airflow/cooling set up. The fan isn't noticeable to me, and I never end up in a room that feels like Texas. The BEST part, however, is the fact that this card is SO efficient, I ended up using less power overall than with my GTX 465. With my GTX 465, I couldn't overclock my CPU past 4.2GHz due to power restrictions. With this GTX 1060 card, I was able to overclock the CPU to 4.5GHz. I can possibly overclock it even more, but I'm fine at 4.5GHz. All in all, I am very satisfied with my purchase. For ~$250, I received a 1080p60-capable card that I can also use for deep learning (to an extent in practicality). For reference, here are my computer specs: i5-2500K @ 4.5GHZ MSI P67A-G45 B3 Motherboard 8GB RAM @ 1600mhz GTX 1060 6GB 250GB Samsung 840 Evo SSD 2 TB WD HDD

Keeping it simple, this GPU is great for 1080p gaming :). I recently bought a 144hz monitor soon to use it with this card, it's the msi optix mag24c btw it is adaptive/freesync , and it is g-sync compatible and it works like a charm. Note that in Fortnite I cap the FPS to 240fps and anytime there is a studder ( where I get less than 60FPS in a split second ) the monitor flickers a bit but it is not a deal breaker for me since most of the times the game runs from 120fps-240fps by turning all off/low except viewing distance which is set to High/Epic. I mainly play fortnite , all settings low and viewing distance High for competitive settings, fps hover depending on where you are on the map but generally it is always on top of 100fps , hovers from 180-240 ( Capped 240 ) when inside buildings generally and when outside 100-240max and at times it drops to 50 or 60 in a very short split seccond ( studder ) , The FPS amount may vary depending on what part of the map you are looking to , let's say a lot of buildings, or on an open area etc. Great card! If I were you right now though ( looking for a card ) I would suggest buying the 1660TI, same value, much better performance, I bought this on november 2018 so there was no such thing as a 1660ti back then otherwise, I would have prob gotten the 1660TI, get the MSI at 300$ on amazon! With other game i've played, no issue, gameplay is smooth and generally over 60FPS, games I've tried are city of brass , Rime , dauntless as well and they all look beautiful :) . if you found this review helpful, hit that "Helpful" button :) If you like fortnite, I used to upload vids on this channel : "Zealous Pumpkin", on these vids my game was capped at 120FPS.

I bought this 5 yrs ago and have received so much value from this card. It was great as the GPU in my main machine all the way up until I upgraded earlier this year. Presently I am continuing to get great value from this card by using it in a virtual pinball cabinet I built with the screen output. My notes: It easily is the best-looking graphics card I've ever owned. If you enjoy lighting effects this card and its white case absorb and reflect light nicely in your case. It isn't RGBA, but still looks good. - You can overclock the heck out of it before it becomes unstable - Sturdy card. While moving it to another machine I elbowed off the bench and it took a very hard fall on the concrete in the garage. Figured I killed it. Wasn't pretty. Yet, other than having to re-attach the fans, the thing booted right up like no big deal. I suspect I can get many more years of service from this card passing it down to other machines as needed. I have thoroughly enjoyed this card and have received my money's worth for sure.

Understandably most customer reviews of this ASUS 1060 Dual OC and other graphics cards are written from the viewpoint of gamers and certainly contain a lot of useful benchmarking, as well as how they perform at 1080p resolution. At the same time, periodically you come across an inquiry here and in forums about what is necessary for photo editing. With all due respect, many of the answers are obviously from casual photographers having limited experience with what I would call “serious”, let alone professional, post-processing. I am not a professional photographer, just a “serious” amateur, but while I don’t profess to have all the answers I thought it might be helpful for others out there if I share my own conclusions. First, some background. I have four builds “under my belt”. Yes, I know that doesn’t make me a tech expert either, but still reasonably knowledgeable. For reference, current build is ASUS Z97-Pro ATX mobo, i7 4790K @ 4GHz, 32 GB GSkill F3-1866 RAM, Corsair RM 750 power, two SanDisk Extreme Pro SSD’s (one 480GB for Win 10x64 and executables, the other 240GB for primary photo storage), and a couple of WD Blue HD for other storage. Current (new) graphics card is this ASUS 1060 6 GB OC, prior card was an EVGA 760 SC with 4GB vram (both purchased from Amazon). Card is mounted in a PCIe 2.0 x 16 slot. A Display Port connection was used with both cards because of the potential for greater color depth compared to HDMI (for now that is limited by Windows and the nVidia driver) and the ability to daisy-chain monitors. The monitor in both cases is an ASUS PA279Q ProArt (IPS, native res 1440p [2640x1440], 99% Adobe RGB, 10 bit color with 14 bit look-up table) calibrated with the Spyder Elite 4 Colorimeter. Video driver is nVidia 372.70 running in 32 bit desktop color depth, 10 bpc output color depth, and full output dynamic range. The only additional OC I have applied is the rather modest “Game” boost on ASUS Tweak II (because for my purposes I don’t need more, probably don’t even need this boost). Overall not the absolute fastest system, but no slouch either. The photo editing software I use includes Adobe Lightroom CC, Adobe Photoshop CC, version 10.5.1 of On1 Photo 10, and some of the Topaz plug-ins. For now, most of my post-processing editing begins in LR, with side trips to the others. Note: Both the order of editing and experience with the above graphics cards may change once On1 release Photo Raw this fall. Most of my photos are at moderately high res (24 MP), and I typically edit them in 16 bit. Often I will spend one to several hours editing a single photo – with a number of layers and final size up around 40 or 50 MP. (Don’t laugh: Professionals sometimes spend several days. How long do you gamers spend gaming?) I have edited in both 1080p and 1440p, and prefer the latter for the better resolution (masking, sharpening) and greater screen real estate. So what have I found? Lightroom CC: The LR editing module, like Photoshop (below), is optimized to use a compatible GPU. Open GL 3.3 or higher and 2 GB vram is suggested for high resolution photos [Note: Both of the cards being reviewed meet these requirements]. As long as you stay in LR you are performing non-destructive edits to your Raw file (assuming you started with Raw), and these edits are written to a catalog rather than incorporated into the original file. Perhaps because of this, I have seen little difference in speed between the two GPU’s when editing with the sliders at either 1080p or 1440p. I do notice some improvement in speed with the 1060 at 1440p (vs the 760) using the graduated and radial filters and the adjustment brush. Thumbnails seem to load more quickly with the 1060 as well. Photoshop CC: Not surprisingly, the PS GPU requirements are similar to LR. But unlike LR, which will automatically use a suitable GPU, in PS you must go to Edit>Preferences>Performance, turn on the “Use Graphics Processor” box, and then decide on the Advanced Settings (mine is set to Advanced Drawing with all options selected). When using Adobe Camera Raw, the findings are much the same as with LR. Once you take a Raw file into PS itself, though, you are rendering it into a PSD file – which can take longer to process than a Raw file. When I do go to PS it is mostly to use things that are unavailable elsewhere – like adjustment layers, Content-Aware crop, the Blur Gallery, Gradient Fill, Smart Filters, text layers or Lumenzia (by Greg Benz). According to Adobe, only certain functions are GPU accelerated (see Adobe Support). Nevertheless, there seems to be a definite improvement in responsiveness with the 1060 (in either resolution) when using multiple layers and especially in “round trips” via a smart filter to both On1 Photo and Topaz plug-ins. I used to avoid going back and forth from PS to these other programs because it was so sluggish. Based on this, I suspect the GPU accelerated functions like Blur Gallery and Smart Sharpen will also speed up, though I haven’t tested them yet. On1 Photo 10.5.1: Here there is the most marked difference between a GTX 760 and 1060, probably because this is one of the most graphics intensive photo editors. The program is supposedly able to use “modern” GPU’s (Open GL 2.0 or better) with 256 MB vram and 4 GB system RAM specified (8 GB when used as a PS plug-in). This spec alone makes me wonder if On1 Photo is relying more on the CPU. In Preferences, I have the program set to use 75% of system RAM and 75% of vram, with a 5 GB cache. As with PS, once you take a Raw file into On1 you will be rendering it as a PSD file. On1 Photo is a program I want to love, but as with other reviewers I find there are still bugs in the interface and sluggishness in its performance. In fact, using the GTX 760 at 1440p makes the program very slow indeed. Layered effects (I mostly do not use presets) load slowly and it takes more time than it should to save your work – which you should do frequently because the program has a tendency to crash when you layer up too many effects without saving. And forget using the masking bugs with the 760 at 1440p – they stutter and often freeze up. [These problems are somewhat less, except for the occasional crash, when using the 760 at 1080p.] What about the GTX 1060? Here everything changes! Multiple effects load in the blink of an eye and the masking bugs work as they should, even at 1440p. (I can’t comment on the program crashes as I haven’t used this 1060 for very long yet.) All of a sudden it becomes a pleasure to use On1 Photo 10, and that’s good because this program offers some fantastic and easy to use editing tools for dynamic contrast, tone and color adjustments, stylizing and otherwise “finishing” your photo. Note: On1 Inc. will be releasing On1 Photo Raw later this fall. It is a raw processor with no cataloging (vs LR), allowing non-destructive editing and use as a standalone, plug-in for LR and PS, or as a host app. It will be “tuned for today’s graphics processors”, with a requirement for Open GL 3.3 with minimum 512 MB vram and 4 GB system RAM (8 GB when used with PS), and is being billed as “the world’s fastest . . . raw processor and photo editor available.” I can’t wait to see how Photo Raw performs with the ASUS 1060 in 1440p resolution! Topaz plug-ins: Topaz Labs has a number of useful photo editing plug-ins for LR and PS, as well as several that do not require a host editor. They recommend at least 4 GB of system RAM and 1 GB of vram (2 GB for optimal performance). GPU requirements vary by product, from Open GL 2.1 to 3.3, and certain products will crash unless these specifications are met. All of the Topaz products I tested ran acceptably with the GTX 760 in 1440p, although the more graphics-intense were a bit slow. Running with the 1060 in 1440p they are noticeably faster and more pleasing to use. Summary: While this is by no means an exhaustive comparison of the GTX 760 vs 1060 for photo editing, it is apparent that resolution is the key factor when it comes to determining your experience. Many photographers and gamers are shifting to larger monitors and 1440p (or higher) resolution. Once you try it (assuming adequate GPU support) you won’t want to go back. The 760 and 1060 are several generations apart, and since I don’t purchase a new graphics card every few months I can’t be certain what is the minimal step up from the 760 for acceptable 1440p performance. I can state with confidence that the ASUS GTX 1060 6 GB Dual OC will do the job. Moreover, at the moment this card is at the “sweet spot” when it comes to performance vs price. For benchmarking purposes running Heaven 4.0, my ASUS 1060 in Game Mode at 1440p runs at avg. 71.9 FPS (just saying: I know I’m not editing videos), with a GPU clock of 1886 and score 1811 at max. temp of 82C with auto fan in a well-ventilated ATX tower. On FurMark 1.18, again in Game Mode, the score was 5280 at avg. 88 FPS and max. temp of 71C using the 1440 preset, 2560x1440 full-screen resolution. The ASUS card seems stable in both tests. Bottom Line: The GTX 1060, 70 and 80 line, with its Pascal architecture, is very attractive to gamers (and I hope I have shown it should be to serious photographers, as well). Since you really don’t need the speed (or cost) of a 1070 or 1080 for photo editing, the 1060 would seem to be the perfect choice. I have found ASUS products to be well-built and reliable – as noted, I also have an ASUS mobo and monitor. The ASUS 1060 fits nicely in my ATX tower and doesn’t override two slots as is the case with some other cards. Moreover, the dual fans are quiet and keep temps down. I also appreciate the pair of HDMI and Display Port connectors. The only caveat – Tweak II could use some tweaking. You might prefer MSI Afterburner if you are going to do any serious oc. My Conclusion: Forget the forum advice about $80 graphics cards and so-so CPU’s for photo editing. Pick up one of these ASUS GTX 1060 cards (preferably the 6 GB version) if you can and if your CPU won’t be a bottleneck. You won’t go wrong!

Received this card after I bought my Rift headset in order to use the Rift, and I absolutely love it, coming from a GTX 750, its leaps and bounds better, games that used to run pretty good now run absolutely amazingly, games I struggled to run well run flawlessly, and certain games that were out of my technical capabilities are now completely within reach and at a decent graphics quality. I bought a used card, so its not brand new, but it is still a clean card, the ad said there was a couple of scratches, and so far i've only been able to find one, and it wasnt as big as they had stated it may be. The fans are a little louder, but completely reasonable within a closed case. Havent run any real benchmark tests, but using it with the rift is smooth and seamless, with the only real slow down coming from my PCs hard drive read/write speeds. Spacehulk: Deathwing is basically the toughest game I have to run, and it has issues with heat, going upwards of 70 degrees celcius (158F) so I'll have to do what another reviewer suggested to do and reapply some thermal compound to see if that brings about a change in temperatures and edit this review later if it helps. So far my only con with this card is that it does produce a lot more heat than my old card, It will actually drive the temperature of my room up if I'm playing a more system intensive game, such as eve valkyrie or Spacehulk: Deathwing, As I've said I have yet to really test it under some of my other games, so this review is subjected to change (for the better is my hope)

Why I bought this card: I needed a card to put in fairly budget rig I was building, and this was one of the cheaper cards available at the time. TL;DR : A very solid card, overclocks nicely, had no temp problems while gaming, fairly quiet. Definitely would recommend. Pros: -Good Cooler for the price -Plug and play, all you need are the Nvidia drivers and the card will work just fine. -GPU Tweak II is easy to use and gives full control over the performance of the card. -Overclock like beast, max OC was 2062 MHz, average OC was 2025 MHz. -2 HDMI ports, good not only for VR, but also for those who do not have any DP capable monitors. -No coil whine Cons: -Shroud feels cheap -Fans on the louder side -The presets in the card management utility(GPU Tweak) are lackluster, make your own profiles for best performance. Other thoughts: For the 275$ I paid for this card at the time of purchase I expected some slightly better fans, though the current one get the job done fine. Full Review: Shipping and Packaging: Card shipped very fast, even though amazon predicted that it would take up to two weeks to ship, I got it in three days. The packaging was undamaged and very well done, with foam padding all around the card to prevent damage, though even the outer box in which the card was shipped was undamaged. First Impression: The card had an average weight at this length. The white plastic shroud felt on the cheaper side, though this is to be expected on a 1060 25$ above MSRP. The fans looked and felt like solid, medium quality fans. There is no back plate, but at this price that is the standard. Installation: Nothing out of the ordinary, card went into the pci-e slot with no issues and the 6 pin power connector had no problems going in either. General Use: The card performed very nicely after simply installing the latest drivers from Nvidia, so anyone looking for a plug and play card, you will find this card very satisfactory in that regard. The card will handle games at 1080p like the average GTX 1060, so I won't bother posting the benchmarks, because they are available from many different sources. Different Modes & Overclocking: Initially I was going dock this card a star for being nothing out of the ordinary in all of my tests, that is until I got to use GPU Tweak 2 to overclock the card and play around with the available presets. This card comes with three presets: Silent Mode, Gaming Mode and OC Mode, though you can add your own custom profile. Silent mode does its job well, it keeps the card as silent as possible, though this does prevent the card from getting its max performance to keep the card cooler. I used this for low intensity gaming and movie watching and it was silent throughout my experience. Gaming mode is nothing impressive; it will allow you to handle most modern games at 1080p without a hitch, but the fan profile on this is mediocre and the card will throttle after a few hours of intensive gaming. The OC mode is lackluster; yes it does boost the card to a higher frequency (1999 MHz) than gaming mode(1974 MHz) but it's not by much, and it barely touches the power limit, resulting in frequent stutters in my benchmarks. The fan curve on this is the worst of the three modes, and the card throttled down quite a bit after just 1.5 cycles of Unigine Heaven. Where this card truly excels is in the custom profiles category: I managed to dial in a 2062 MHz overclock on this card, which throttled down to 2025MHz due to the power limit, though 2025Mhz on a 1060 is still nothing to scoff at. Adjusting the fan curve, power limit and voltage was very easy, and to make things easier, the power limit and temp target are coupled, so raising the power limit will automatically raise the temp target for you ass well. though at high rpm, these fans are very noisy, but not the loudest ones I've heard on a graphics card before. On a final note for this section, even though it seems I'm ripping this card a new one, its more me complaining about he quality of presets for this card. The card is advertised with a Boost Clock of 1806 MHz, and the fact that this card has 150 MHz OC presets that are(mostly) stable is amazing on its own. Overall, a 200+ MHz final overclock over the advertised boost is awesome. Closing Thoughts: This card is very good for its price, so set your expectations accordingly. Since I only purchased one of this card, I do not know whether I just got very lucky to have a very high quality GPU in mine or whether the GPUs in these cards are consistently of a very high quality,so I cannot say whether it will perform like a premium card every time. Regardless, I would recommend installing GPU Tweak II alongside this card and using it to get the max performance out of this card every time.

I am able to run all of my games at 1440p With 165FPS and medium to medium low settings. It will destroy anything at 1080p. Super Smash Brothers Melee runs lag free in dolphin with the game upscaled to 1440p and a custom HD texture pack. I mostly play Overwatch and Rainbow Six Siege. They handle AMAZINGLY with a G-sync monitor. I just got an Asus ROG Swift to go with this card and I have had some of the most intense and immersive gaming experiences of my life these last few weeks. I would definitely recommend a monitor with G-sync to go with this card. I think I got pretty lucky as my card seems to overclock particularly well. The fans are AMAZING at cooling. They stay pretty quiet most of the time, but when they run at full blast they are REALLY loud. Louder than my launch ps3. The card itself doesn't even get that hot. When I play less graphically intensive games like Mass effect 1 and This card surprised me with how little power it draws. My cheap bronze PSU keeps everything running without batting an eye. This card was a little hard to fit into my case but it worked great once it was in with no compatibility issues or hiccups. It's got just about every video output you could want from display port to dinosaurs like VGA so you don't need to worry about it working with your monitor. The Asus overclock software is everything it needs to be. You can input a target FPS that it won't go past to save some of your cards lifeforce. Do your research before you overclock you card. Keep in mind that a weak CPU will bottleneck this card severely I tried it with and i5 6500 and an i7 7700k and the difference was HUGE. You can get really good bang for your buck with this card as it sits right in the sweet spot price and power wise. IF you are building a pc this is a good card, I wouldn't recommend upgrading to this card though. In that case you're better off saving another $100 for a 1070. This card can drive 3-4 monitors at 1080p reasonably well. I wouldn't recommend that for gaming though as the frame rate is lousy. I wish that the power input on the right side rather than the top as it makes for an awkward angle for cable management. Especially because of how large this card is. I have some wires right up against the window in my case because of this. This is a pretty large card so I recommend you use something to prop it up in your case, even if it seems like it's secure. A bump at the wrong angle could cause damage to the contacts or the board. The back of this board gets the hottest during normal use so I recommend having the fan at the top of your case sucking in to promote better airflow. This saved me about 6 degrees C. The card shipped to me in just the manufactures box with a shipping label on it. Anybody walking by my house could have seen the $250 dollar graphics card in plain sight and taken. Pretty irresponsible of Amazon IMO. But I guess that's what their insurance is for. I recommend this card for anybody that wants a higher end computer without spending a month's food budget on a 1080TI. You can build a pretty cheap rig around this card and still get really good performance.

I waited a long time to post this review. I wanted to be sure that the performance was there, how the card handles in modern environments, etc. Let me say this card is beautiful. I got it for $271 before tax back in July of 2016. I believe it's closer to $300 now, and it's worth every penny, unless you have the funds to spend more and get a 1070 or 1080. This version of the GTX 1060 comes with 6gb of GDDR5 VRAM and a heavily boosted clock speed. Its only knock is the 192 bit bus instead of 256 bit, but the overall specs of this card more than make up for the bus architecture limitations. My card does rattle sometimes where the HDMI cables are connected, and I'm not sure if it's my particular card, or the card model, or what. I did a search for that problem, and didn't find anything other than complaints about coil whine, which my card does not have. Adjusting the HDMI cables fixes the high pitched rattle (it sounds like coil whine but it's not, sometimes it rattles when I move the case a certain way when cleaning my desk) so it's no big deal. With up to date drivers, I can max games like The Witcher 3 and Doom with this card and an AMD FX-8320 stock clocked. This game has no issues playing anything I throw at it, but games like Forza Horizon 3 I have not tried maxing, in particular Forza because it's a next gen game, and because I've read horror stories of how it performs when you try to set it too high. Saying that, Forza defaults to all near max settings, and looks absolutely stunning for me. Gears of War 4 looks beautiful. FarCry Primal can be played at near max settings. Unless you've got the money and the willpower to get a top of the line 1080, or a really really good 1070 on sale, the 1060 is so much bang for your buck, it's unreal. Keep in mind that the best performance gains you'll see will be on modern systems. If you're still using Windows 7 or 8/8.1, you won't see as much of a difference as you will on a Win 10 system, but you WILL still see a performance increase. Something to think about is that this card is more powerful than the R9 380 it replaced, and uses >maybe< half the power. I went from 2 6-pin connectors on the 380 to 1 6-pin on the 1060. Overall, my cpu runs cooler with the Nvidia 1060 as well, though I suspect that's because the PSU is less taxed (it's just a generic 600w) and not so much from any computations the GPU does. I hope this article helps. 4/5 stars because of the random whining the card makes, otherwise it's a BEAUTIFUL solid card. Before I forget, its max safe operating temp is 95 degrees Celsius. The highest I've ever seen it get is 81 and that was on Witcher 3 with hairworks enabled and everything maxed. Good luck and Have Fun! EDIT 5/14/17: After some more extended use of the card, many testings, a new power supply, etc, I have decided to bump this card up to 5 stars. The whining went away after I replaced one of the HDMI cables with a shorter one. Apparently the weight of the old hdmi cable was weighing on the card and making it uncomfortable... lol. Anyway, as of today, with a stock speed FX 8320, 16gb 1866 DDR3 RAM, and this card, Prey (2017) runs maxed for me at a smooth 60 fps. I know Prey isn't a top taxing game, but still, it is brand new, which shows this card is still very much relevant. Also, since upgrading to a new PSU (power supply) when playing The Witcher 3, the card now only goes up to around 75-76 degrees Celsius max where before it would go up to 78-81 degrees Celsius. Either way there's plenty of headroom as the max safe operating temp is 95 degrees Celsius, but still, I don't like my electronics roasting. If you're looking for a comparable AMD card, the closest offering they have would be the RX 480/580. Honestly, I would still use AMD, but I'm tired of them constantly recycling and rebranding tech. I'm hoping when I'm ready to upgrade this card in 3-5 years, AMD will have advanced to catch up with Nvidia. We'll see.