EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 3GB GAMING, ACX 2.0 (Single Fan), 3GB GDDR5, DX12 OSD Suppor Graphics Cards

I ordered this card for two main reasons. One, I wanted a upgrade from my GTX-960 that would be in my budget range and two, if I upgraded my card I wanted a memory upgrade too. Since my old GTX-960 had 4 gigs of GDDR5 RAM then I wanted at least a 2 gig step up to 6 gigs. I also liked the short single fan cards as they fit in my case better without having to move stuff all around. (I like the case I have even though it's not the roomiest I've seen.) When I read about the GTX-1060 SC which was like my GTX-960 as far as shape was concerned. And then I found out it came in a 6 gig GDDR5 RAM set up. And to top this off it's specs showed it gave a GTX-980 a run for the money and then there was the price at $259 and that's when I ordered it on 7/19/16 when they came out. (I've noted a bit of an up ward direction of the price in the days after it came out.) It came in today and it looked to be just what I wanted. When I got it in, I noted it was about the same size as the 960 was. I noted it wasn't quite as heavy as the 960. but I noted that the heat sink looked very solid and had copper cooling pipes on it. It came with an adapter for using a old style molex type power plug to power the card.(I didn't need this as my PS had the correct cable and plugs to fit. The one thing I did note (and I was prepared for) was that the DVI output was the DVI-D type and no VGA output nor a DVI-I (which has a VGA output on the side.) So if your thinking of getting this card and you have standard VGA, you'll need an active DVI-D to VGA adapter or use the HIMI slots. I had gotten an adapter as that's what I read when I was considering this card. Installation when fairly smoothly. I first uninstalled the 960 by deleted the card from the device manager and then shutting down the system to do the hardware install. (Since this card uses the same drivers as the 960, I've been a bit lucky in that I've been able to delete the card in the device manager and then shut down and install the new card and boot back up and each time I've used this approach, Windows has always loaded the driver and identified the new card. (BTW: This wouldn't work if I changed brands.) This time was no different. Windows booted up and a couple of seconds later I was notified to reboot so the drivers could be installed and when I did the card was up and running with the latest drivers. I had no problems after the reboot and the card seemed very solid so far. I decided to fool around with a couple of things just to see how it ran. First I loaded up "Remember Me" just for a little play time. It ran great. I didn't experience any problems running the game. I did note that the game seemed to render somewhat better than I remember and backgrounds looked better. I ran Kingdom of Amalur and it looked much better. (I didn't note quite as many background scenes sore of change around as you got closer to them or looked at them from a different view.) I also noted the colors seemed a bit more vivid to me, but this might just be me liking the game which I do. I experienced no lags to speak of and the game just ran great. I did note a few things I did like. The fan on it was very quite to me, and I liked that it was on all the time. I've had a video card and a power supply burn up when the fan wasn't running even if it wasn't supposed to be and I like the fan running. (I noted the card ran cooler than my 960 at 35c when in idle.....nice.) I also noted that it was very fast when loading up images at least for me. It seemed well able to handle what I threw at it and I tend to be a rough at times. So far, I'm very happy with my new card. I'll need to see how well it holds up to use and that will really tell the tale. So far a very nice card for the money.

What made me decided to buy one: I've been on an Nvidia GTX 760 SC that was manufactured by EVGA for around 2 and a half years and it was beginning to show it's age somewhat. There would be stutters and sometimes crazy framerates(Not unplayable however) on certain games (Overwatch and Witcher 3:Wild Hunt being big ones that come to mind) and sure I could downgrade some of my settings to achieve a more stable framerate but I wanted to really push cards to their limits and enjoy 1080P PC gaming at it's best. I assumed it was time to upgrade because I wanted to play on maximum settings on games and prepare my computer for upcoming titles such as Destiny 2 and Assassins Creed: Origins for example. Six months later after owning this card, I can definately say it's one of the smarter purchases I've made.How well does it run games and is it loud or does it get hot?: For 1080P gaming this will suit your needs as of now(9/9/17) and most likely for the next few years. The specs on this card compare to the Nvidia GTX 980 but it's ever so slightly worse in some situations or better in others. It all boils down to how well optimized the game actually is. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt saw a performance increase of almost double at 1080P with ultra settings, going from about an average of 25FPS with the 760 SC to about 60 FPS in a lot of places except for densely populated places with the 1060 SSC! The card also runs very quietly and very efficiently as well. The fans are actually one of the more impressive parts believe it or not. The way they're designed to last almost four times as long(We'll see about that!) and with proper ventilation of heat, could not turn at all(It's a good thing actually, that's how they're supposed to work) to keep power costs lower. When actually gaming or doing strenuous tasks the fans will turn obviously. Heat isn't an issue if even if you have the most basic form of ventilation(like I do and which is why I bought the double fan) The card fits into a mid tower case which is also nice.Why this card would be good for you:It may seem like I'm worshipping this graphics card, but I won't deny it has a specific role and if used for other things that isn't 1080P you're either paying too much or didn't get a beefy enough GPU. For example, if you plan to go onto 1440P or 4k gaming, don't bother with this and stead go to the GTX 1070 or GTX 1080. The GTX 1060 won't able to match the performance of those cards with that type of resolution, it's built for great 1080P gaming. Also if you're comming from the 900 series, more specifically the GTX 970 or 980 and especially the 980 TI, you wouldn't get much of a performace gain and in the case of the 980 TI, will be a downgrade in terms of performance. If you're comming from the 700 Series, before that even or switching from AMD to Nvidia and want some of the best cost performance 1080P graphics cards, this is rightfully for you!TL:DR: Upgraded from a 760 SC from EVGA to this, great performance, quiet, no bad heating, recommended for 1080P gaming or for those looking to upgrade from an older card that isn't from the 900 series as it offers similar performance to them.