MSI Gaming GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 SLI DirectX 12 VR Ready Graphics Card

I am writing this review to enter into the MSI Reward Program. Please contact me on the email address I sent for the MSI Reward program to get my updated mailing address since I no longer live at the address on the invoice.I love my MSI GTX1070 graphics card! It looks really badass with its case with red dragon scale look and has dragons. Who doesn't love dragons? I really love dragons! =DBesides the aesthetics, it has 2 fans to help cool down the graphics card and they only turn on if needed to. The fans are pretty quite and I haven't noticed the noise. I've been able to play all of my AAA PC games with the highest quality graphics with no lag so far. With 8 GB of video ram, it's plenty for any gaming needs you have for now and for the future. Plus they give you an option to change the lights and the program to do so is pretty easy to use. Of course you can SLI this to make a super OP PC gaming computer, but I honestly don't see the need to in the next 4 years or so unless the requirements for gaming jumps all of the sudden.This graphics card works best with a 1080p or 2K monitor. I'm currently using it with a 2K IPS monitor. If you really want to have the best support for a 4K or even an 8K monitor, you should get the 1080 Ti MSI graphics card.

After being long overdue for an upgrade from a GTX 560ti, I purchased the ASUS GeForce GTX 1070 8GB ROG STRIX OC Edition Graphic Card STRIX-GTX1070-O8G-GAMING. The ASUS GPU gave me problems right off the bat. Like MSI's version, the ASUS card's fans only spin when needed. When booting games, the fans immediately revved from 0 to 100%. After exiting back to the desktop, the fans remained at 100% for at least 5 minutes or until I powered down the computer. Messing with ASUS GPU Tweak (included software) proved useless, changing preset profiles or manually adjusting the fan speed percentage, the fans were either at 0 or 100%.Additionally, performance in games was subpar. I tried it on a relatively light game (Borderlands 2) and a taxing game (Far Cry 4) and while I saw definite improvements over the 560ti (especially with the latter game), the framerate dropped below 30 fps when there was a lot of onscreen action. So I sent it back and immediately ordered MSI's.What can I say, all of the above mentioned issues are non-existent with MSI's version of the 1070. While in both games mentioned above, the fans do spin, but I couldn't tell by sound; I had to look at the card to see. The temps never went over 67C and the card performed well. While the reported fps varied, they never dropped below 60 fps in Far Cry 4 and usually stayed well into the 100s. And with borderlands the fps numbers were ridiculously high. I have yet to mess with MSI Afterburner (included software) because I haven't needed to.Note: I'm only gaming at 1080p for the moment, but am considering upgrading to a G-SYNC WQHD monitor.- Asus Sabertooth Z87 LGA 1150 Mobo- Intel Core i7-4770K- G.SKILL 8GB DDR3 1600- 480GB SSD- 2TB HDD

For people that cannot afford the 1080 card, this one is the next best thing. It is large, back plate, really worth getting if you really want to play video games as they were intended to be played. I got the GTX 1070 gaming X version and I must say it is worth putting in the extra few dollars to be allowed overclocking and more control.Pros: All of my games so far is playing at max 60 FPS. Games like Fallout 4, Witcher 3, Dragon Age Inquisition, and so on. The price is fair for what you get (450 dollars is what I put into it). It does allow you to have duel graphic cards. Double fans that never make any real noise. Pretty much MSI really thought the design and how to make it top performance and keep it cool. If you get this, your computer will be VR ready (so long your processor can handle it). Main reason why I bought it so I can use the VR. Basically this is a great buy now and you most likely won't have to upgrade anytime soon until they come out with the 1260/1270/1280.Cons: Only a few bad things to say about this card. The lighting you can change with the apps you install but it is only the MSI LED lights you can change. The red LEDs stay red, but at least you can make it pulse and do stuff (which I just keep it on without anything flashy).This thing is massive. It isn't much of a con for me but might be for others because if you have poor cable management or a smaller case than you will have a hard time hooking this baby up to your motherboard. I got the largest tower I can find and the full mother board. With that it splits up my tower in two parts.And last Con thing to add, have no issue but again other might, is this thing requires 500 watts of power to work. So if you have a 500 watts power source I'll suggest you to at least upgrade to 650 watts. Right now I can put out 1000 watts just in case VR improves and requires more power. But yeah, before you get this be sure you have the right parts to make this thing work.