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Here's a gallery of images from unboxing the Graphics Card. You can't quite get the scale of this card from the pictures, but for reference, my computer chassis / case is the be quiet! Pure Base 500DX . PNY GeForce RTX 5080 OC Rating ★★★★☆ (4 out of 5) Pros Price It does not feel "right" celebrating the fact that I was able to purchase this version of an RTX 5080 for the "MSRP" price of $999.99, especially considering the product launched in January of (2025), but here we are. Performance From a rendering perspective, this is an RTX 5080 that comes with a factory OC pre-applied so it performs exactly how you would expect a factory OC RTX 5080 to perform.  With 100% GPU usage using Ray Traced graphics at ~350W of power draw, temps hover ~65-68C with ~40-45% PWM for the fans under full load while staying relatively quiet! Design Neutral color scheme. B lack and white color scheme, 4 visible logos printed in white (GeForce RTX 5080 and PNY on both the ...

Here's a gallery of unboxing images for your viewing pleasure. MSI GeForce RTX 2070 DUKE 8G OC Small back story before we get to the review. I picked up this RTX 2070 because I thought that I needed to replace a failing GTX 1080. I had sent it in for a warranty claim but the MFG was unable to reproduce the issue I was experiencing so I started pursuing new GPUs primarily looking at GTX 1070 Ti and RTX 2070 cards. I was happy with the performance that the GTX 1080 was providing so I wanted to find something relatively equivalent in performance to it. I just couldn't stomach the cost of a significant upgrade to a RTX 2080 since I wasn't planning on purchasing a GPU at this time. I decided to finally stick with RTX 2070 family of cards since 1070 Ti card prices had begun to inflate. I purchased this card understanding that I would be unable to return it for a refund due to Newegg's return policies for some computer components. This wasn't an issue for me at the ...