Floored by the performance and near silent operation. There is some slight coil whine at times but it is barely audible at all and I find this to be normal with graphics cards especially when it goes over 100 fps. This card has the best cooling and acoustics, way better than the Founders edition model. I got my Ryzen cpu, Asus motherboard, and this monster 4090 at Best Buy and could not be happier. You can put the power limit to 70% with msi afterburner and for single player games that only need 60fps, I simply lock it to vsync or set the fps via riva tuner and that will save a lot of power for long gaming sessions where the extra power is not needed. I like this model because it is the same price as the founders edition, much cheaper than other X version as well. Yes this is very expensive, but I justify the purchase because it is 50% faster than the $2000 3090 Ti that was released 6 months ago. And the 3080 during covid was selling for around $1500 as well. I know because I sold my 3080 for $1400 a while back. So this was an incredible upgrade as I start playing pc games again! Great job MSI and Best Buy!

Insanely fast. I was lucky enough to grab one of these finally after a week or 2 after release. I wanted a FE but this will do just fine. I have this card in a Fractal Torrent case. I have yet to see the card get over 65C temps. I am able to run any game so far at max settings 4k and still get 100+ fps. I'll be honest, this card is probably overkill for most people, especially if you are only running 1080p or 1440p resolution. I'd recommend getting this card only if you are planning on using a 4k monitor (especially 120 hz or higher) to take full advantage of its power. The biggest con for me is the power draw. My computer (4090 + 13900k) draws as much as 650 watts in some games. That's honestly quite a lot compared to my previous computer which maxed at like 250 watts. If you are okay with the power usage / heat output and are going to be playing in 4k 120+ hz, then this is the card for you.

I hesitated giving this a 5 star review due to the price, but it's cheaper than most of the competition. I've had this card since it first came out and it has worked flawlessly.

Took 6 hours of trying, but managed to land one of these overpowered GPUs on launch day. (Had to use a special Url that auto added it to your Best Buy cart). Everything runs super smoothly at 4k resolution. Pair this with a LG C2 42OLED display for your desktop and it doesn’t get much better as a gaming experience. They over engineered the cooling on these cards, it never gets hot. Just be sure to fully connect the power dongle into its port and use the support bracket, this card is pretty hefty and will bend otherwise. Case used is the Jonsbro D30.

Runs well in my system. I’ve been able to max out every game in 1440p w/ ray tracing while getting over 100fps.