NVIDIA - GeForce GTX 980 4GB GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 Graphics Card - Silver/Black

This is a well made video card. Operation noise is very low while maintaining performance. System heat did not increase while running games. My system has an Asus Maximus VII Hero with a 4th gen 4790K 4.00 Ghz 1150. Running BF4 produced 165-200 fps as well as every other game or app I tried. Titian Fall would only produce 60 fps at best not sure why but I do think it is the card because other users were reporting the same problem. The digital download was based on a email after purchase and you may not receive it, not to worry. What you must do at this point is call BestBuy Customer Support and have them contact the Digital Download Dept. and retrieve your software key number, have them also email you the number in case your hand writing is as poor as mine. Now you will have to do a little more work and find the web location on NVidia's web site. NVidia's site allows you to reclaim the number which will give you another number with a link to claim and download the digital content on the manufactures site. I would rate the digital portion of this transaction with just a star because the email failed to arrive and both BestBuy and NVidia support did not understand how to deal with each other when I purchased the card, however I was early and most of that is now fixed. Overall the cards performance is outstanding and that's what I wanted in the first place.

Hi, I'm a PC enthusiast that reads all the latest reviews and technical analysis on the latest Graphics Cards, CPU's, Motherboards and various PC pieces parts. I have multiple systems that I use for Video Editing, General Business, Competitive Gaming and Streaming. When it came time to upgrade from my dual NVIDIA GTX-760's setup in SLI on my gaming system, I decided to buy a Reference NVIDIA GTX-980 from Best Buy. I understand that all the non-reference designs generally have better air cooling, but I went with the Reference Card because it can be upgraded to a water block and it looks cools with the programaable flashing green "GEFORCE GTX" logo. According to multiple reviews and videos, the NVIDIA Reference GTX-980 is supposed to be stable at 1500Mhz on the GPU Boost Clock and 8000Mhz on the Memory Clock with the Voltage set to standard default. It is also recommended that you use a custom fan curve set on Auto to keep the GPU Temp at no higher than 70C-72C. The GTX-980's were all brand new and factory sealed from Best Buy. I had to drive around to different Best Buy locations and exchange 2 times until I found a GTX-980 that was stable at 1500Mhz GPU and 8000Mhz Memory. The Third card that I tested was perfect and is performing a little above what the reviews and tests outline in their Benchmarking tests. The good news is that the people working at Best Buy Customer service were all very nice and prompt. In each instance, my exchange took less than 5 minutes and I was out the door. 18 months same as cash on the Best Buy card is also a great deal. The Bad News is that NVIDIA needs to get their act together and extensively test their GTX-980's to make sure they can hit their Max performance levels before they get released to retail outlets. In a couple of months, I'm planning on buying a 2nd Reference GTX-980 from Best Buy to run dual cards in SLI. I hope that I get a good one the first time. I hope I don't have to drive all over the place again. Crossing my fingers. :)

price break awesome card does what it suppose to. look great runs fast etc

The card runs flawlessly and does a terrific job with a variety of games.

I was looking for a mac book decided I get more bang for my buck on a upgrade for my windows pc .The guy that is suppose to sell them always looks mad , Like don't touch my stuff , I have to keep them clean and not sell any .This is in the Corpus Christi store, anyways bought this bad boy working out freaking awesome . Hopefully it stays this way good price also Best Buy competes pretty good with Amazon on this card. O yea another cool feature the side of the card lights up . I have mine on breathing mode . Most all the parts in my case I purchased at Best Buy . Happy gaming Best Buy shoppers .

First off let me say that I was running 2x R9 270x's with 4Ghz GDDR5 on each card.in CrossFireX. I'm getting much better FPS in GTA 5, COD-AW, and even stopped the pixel error I was getting playing Legacy games such as Diablo 2. I'm running two of these in SLI (No OC'ing). Along with a stock clocked AMD 8350 (Not using turbo mode), I was able to score 92% better than all other tested on 3DMark test Fire Strike. Top temps were 75°c while running 3DMark. I could just imagine how high they would have been without the reference cards heat exhaust(exhausts out of the back of the card instead of blowing it around inside the case). If you are going with a custom loop,there are already a couple different manufactures that have a full cover graphic card waterblock out for this card. You can set the brightness and mode such as pulse or breathe on the LED's on the card using Nvidia Experience. They are just Bad a&& looking cards.

Crazy powerful, crazy quiet, and crazy expensive. This card is not for the weak. It is for the ones who are willing to dish out the cash for a top notch graphics card. There are other options out there, cheaper cards with inferior performance.....well just all around inferior products if you ask me. This is a luxury card that screams quality, i have never held a GPU that felt so solid. No flexing, no plastic shroud, just a completely solid feel. It looks amassing, completely amassing. In your hand as well as installed in your PC. The logo LED light effects can be programmed in the Geforce Experience to your own personal taste. These kind of added touches go along way in my book. The out of the box experience is fantastic but the geek in me just cant stop himself......i just wanted to see what this puppy can do. Overclocks even better than i expected. Using MSI afterburner, i set the power limit to max and and the core MHZ +230. This overclock has me boosting to 1500mhz.. It just stays there for hours, never throttling, not loud, and about as cool as the stock speeds. It really is impressive. I have owned many GPUs over the yrs. Never had one that overclocked like this. With such a great OC, it still is very quiet and the temps are about normal. It is impressive. This card is for people who can appreciate all the awesomeness, all at once. It looks amassing and performs as it looks. It is not a budget product, it is not for the weak.........it one serious graphics card with no equals.

I've always purchased the flagship graphics cards (9800 GTX, GTX 580, and GTX 780) and this one is the fastest and quietest card I own so far. You may not see too much difference upgrading from an GTX 780ti to this card but it runs cooler and uses less energy. It is a beautiful card with LED lighting. No complaints... even at this price... it is about $100 cheaper than older flagship cards intro prices