Surprisingly small form factor, sporting the same length but thinner than my Gigabyte G1 GTX 970. I managed to fit it in the Thermaltake Core V1 case without much difficulty (slided right in from the front of the case). The programmable RGB LED on top is also a nice touch. The fans are also quiet which is another plus.
I can't speak to the air cooling on this card - as I've obviously replaced it with a water cooling block. It is performing exactly as I expected, however.
I built the PC with a EVGA 1060 3bg and just upgraded to this. Its powerful runs all games smooth and hasn't giving me any problems. only downs is it doesn't have any LEDS which id like at least the logo to light up.
Can't really test all the way for this Graphics Card in high end games but it's a 1080 so no problem there since I was able to get it secondhand for $450. Only wish is that if it had some RGB or lighting to work with on it but can't be too picky.
I am very happy with this purchase. Not only did I get it for $100 below msrp for the reference card, but it works very well. I need to find a solution to it sagging on the right side.
It's an excellent graphics card in terms of what it can do. It's fast! Just tried the latest free version of Unreal Tournament and maxed out all settings at 2560 x1080 (Ultrawide) and it worked well without even breaking a sweat. I suppose I should test it with other games that are more graphic intensive. I normally see 2 fans on both ends spinning slowly but not the middle one. However, when I get the middle fan to spin by doing extensive stuff, I noticed that there is a slight wobble. I've not heard any coil whine as of yet. It seem to be a pretty solid and quiet card for the price I bought it. Although I noticed that the plastic case around it is quite flimsy and bends a bit when handled. However the back plate is pretty sturdy. I just wished I had picked a card that has RGB. I have set this card to run in Overclock mode (1798 MHz GPU Clock) and it can still manage itself to keep cool. I highly recommend this video card.