I have two of these card in slus on a 4.4 ghz watercool i7 with 12gb of RAM . they push all of my game at 2560x1440p -rrb- 60fp max out . even game like the Witcher 2 and Metro 2033 run without a problem on this setup , fully max out . the card be reasonably quiet for they power level - the fan can not be hear over my system fan unless it be greater than 70 % fan speed - and the power consumption be improve over my previous gtx 580 setup . even one of these card can play every game on the market without a problem . these be reference design , which mean no unusual feature and the standard blower fan , but both of my card overclock to right around 1300mhz -lrb- which be on the high end -rrb- , so you overclocking potential with the 680s seem fairly luck of the draw unless you want to invest in a more expensive design like the MSI Lightnings or EVGA classify series , which allow voltage adjustment . all in all , I would definitely recommend one of these product if you be look for a top of the line GPU , as long as money be not a concern . if you be on a tighter budget , you can get most of the performance in the gtx670 for less money . but the gtx680 be still cream of the crop for now .