This great-looking (if that matters to you) card brings a substantial performance increase over my old GTX 1080 Ti. I wasn't expecting ray tracing to make such a big difference, but it is very noticeable, and once you've experienced it, it's hard to go back to non-ray traced. For what it's worth, the card stays pretty cool and quiet. The backplate is metal, not plastic, so that contributes to the heat dissipation. Very happy with this card - but, if it matters to you, you don't get COD BlackOps Cold War with this card. Wish I had known that prior to buying, but ce la vie.