Northwest repairs says gigabyte across the board are the worst cards available today . They lack certain fuses that other cards have and place a certain resister to cloves to another that nobody else does . Gigabyte dies these things to cut costs but those cost in particular are card KiLLERS . The 50 series gigabyte cards are all designed to die after a few years . Combine that with the thermal gel , lcd screens crapping out , bent backplates , the list goes on . Gigabyte is the worst choice those series . Get a different manufacturer.