GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition Graphic Card

I bought this for a specific need on a specific machine. It is the last of nVidia cards that could do SLI - connect two cards for a huge performance boost. However, these cards don't blow air out of the case: cool air comes in through the fans, blows down over the cooling fins, and then out the top and bottom, blowing hot air on the motherboard and side panel and relying on you to put enough airflow in the case to exhaust it all before the heat builds up. This very special nVidia reference model runs HOT, maxing out at 85C before it starts to throttle back, so two of them generate a lot of heat. I'll share a picture of my water-cooled build, which worked well. Today I have a specific Alienware Area-51M laptop and an Alienware Graphics Amplifier (AGA), that need a top-end 2000 series card for animation and video editing because of compatibility reasons. These will become harder to find. The 3000 series and up can be more powerful, run cooler, and cost the same or less though, so unless you need exactly this, consider one of those. Keep in mind also that used cards are a higher gamble--many were used during the pandemic to mine crypto, a process that usually involves overclocking the card, burning it out, and then dumping it on the Used Graphics Card market.