Quote from: sikke1 on January 03, 2019, 06:29:53 PM

Reference models cards are just so bad. Grin

why even make them. Same with nvidia blowers they need to stop.

Some gamers buy the reference cards for easy compatibility with liquid coolers/waterblocks as the reference card designs are pretty uniform and many waterblock manufacturers make their blocks just for reference cards, but that's about all I can think of. They're usually priced lower than other cards of the same model to partially make up for some of their crappiness too.