After years of being satisfied with championing NVIDIA's Quadro, PNY is on a mission to enhance their positioning within the gaming GPU market. While cards like the XLR8 series have gone a long way towards legitimizing their current stance, they?re looking beyond being just an afterthought for enthusiasts. The new Customized Series is meant as a large step towards providing the market with something unique while still adhering to PNY's fundamental principles of excellent customer support and rigorous product testing.

So what makes the Customized all that different? From a specifications standpoint (more on this below) not all that much but where these cards depart from the ordinary is their design. They?re more streamlined and boast a backplate, both of which are elements some buyers are looking for when they put together a build with a large case window. Most importantly, they have a new internal heatsink design and are more affordable than PNY's highest-end SKU; the Ultimate OC.