Product review (4 stars): Haven't noticed a change in temperature of any sort of ...
Haven't noticed a change in temperature of any sort of significance, but if nothing else, this was really worth the aesthetic upgrade. It looks way nicer in my windowed case compared to staring at the ugly circuited back.

On a note unrelated to this review of the product, I really wish this sort of thing shipped with the card anyways, but I suppose EVGA wants to make money where they can.