MSI GTX 1050 Gaming X 2 GB Review

Name: MSI GTX 1050 Gaming X 2 GB
Brand: MSI

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on Oct 25th, 2016,

in Graphics Cards.

Manufacturer: MSI

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Temperatures

Idle temperatures are excellent even with the fans turning off in idle. During gaming, the card also runs very cool, and is super quiet while doing so.

Clock Profiles

Modern graphics cards have several clock profiles that are selected to balance power draw and performance requirements.

The following table lists the clock settings for important performance scenarios and the GPU voltage that is used in those states.

	GPU Clock	Memory Clock	GPU Voltage (measured)
Desktop	203 MHz	203 MHz	0.675 V
Multi-Monitor	203 MHz	203 MHz	0.675 V
Blu-ray Playback	633 MHz	203 MHz	0.675 V
3D Load	1278 - 1822 MHz	1752 MHz	0.800 - 1.100 V

The card uses NVIDIA's dynamic overclocking mechanism, GPU Boost 3.0. It will dynamically adjust clock and voltage based on render load, temperature, and other factors.

For the graph below, we recorded all GPU clock and GPU voltage combinations of our 1920x1080 resolution benchmarking suite. The plotted points are transparent, which allows them to add up to indicate more often used values. A light color means the clock/voltage combination is rarely used and a dark color means it's active more often.