A Closer Look

MSI's thermal solution uses two heatpipes that make direct contact with the GPU's surface.


Once the main heatsink is removed, you can see a thermal pad on a row of memory chips, which is cooled by the main heatsink. The other memory chips are cooled by a secondary heatsink that also cools the VRM circuitry.


MSI upgraded the power input of their GTX 1060 to an 8-pin. This input configuration is specified for up to 225 watts of power draw.


The uP 9511 voltage controller is a new model for recent NVIDIA cards. It does not support voltage control via I2C.


The GDDR5 memory chips are made by Samsung and carry the model number K4G80325FB-HC25. They are specified to run at 2000 MHz (8000 MHz GDDR5 effective).


NVIDIA's GP106 graphics processor is the second consumer chip using the Pascal architecture. It is produced on a 16 nm process at TSMC, Taiwan, and has a transistor count of 4.4 billion and a die size of 200 mm².