A Closer Look

MSI's thermal solutions uses one double-length heatpipe that makes direct contact with the GPU's surface.


Just like the reference design, the card uses a single 6-pin power connector. This power input configuration is specified for up to 150 W of power draw.


The uP 9511Q voltage controller is a new model for recent NVIDIA cards. Its exact feature set is currently unknown.


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.