A Closer Look

Of all our reviews today, MSI's large cooler is the only heatsink that uses heatpipes to keep the card cool.


The card does not require an external PCI-Express power connector as all power (up to 75 W) is supplied via the PCI-Express slot.


MSI added a dual-BIOS feature to their card, which lets you pick either a UEFI-enabled BIOS or a legacy BIOS.


MSI is using a uPI uP1608 as the voltage controller.


The GDDR5 memory chips are made by Samsung and carry the model number K4G41325FC-HC03. They are specified to run at 1500 MHz (6000 MHz GDDR5 effective).


NVIDIA's GM107 graphics processor introduces the company's Maxwell architecture. Manufactured at TSMC in Taiwan, it is produced on a 28 nm process. The transistor count is 1.87 billion.