MSI GTX 780 Gaming 6 GB Review

Name: MSI GTX 780 Gaming 6 GB
Brand: MSI

W1zzard

on Jun 26th, 2014,

in Graphics Cards.

Manufacturer: MSI

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Temperatures

Temperatures are good, well below the mark where NVIDIA's Boost algorithm will start reducing clock speeds.

GPU Temperature Comparison
	Idle	Load
MSI GTX 780 Gaming 6 GB	33°C	75°C
MSI GTX 780 Gaming 3 GB	30°C	73°C
MSI GTX 780 Lightning	30°C	75°C
Gigabyte GTX 780 OC	37°C	72°C
Palit GTX 780 Super JetStream	26°C	65°C
EVGA GTX 780 SC	34°C	74°C
ASUS GTX 780 DC II OC	35°C	67°C
NVIDIA GTX 780	37°C	81°C

Important: GPU temperature will vary depending on clock speed, voltage settings,
cooler design, and production variances. This table just serves to provide
a list of typical temperatures for similar cards determined during TPU review.

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 we measured. We performed the measurement on the pins of a coil or a capacitor near the GPU voltage regulator.

	GPU Clock	Memory Clock	GPU Voltage (measured)
Desktop	324 MHz	162 MHz	0.86 V
Multi-Monitor	324 MHz	162 MHz	0.86 V
Blu-ray Playback	324 MHz	162 MHz	0.86 V
3D Load	1050 MHz	1500 MHz	1.20 V

The card uses NVIDIA's dynamic overclocking mechanism, GPU Boost 2.0. 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 a lot.