The Card

MSI is using a predominantly black cooler with a yellow fan that has a few yellow highlights radiating outward. The shroud looks exactly the same as that of the GTX 770 Lightning. Dimensions of the card are 30 cm x 13 cm.


With the thick heatsink, the card takes up three slots when installed in your system.


Display connectivity options include two DVI ports, one HDMI port and one DisplayPort. You may use all outputs at the same time, so triple-monitor surround gaming is possible with one card, even more so if you use a MST DisplayPort hub.

The GPU also includes an HDMI sound device. It is HDMI 1.4a compatible, which includes HD audio and Blu-ray 3D movies support.


A physical CrossFire connector is not present as all Hawaii-based GPUs send their CrossFire data via the PCI-Express bus.


Pictured above are the front and back, showing the disassembled board. High-res versions are also available (front, back).