Our first introduction to the new 700 series of cards from Nvidia was impressive and I can say without a doubt that I have enjoyed our time with it through the review and beyond. I was especially impressed with the stock cooler aesthetically, but the performance wasn’t too bad as well. Of course that can be improved on and I finally have a chance to see that now with our latest card to come in, MSI’s GTX 780 Gaming or the N780 Twin Frozr 3GB Overclocked. Every time I have had a Twin Frozr card on the test bench I have been impressed, I wonder if this will be the same. Of course I am going to put it through our test suite to find out.
Product Name: MSI GTX 780 Gaming / N780 TF 3GD5/OC
Review Sample Provided by: MSI
Written by: Wes
Pictures by: Wes
Specifications |
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Graphics Processing Clusters |
4 |
Streaming Multiprocessors |
12 |
CUDA Cores |
2304 |
Texture Units |
192 |
ROP Units |
48 |
Base Clock |
954 MHz |
Boost Clock |
1,006 MHz |
Memory Clock (Data rate) |
6008 MHz |
L2 Cache Size |
1536K |
Total Video Memory |
3072MB GDDR5 |
Memory Interface |
384-bit |
Total Memory Bandwidth |
288.4 GB/s |
Texture Filtering Rate (Bilinear) |
165.7GigaTexels/sec |
Fabrication Process |
28 nm |
Transistor Count |
7.1 Billion |
Connectors |
2 x Dual-Link DVI 1 xHDMI 1 x DisplayPort |
Form Factor |
Dual Slot |
Power Connectors |
One 8-pin and one 6-pin |
Recommended Power Supply |
600 Watts |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) |
250 Watts |
Thermal Threshold2 |
95° C |