MSI GTX 760 Gaming MINI-ITX Review
Category : NVIDIA
Published by Hiwa Pouri on 31.01.14
MSI is pushing hard with their Gaming Series graphics cards these days and meanwhile they've even released their mini graphics cards, with extra short PCB. Apart from the complete custom design you also get a decent factory overclocking and a typical boost clock that really isn't too bad at all.
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Presentation
The mini-ITX market is becoming more and more important for most manufacturers and it does not come as a surprise that MSI wants a piece of the cake. The MSI GTX 760 ITX is made to fit well with the MSI Z87I AC Gaming motherboard as it takes up two slots and has a shorter PCB that will not go over the edge of the motherboard. It features a fully custom design packs quite a punch considering its small size.
MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming is based on NVIDIA's Kepler GK104-225 A2 chip, which is manufactured by TSMC using the latest 28 nanometer process technology. With the GeForce GTX 760 you get six SMX units which results in 1'152 CUDA cores. Following the specifications further, there are 96 TMUs, 32 ROPs, a 256 Bit wide memory interface and 2 GB of GDDR5 memory.
Frequency wise, since MSI didn't bother to overclock the memory, it stayed clocked at reference 1'502 MHz (effective 6'008 MHz). On the GPU side you find a little factory overclock with a base clock of 1'006 MHz and a typical boost clock of 1'071 MHz. That is quite shy considering it is only 38 MHz over the reference Boost clock. However, things get interesting when we look at the actual working frequencies, as during our tests, the highest Boost clock we measured was 1'162 MHz while the average Boost clock was also at 1'162 MHz (in Battlefield 3).
The card also supports GPU Boost 2.0. The first version of GPU Boost stopped overclocking the GPU when a certain power target was hit. This new second version of GPU Boost stops overclocking the card, when a certain temperature is being reached. This makes sense since the temperature is the bigger inhibitor than the power target in most cases. In this case the temperature target is 80 degrees Celsius. In other words, as long as the GPU runs lower than 80°C it will keep overclocking until the maximum frequency has been reached. This is why in our case the average boost clock was 91 MHz higher than the typical boost clock the manufacturer advertises.
Specifications
| EVGA SC ACX | ASUS DC Mini OC | MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX | GeForce GTX 760 | |
| Chip | GK104-225-A2 | GK104-225-A2 | GK104-225-A2 | GK104-225-A2 |
| Process | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Transistors | 3.54 billion | 3.54 billion | 3.54 billion | 3.54 billion |
| GPU clock | 1'072 MHz | 1'006 MHz | 1'006 MHz | 980 MHz |
| GPU Boost clock | 1'137 MHz | 1'072 MHz | 1'072 MHz | 1'033 MHz |
| Memory GDDR5 | 2'048 MB | 2'048 MB | 2'048 MB | 2'048 MB |
| Memory clock | 1'502 (6'008) MHz | 1'502 (6'008) MHz | 1'502 (6'008) MHz | 1'502 (6'008) MHz |
| Memory interface | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 192'300 MB/s | 192'300 MB/s | 192'300 MB/s | 192'300 MB/s |
| TMUs | 96 | 96 | 96 | 96 |
| Shader Cores | 1'152 (6 SMX) | 1'152 (6 SMX) | 1'152 (6 SMX) | 1'152 (6 SMX) |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| PCB Type | Custom Design | Custom Design | Custom Design | Reference Design |
| Lenght (PCB - Total) | 24.3 cm | 17.5 cm | 17.5 cm | 24.1 cm |
| Height (PCB - Total) | 11.0 cm | 12.1 cm | 12.1 cm | 11.0 cm |
| Slots | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cooler | EVGA ACX | ASUS DirectCU Mini | MSI Mini ITX Gaming | NVIDIA Reference |
The card
There are not much surprises here as with the GTX 760 MINI-ITX, MSI decided to use the new mini cooler, which is almost identical to the cooler ASUS is using on their mini GTX 760. Cooling performance of this particular model is rather good, but can't be compared with coolers on oversized graphics cards, like for instance the massive Twin Frozr IV Advanced. Still the results achieved are remarkable and especially if you consider the high typical boost clock, you realize that it definitely not a bad cooler.
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The custom PCB behind the new mini cooler packs 4+1-phase design with four phases for the GPU and SFC and single phase for for the memory, R47. It has an analogue power design with NCP5392P voltage regulation chip for the GPU, APL1117 PLL voltage regulator chip, 25X20 memory voltage regulator chip and Power MOSFET that are speccd for 30V and 78A.
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As noted earlier, the memory chips used are made by Elpida and carry the model number W2032BBBG-60-F. They are specified to run at 1'502 MHz (6'008 MHz effective).
Photo Gallery
Delivery
The card ships well bolstered in a foam made mold. Bundled with the graphics card are a user guide, a driver CD that includes the overclocking tool MSI Afterburner, one power converter (1 x 6-pin to 8-pin), a DVI to VGA adaptor as well as a mini-DisplayPort to DisplayPort adaptor. We would have loved to find an additional SLI bridge in the delivery and also a game would have been great. Unfortuantely, this is sort of a trademark for MSI's Gaming series, which is focused on delivering the best possible gaming piece of hardware at lowest possible price, so bundle was first to suffer.Test Setup
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Weighted average
| Graphics Cards | Score |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 113.63 % |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 110.86 % |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 109.83 % |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 108.55 % |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan | 104.15 % |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 | 100.00 % |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 90.57 % |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 | 86.85 % |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 85.71 % |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 83.76 % |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 | 83.71 % |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 77.65 % |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670 | 75.92 % |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 74.15 % |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 | 69.35 % |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 65.58 % |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 85.38 % |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 | 61.83 % |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 61.27 % |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 61.20 % |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 | 58.01 % |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 50.60 % |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 50.05 % |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 49.03 % |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 45.10 % |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 44.06 % |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 40.11 % |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 39.04 % |
| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 37.72 % |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 36.80 % |
| More is better |
Temperatures / Noise levels
Fan Speed
| Auto | RPM |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 1'470 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 1'129 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 1'040 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 780 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 780 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 1'200 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 1'040 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 1'250 |
| 50% | RPM |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 1'860 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 1'493 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 1'910 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 2'180 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 2'180 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 1'770 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 1'450 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 2'060 |
| 70% | RPM |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 2'520 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 2'078 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 2'650 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 3'100 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 3'100 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 2'430 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 2'000 |
| NVIDIA Reference | n/A |
| 100% | RPM |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 3'600 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 3'023 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 3'770 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 4'380 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 4'380 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 3'090 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 2'900 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 4'240 |
| More is better |
Noise Level
| Auto | dBA |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 35.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 33.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 32.0 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 32.0 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 32.0 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 34.5 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 32.0 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 33.2 |
| 50% | dBA |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 39.2 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 37.1 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 36.6 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 37.1 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 37.1 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 40.1 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 34.3 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 39.8 |
| 70% | dBA |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 44.5 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 43.0 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 42.7 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 44.4 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 44.4 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 47.3 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 40.2 |
| NVIDIA Reference | n/A |
| 100% | dBA |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 53.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 51.4 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 51.2 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 52.3 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 52.3 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 52.5 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 50.0 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 56.2 |
| More is better |
For the noise level results, we measured the noise level using a decibel meter (Voltcraft SL-200) located at 1 meter away from the graphics card.
Idle Temperature
| Auto | Temperature |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 30 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 30 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 32 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 29 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 30 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 30 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 30 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 32 |
| 50% | Temperature |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 29 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 29 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 31 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 27 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 29 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 30 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 29 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 30 |
| 70% | Temperature |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 29 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 28 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 30 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 26 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 30 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 28 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 29 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 29 |
| 100% | Temperature |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 28 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 28 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 29 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 26 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 29 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 28 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 27 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 29 |
| More is better |
Idle, temperature is taken after 15 minutes @ Auto, 50 %, 70 % and 100 % fan speed. Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature under Furmark
| Auto | Temperature |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 75 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 83 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 90 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 90 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 90 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 79 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 73 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 90 |
| 50% | Temperature |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 70 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 71 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 81 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 80 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 74 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 83 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 71 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 83 |
| 70% | Temperature |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 62 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 63 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 72 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 73 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 75 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 68 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 63 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 76 |
| 100% | Temperature |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 59 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 56 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 62 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 58 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 62 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 63 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 56 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 68 |
| More is better |
For FurMark, temperature is taken after 15 minutes of GPU Burn test at Auto, 50 %, 70 % and 100 % fan speed.
We stopped the test when the GPU temperature hit 90°C.
Room Temperature: 25°C
Temperature BattleField 3
| Auto | Temperature |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 760 DirectCU Mini OC | 56 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 DirectCU II OC | 69 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 71 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 67 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 67 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 70 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 66 |
| NVIDIA Reference | 79 |
| More is better |
For BattleField 3, temperature and fan speed values taken are the highest achieved after 1 hour gaming @ auto fan speed.
Performance/Watt
| Graphics Cards | Performance Index | Power (Watts) | Performance/Watt x 10 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 53.55 | 178 | 3.01 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN (Ref) | 85.05 | 306 | 2.78 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 (ASUS DC2OC) | 70.92 | 257 | 2.76 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 (ASUS DC2T) | 62.00 | 227 | 2.73 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti (GBT GHz) | 90.53 | 333 | 2.72 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 (ASUS DC2OC) | 81.66 | 302 | 2.70 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 (ASUS DC2T) | 47.37 | 177 | 2.68 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 (Ref) | 68.36 | 258 | 2.65 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 82.42 | 321 | 2.57 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 (ASUS DC2OC) | 56.63 | 218 | 2.60 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 (ASUS DC2OC) | 49.98 | 194 | 2.58 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 89.96 | 350 | 2.57 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 89.69 | 360 | 2.49 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 92.84 | 374 | 2.48 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost (Ref) | 40.87 | 169 | 2.42 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X (ASUS DC2T) | 53.39 | 223 | 2.39 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 57.35 | 241 | 2.38 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 (ASUS DC2T V2) | 50.03 | 220 | 2.27 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 (ASUS DC2T) | 42.04 | 195 | 2.16 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 (ASUS DC2OC - Ref PCB) | 32.75 | 152 | 2.15 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X (ASUS DC2T) | 68.40 | 320 | 2.14 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti (ASUS DC2T) | 30.8 | 151 | 2.04 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 (Ref) | 50.49 | 254 | 1.99 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 (XFX DD - Ref PCB) | 63.41 | 323 | 1.96 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (ASUS Matrix P.) | 69.99 | 360 | 1.94 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 (Ref) | 36.83 | 208 | 1.77 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 (Ref) | 41.32 | 244 | 1.69 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 (Ref) | 31.88 | 200 | 1.59 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 (Ref) | 30.05 | 193 | 1.56 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 (Ref) | 35.98 | 232 | 1.55 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 (Ref) | 73.96 | 481 | 1.54 |
| More is better | Less is better | More is better |
The "Performance Index" value is calculated as the sum of all benchmarks results divided by the amount of games (3DMark and Unigine are not included into the calculation).
Performance/Price
| Graphics Cards | Performance Index | Price (EUR)* | Performance/EUR x 10 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7790 | 32.75 | 91 | 3.60 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7870 | 50.03 | 143 | 3.50 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270 | 49.98 | 144 | 3.47 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti Boost | 40.87 | 121 | 3.38 |
| AMD Radeon R9 270X | 53.39 | 159 | 3.36 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 | 47.37 | 144 | 3.29 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7850 | 40.04 | 124 | 3.23 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti | 30.80 | 100 | 3.08 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 660 Ti | 53.55 | 193 | 2.77 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 | 63.41 | 232 | 2.73 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 670 | 62.00 | 228 | 2.72 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 760 | 56.63 | 199 | 2.85 |
| AMD Radeon R9 280X | 68.40 | 241 | 2.84 |
| AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition | 69.99 | 260 | 2.69 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 770 | 70.92 | 266 | 2.67 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 580 | 50.49 | 190 | 2.66 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6870 | 31.88 | 126 | 2.53 |
| MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming | 57.35 | 238 | 2.41 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 680 | 68.36 | 291 | 2.35 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 OC V2 | 89.69 | 429 | 2.09 |
| Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 GHz Edition | 92.84 | 456 | 2.04 |
| MSI Twin Frozr Gaming GTX 780 | 82.42 | 434 | 1.89 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 | 81.66 | 415 | 1.97 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6950 | 36.83 | 205 | 1.80 |
| ASUS GeForce GTX 780 Poseidon Platinum | 89.96 | 552 | 1.63 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX 780 Ti | 90.53 | 582 | 1.56 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6970 | 41.32 | 310 | 1.33 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5850 | 30.05 | 260 | 1.16 |
| AMD Radeon HD 5870 | 35.98 | 335 | 1.07 |
| AMD Radeon HD 6990 | 73.96 | 708 | 1.04 |
| nVidia GeForce GTX TITAN | 85.05 | 832 | 1.02 |
| More is better | Less is better | More is better |
For the price we took the lowest price available on geizhals.eu.
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| Overall MSI did a great job with their compact GTX 760 MINI-ITX
graphics card. Since this is one of the new MSI Gaming Series products,
it features a black and red color scheme, which MSI managed to nail
perfectly. Although small, the cooler is able to cope with the heat generated by the GK104 GPU but unfortunately at a rather high cost, as it is a bit noisier than what we are used to from MSI's Twin Frozr coolers. |
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Cooling - Design - Compact form factor |
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| Cooling / Noise Level | + | - | |
| The GPU temperatures were good with a maximum of 79°C under
heavy FurMark load with the fan at auto (32%). It would have been great
if the card was inaudible under these circumstances, but frankly
speaking, this is virtually impossible to achieve with such a small
cooler. In the end, the MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX Gaming comes with a cooler that does a really good job for its size. |
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| Performance | + | - | |
| Thanks to a factory overclock and a really decent cooler design,
the MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX is on average 5% faster than the reference card
from Nvidia in tested games. In order to achieve this results, cooler
maintains a temperature that is always below 80°C and at that
temperature, clock speeds were at 1'162 MHz. A closer look at the power consumption reveals that better results should have been achieved. Compared to other models we tested, the card draws significantly more power, especially under load, which is related to a rather high overclocking. |
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Performance/Watt - Power consumption |
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| Recommendation / Price | + | - | |
| Overall the MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX comes with a rather high typical boost clock, which gives you quite some extra performance. Other than that it also features an efficient cooler and when it comes to the price, MSI is asking about 40 Euro more than you would have to pay for a reference GTX 760. The 40 Euro premium is definitely not nothing, but it is in line with offers from competitors. If you are thinking about building a mini-ITX gaming PC and you want to go with components from MSI, then this is definitely the graphics card you want to buy. | - Gaming - MiniITX |
- Silent PC | |
| We gave the MSI GTX 760 MINI-ITX 3.5 out of 5 stars. | |||
