MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X trio graphics card, for unrivaled performance!

The RTX 3070 card was first released by Nvidia on September 16, 2020 for an MSRP of $499. Micro-Star International (MSI), a Taiwanese company partner of Nvidia, also released its MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio at the same time. What are the features and performance of this graphics card? We will answer these questions in this article. This card is available online for around $955.

Introducing the MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio graphics card

This card is based on an Ampere architecture. This new Ampere architecture is 30% more efficient than the previous architecture (Turing). It has GDDR6 memory running at 14 GHz . With a 256-bit memory bus, the occupied bandwidth is 448 Gbps. This card is connected to the motherboard via its PCIe 16x 4.0 slot. The card is 32 cm and consumes 240 Watts. power supply unit with a minimum power of 650 Watts is recommended. The MIS RTX 3070 card requires 2.5 slots in thickness for a weight of 1.4 kg. This is a fairly powerful card because it is 85.12% of the most powerful card at the moment: the GeForce RTX 3090 . This card has 4 outputs including 1 HDMI 2.1 and 3x DisplayPort 1.4.a. It supports, among other things, the following APIs: DirectX 12 Ultimate, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 2.0, Vulkan 1.2 and CUDA 8.5.

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Advanced features of the MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio graphics card

The MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio graphics card has 5888 CUDA cores. For your information, and for comparison, the GeForce RTX 3090 has 10752 CUDA cores. The core runs at 1.5 GHz normally. And in boost clock, the 17.4 billion integrated transistors manage to switch with a frequency of 2 GHz . The GPU was cast with an 8-nanometer etching process. The card has a texturing speed of 317.4. For its part, the Radeon RX 6900 XTX has a texturing speed of 771.2.

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In terms of the LED lighting system, the MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio graphics card has 3 RGB zones including 2 on the edge and small scratches around the central fan. Dragon Center software , you can customize colors as well as lighting effects. You can also control all LED peripherals together such as the keyboard, mouse, speaker, headset, etc. to form a cohesive set of colors or theme.

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As for the cooling system, MSI uses Tri Frozr 2 . It consists of having 3 radiators with wave-shaped slats for good air circulation. Airflow Controls have been added for more efficient cooling. The 2 fans on the side cool the power supply . The one in the center takes care of the GPU and memory. Copper heat pipes distribute heat efficiently for better overall cooling. The 3 Torx 4.0 92mm fans feature mid-shroud blades. At the back we note a metal plate which promotes heat dissipation and consolidates the structure of the card. The average temperature of the card is around 65°C. The fans automatically turn off when the temperature becomes lower. noiseless Zero Frozr ventilation system Even at high load, you can barely hear the noise from the fans.

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Benchmarking of the MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio graphics card

Tested on Fortnite, this card provides a frame rate of 285 FPS in 720p resolution. At 1080p, we were able to have an average frame rate of 215 FPS. And in QHD/1440p, the card manages to provide images at 13 FPS.

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In terms of overall performance, the MSI RTX 3070 card is ahead of the GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (93.77%), the GeForce RTX 2080 Super card (90.66%) and the TITAN RTX (88.22%). However, it is less efficient than the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Radeon RX 6800 card (105.92%) and the GeForce RTX 3080 (111.13%).

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On G3DMark, the RTX 3070 scores 21393. It is faster than the following cards: GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER (G3DMARK Score 18089), Radeon RX 5700 XT (G3DMARK Score 16751), GeForce RTX 2060 (G3DMARK Score 13990), GeForce GTX 1070 (G3DMARK Score 13332), Radeon RX 580 (G3DMARK Score 8769), Radeon RX 470 (G3DMARK Score 7945), Radeon HD 7970 / R9 280X ( G3DMARK Score 5257), Radeon HD 7950 / R9 280 (G3DMARK Score 4775) , Radeon R9 270 / R7 370 (G3DMARK Score 4269), Radeon R9 270 / R7 370 (G3DMARK Score 4269)

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NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 card (3DMark score 13728) and the NVIDIA Titan V (3DMark score 12951). However, it is slower than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (3DMark score 14765) and the NVIDIA Titan RTX (3DMark score 14939)

In short, the MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X trio card is a very high-performance card. MSI has implemented an efficient cooling system. This card is available online and in particular on Amazon for the price of approximately $955.

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