MSI GTX 680 Twin Frozr III OC 2 GB

Introduction

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680 was introduced earlier this year has taken the enthusiast market by storm. It offers great performance at significantly reduced power consumption. NVIDIA's dynamic overclocking algorithm works well and provides a nice speed boost for the card. We are now seeing the first custom GTX 680 board designs pop up.



MSI'S GTX 680 Twin Frozr III uses the reference design PCB and dual fan cooler. The company also included a clock increase to 1059 MHz base clock, memory clock has remained the same. In terms of pricing MSI is asking a price premium for $50 over the reference design.

GeForce GTX 680 Market Segment Analysis

	GeForce GTX 580	Radeon HD 7950	Radeon HD 7970	GeForce GTX 680	MSI GTX TwinFrozr III	Radeon HD 6990	GeForce GTX 590
Shader Units	512	1792	2048	1536	1536	2x 1536	2x 512
ROPs	48	32	32	32	32	2x 32	2x 48
Graphics Processor	GF110	Tahiti	Tahiti	GK104	GK104	2x Cayman	2x GF110
Transistors	3000M	4310M	4310M	3500M	3500M	2x 2640M	2x 3000M
Memory Size	1536 MB	3072 MB	3072 MB	2048 MB	2048 MB	2x 2048 MB	2x 1536 MB
Memory Bus Width	384 bit	384 bit	384 bit	256 bit	256 bit	2x 256 bit	2x 384 bit
Core Clock	772 MHz	800 MHz	925 MHz	1006 MHz+	1058 MHz+	830 MHz	607 MHz
Memory Clock	1002 MHz	1250 MHz	1375 MHz	1502 MHz	1575 MHz	1250 MHz	855 MHz
Price	$380	$380	$450	$500	$550	$700	$750