A Closer Look

MSI's thermal solution uses five heatpipes to keep the GPU cool. This is the same cooler as on the MSI GTX 1070 Gaming Z.


The backplate is made out of metal and has the RGB-illuminated MSI logo.


Once the main heatsink is removed, you will see two silver heatsinks that cover the memory chips and voltage regulation circuitry, just like on the Gaming Z.


MSI upgraded the power input of their GTX 1070 to an 8-pin and a 6-pin. This input configuration is specified for up to 300 watts of power draw.


The uP 9511 voltage controller is a new model for NVIDIA's recent cards. It does not support voltage control via I2C.


The GDDR5 memory chips are made by Micron and carry the model number D9TCB, which decodes to MT51J256M32HF-80. They are specified to run at 2000 MHz (8000 MHz GDDR5 effective).


NVIDIA's GP104 graphics processor is the first consumer chip to use the Pascal architecture. It is produced on a 16 nm process at TSMC, Taiwan, with a transistor count of 7.1 billion and a die size of 314 mm².