NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 2GB Review Feat. MSI Twin Frozr Gaming Edition

Updated: June 25, 2013

The GeForce GTX 760 Gets Unleashed

Another week means yet another launch for the folks at NVIDIA and this time we start getting into the really affordable side of things, as the new GTX 760 makes its debut. Gaming cards that are at this price point usually sell very well due to that fact that many more a buyer can shell out a couple of hundred dollars in comparison to paying the premium price that comes with getting one of those cards. The thing is, and users will appreciate this, is that at resolutions of 1920 x 1080p, everybody is competing to be the best bang for the buck card and this translates into saving at the counter and cards that will perform just fine for many gamers.

NVIDIA has the brass ring in some areas, and if things like CUDA, Advanced PhysX and the new NVIDIA GeForce Experience , which keeps everything up to date as far as drivers and game patches are concerned, there is only 1 player in the game. Another thing is that if you are an avid Adobe software user the NVIDIA cards offer better support and performance than the AMD series of cards due to the technology NVIDIA uses in their design. AMD cards can however do PhysX, it is just strictly run off the CPU and not the GPU and a standard, not advanced PhysX solution. The new GeForce GTX 760 is the latest of the 7 series cards to hit the market and there will be both reference and non-reference cards available. This launch there will be many partners making non-reference based products, which is good news for the gamer.

We were able to get a hold of a few different models to show you fine folks on launch day via various means both written and video. The reference designed card looks just like the previous generation 6 series cards and offers the same black shroud single blower fan design that they have been using for quite awhile now. We will show you in today’s morning review both the NVIDIA reference designed card as well as the MSI Twin Frozr version that is based on a non-reference design and you will be able to clearly see the differences in how the cards look. MSI has made a solid name for themselves via the Twin Frozr lineup as their after market cooling solutions are know to work well at keeping your card cool even with the card overclocked and pushed to its maximum capabilities. Lets first take a visual look at the 2 cards and how they vary from each other in just about every way.