Posted on Wednesday, July 06 2016 @ 16:02 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
MSI launches its GeForce GTX 1070 and 1080 Gaming Z video cards, these feature the Twin Frozr VI cooler and come with fancy backplate with an RGB LED backlit MSI dragon logo. The GTX 1070 Gaming Z has a 1657MHz base and 1860MHz Boost clockspeed, while the GTX 1080 Gaming Z has a 1771MHz core and 1911MHz Boost frequency.
As the world’s most popular GAMING hardware vendor, MSI is proud to unleash the ultimate premium Pascal-powered graphics cards. The highly exclusive MSI GeForce® GTX 1080 GAMING Z 8G and MSI GeForce® GTX 1070 GAMING Z 8G cards represent the absolute Zenith in custom GeForce® GTX 10 Series graphics cards. As the last character of the alphabet, Z also represents the final form of MSI GAMING graphics cards.
Rocking the award-winning TWIN FROZR VI thermal design with supreme cooling power allows the GAMING Z cards to have extreme core and memory clock speeds out of the box. The renowned shapes of the eye-catching TWIN FROZR cooler are intensified by a fiery red GAMING glow piercing through the cover. A completely new custom 10-phase PCB design using Military Class 4 components with an 8+ 6-pin power connectors enables higher overclocking performance to push your graphics card to the max.
Besides making the cards more rigid, the classy matte black backplate of GAMING Z cards feature an RGB LED shield which, together with the MSI GAMING dragon RGB LED on the side can be set to any of 16.8 million colors to reflect your mood or build.
MSI’s new TWIN FROZR VI Thermal Design raises the bar of Graphics Card air cooling. TORX Fan 2.0 is the enhanced version of the patented TORX Fan technology which generates 22% more air pressure for better cooling performance while further reducing noise levels. The new fans are equipped with Double Ball Bearings to ensure lasting smooth and silent operation. Connected to the huge heatsink are 8mm copper heat pipes with a squared shape at the bottom for optimal heat transfer from the solid nickel-plated copper baseplate combined with premium thermal compound X to keep the Pascal powerhouse cool.
