The GTX 760 from nVidia is currently the favorite GPU for gamers who want something from the green camp.



With us today is the GTX 760 card from MSI that's paired with their signature Twin Frozr cooling system.

The card is beautiful as it is, with MSI's Gaming series themed red and black chassis for the Twin Frozr cooler that sports 2 large fans.

Heatpipes are seen flowing all over the card, even hovering over the PCI-E power connector sockets.



I/O ports are no different from modern day graphic cards. 2x DVI (one DVI-I, another is a DVI-D), 1x HDMI, 1x DisplayPort



Full details at the official product page

Here's the GPU-Z detail of the card.



Test Setup

Processor	Intel Core i5-4670K
RAM	Avexir Core Series 8GB DDR3-1600
Motherboard	ASRock Z87M OC Formula
Cooler	Cooler Master Seidon 120M
Monitor	40″ LCD TV
Power Supply	Cooler Master Silent Pro Hybrid 1300W
Casing	Cooler Master N200 Casing
Operating System	Windows 8 Pro 64bit
Driver	nVidia GeForce 331.58

Benchmark
Here we go!

Metro 2033

Card	1080p (avg)
MSI GTX 760	55.5
ASUS GTX 670	55.0
ASUS Radeon R9 280X	76.5
Sapphire HD 7970 Ghz Edition	71.5

Unigine Heaven 4.0

Card	1080p (avg)
MSI GTX 760	45.2
ASUS GTX 670	48.5
ASUS Radeon R9 280X	59.5
Sapphire HD 7970 Ghz Edition	55.4

Resident Evil 6

<em>*Full HD at 1920x1080 - pardon me for the wrong screen resolution in the shot above.</em>

Card	1080p (score)
MSI GTX 760	9677
ASUS GTX 670	10031
ASUS Radeon R9 280X (13.11)	11441
Sapphire HD 7970 Ghz Edition	10741

Just Cause 2

Scene	Card	1080p (avg)
Dark Tower	MSI GTX 760	98.32
Dark Towe	rASUS GTX 670	100.84
Dark Towe	rASUS Radeon R9 280X	121.90
Dark Towe	rSapphire HD 7970 Ghz Edition	115.27
Desert Sunrise	MSI GTX 760	118.76
Desert Sunrise	ASUS GTX 670	119.75
Desert Sunrise	ASUS Radeon R9 280X	153.28
Desert Sunrise	Sapphire HD 7970 Ghz Edition	146.16
Concrete Jungle	MSI GTX 760	59.62
Concrete Jungle	ASUS GTX	670 59.56
Concrete Jungle	ASUS Radeon R9 280X	87.42
Concrete Jungle	Sapphire HD 7970 Ghz Edition	84.92

Sleeping Dogs

Card	Score
MSI GTX 760	55.8
ASUS GTX 670	56.3
Sapphire HD 7970 Ghz Edition	45.5

3DMark
Default settings

Card	Score
MSI GTX 760	5002
ASUS GTX 670	5116
ASUS Radeon R9 280X (13.11)	7513
Sapphire HD 7970 Ghz Edition	6845

Temperature
Furmark Burn-in Test was used to stress the card. Fan settings are at Auto. Room set to ~25c.

Below is the full load details.

Card	Idle(°C)	Load (°C)
MSI GTX 760 (auto)	29	82
MSI GTX 760 (manual : 100%)	29	70

The Twin Frozr cooler is a beauty, I was wondering why the load was at 82°C considering it was great cooler. Apparently it was running at only 44% capacity, keeping the graphic card near silent. Run it at full speed and the temperature drops to 70°C.

The Verdict
The MSI GeForce GTX 760 Twin Frozr OC 2GB retails at about RM 1,099. As you can see, the performance is no where near that of the HD 7970 except for Sleeping Dogs. I'm sure there are titles that the card performs similarly to the HD 7970 or even outperforming it but it's certainly not here.

On the market there's also the MSI 7950 3GB GDDR5 OC Boost version for RM 1099 as well. The key difference is the cooler. The HD 7950 will clearly have performance advantage (exchanging blows in some games) but the Twin Frozr is so amazing that you can't just ignore it.



Going by the benchmarks alone the GTX 760 is fast enough, so you could afford to sacrifice a bit of framerate for a silent cooling system if you dig silent rigs.