MSI GTX760 Twin Frozr 2GB OC (N760 TF 2GB/OC) - Performance Test



Introduction:

Nvidia’s GTX 760 is essentially a GTX 670 in terms of performance and becomes one of the most popular mid-end graphics card in the market because of its affordability and best value. The MSI GTX 760 Twin Frozr OC 2GB is pre-overclocked version of GTX760 and comes with MSI’s innovative Twin Frozr IV cooler. There is also a bunch of other advanced features like additional VRM cooling, Super Ferrite Chokes and up to 3-way SLI support.

Today, we are going to take a look at what is so special about this graphics card.

Product Link: http://www.msi.com/product/vga/N760-TF-2GD5-OC.html#overview

Suggested Retail Price: RM 1,099

Specifications:



Full specifications of MSI GTX 760 Twin Frozr OC can be found HERE

Unboxing:


The graphics card is packed in a box illustrated with a dragon picture featuring the "Gaming Series" design.

Now, let’s have a peek on the graphics card!


The graphics card comes in a red/ black theme with a unique twin-fan Twin Frozr IV cooler. Heat from the GPU is transferred to the aluminum fin grid array by virtue of heat pipes with MSI's special SuperPipes technology. The SuperPipes transfer heat twice as fast as regular heat pipes enabling the graphics card to stay cooler than the reference cooler.


The graphics card is based on NVIDIA's winning GK104 silicon. It is also packed with six SMs of 192 stream processors for a total of 1152 stream processors, full-size 256-bit memory interface and array of 32 ROPs.


Let’s close up to the PCB area of the graphics card. The VRM power design gives five phase power for the GPU and two phase power for the memory, making it a total of 7+1 phase power for the graphics card overall.


The memory chips are based on Hynix AFR GDDR5 which is purportedly to have high overclock ability.


The graphics card draws power from a 6-pin and an 8-pin connector, as compared to a reference GTX760 card which has two 6-pin connectors.


The SLI connectors that support up to 3-way SLI.


The rear I/O panel includes two Dual Link DVI ports, a DisplayPort and a HDMI port. Nvidia Surround is supported but this requires three display monitors with the same resolution.

This post has been edited by owikh84: Dec 12 2013, 12:06 AM

Interestingly, the back side of the graphics card has half of the memory chips. The other half is on top of the card.


Accessories bundled in the package are simple.

Test Setup:





Software & Tools:

1) MSI Gaming App - provide three modes that OC, Gaming and Silent mode to improve performance
2) MSI Afterburner - a tweaking tool for overclocking, overvolting, power control and fan speed adjustment through the user-friendly screen panel
3) MSI Kombustor - a stress tool for burn-in test

Stability Tests:

MSI Kombustor 3.3.0 - FurMark Burner




I could stress the graphics card running at stock clocks without an error in about 10 minutes. The GPU core hit 80C during loads with the stock fan profile.

This post has been edited by owikh84: Dec 10 2013, 09:20 PM

Synthetic Benchmarks:

3DMark 13:


3DMark 13 Fire Strike (Extreme):


3DMark 11 (Entry):


3DMark 11 (Performance):


3DMark 11 (Extreme):


3DMark Vantage:


3DMark 06:


3DMark 05:


3DMark 03:

Unigine Heaven 4.0:

Resolution 1920x1080 | Anti-aliasing: 8X | Custom Preset | API: DX11| Quality: Ultra | Tessellation: Extreme

Unigine Valley 1.0:

Resolution 1920x1080 | Anti-aliasing: 8X | Extreme HD Preset | API: DX11| Quality: Ultra

Game Benchmarks:

Bioshock Infinite:

Resolution 1920x1080 | Ultra Quality Preset | DX11 only | Diffusion Depth of Field

Metro Last Light:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | Very High Quality Preset | DX11 | Texture Filtering: AF 16X | Motion Blur: Normal | SSAA: ON | Tessellation: Very High | Advanced PhysX: ON

Tomb Raider:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | FXAA | Quality: Ultimate | Texture Quality: Ultra | Texture Filter: Anisotropic 16X | Shadows: Normal | Shadow Resolution: High | Level of Detail: Ultra | Hair Quality: TressFX | Reflections: High | Depth of Field: Ultra | SSAO: Ultra | Post Processing: ON | High Precision: ON | Tessellation: ON

S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Call of Pripyat:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | 4X MSAA | Ultra Preset | Renderer: Enhanced Full Dynamic Lighting (DX11) | MSAA for A-tested Objects: DX10.0 Style [Standard] | SSAO Mode: HBAO | SSAO Quality: High | Enable Tessellation: ON | Contact Hardening Shadows: ON

Sniper Elite V2:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | Anti-Aliasing: High | Texture Detail: Ultra | Shadows Detail: Ultra | Draw Distance: Ultra | Advanced Shadows: Low | Supersampling: 2.25X | Anisotropic Level: 16 | Compute Shaders: ON | Ambient Occlusion: ON | Motion Blur: ON | Reduced Mouse Lag: OFF

Sleeping Dogs:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | Enable Quality Anti-aliasing: Extreme | Enable High-Res Textures: ON | Shadow Resolution: High | Shadow Filtering: High | Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: High | Enable Quality Motion Blur: ON

Street Fighter IV:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | 8X AA | Parallel Rendering: ON | Texture Filter: 16X | Model Quality: High | Background Quality: High | Soft Shadow: Highest | Self Shadow | High | Motion Blur: High | Particles: High | Extra Touch: Ink

Resident Evil 6:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | FXAA3HQ | Motion Blur: ON | Shadow Quality: High | Texture Quality: High | Screen Quality: High

Final Fantasy XIV:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | Maximum Graphics Presets

GRID 2:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | 4X MSAA | Custom Preset | Night Lighting: High | Shadows: Ultra | Advanced FOG: ON | Particles: Ultra | Crowd: Ultra | Cloth: High | Ambient Occlusion: Ultra | Soft Ambient Occlusion: ON | Ground Cover: High | Vehicle Details: High

This post has been edited by owikh84: Dec 13 2013, 07:53 PM

Dirt Showdown:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | 4X MSAA | Custom Preset | Night Lighting: High | Shadows: Ultra | Advanced FOG: ON | Particles: Ultra | Crowd: Ultra | Cloth: High | Ambient Occlusion: Ultra | Soft Ambient Occlusion: ON | Ground Cover: High | Vehicle Details: High

Far Cry 3:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | 8X MSAA | GPU Max Buffer Frames: 1 | Widescreen Letterbox: OFF | DirectX 11 | Alpha to Coverage: Enhanced | SSAO Method: HDAO | Field of View: 73.15 | Overall Quality: Optimal | Textures: High | Ambient Lightning: High | Shadow: Ultra | Post FX: Ultra | Geometry: Ultra | Vegetation: Very High | Terrain: High | Water: Very High | Environment: High

Crysis 3:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | FXAA | Texture Resolution: Very High | System Spec: Very High | Game Effects: Very High | Object: Very High | Particles: Very High | Post Processing: Very High | Shading: Very High | Shadows: Very High | Water: Very High | Anisotropic Filtering: 16X | Motion Blur: High | Lens Flares: Yes

Battlefield 4:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | 4X MSAA | Field of View: 70 | Motion Blur Amount | Weapon DOF: ON | Resolution Scale: 100% | Graphics Quality: Ultra | Texture Quality: Ultra | Texture Filtering: Ultra | Lightning Quality: Ultra | Effects Quality: Ultra | Post Process Quality: Ultra | Mesh Quality: Ultra | Terrain Quality: Ultra | Terrain Decoration: Ultra | Antialiasing Post: High | Ambient Occlusion: HBAO

Call of Duty: Ghosts:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | 4X MSAA | Image Quality: Extra | Depth of Field: Yes | Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+ | Terrain Details: ON | Anisotropic Filtering: High | Motion Blur: ON | Distortion: Yes | Shadows: Yes | Texture Resolution: Extra | Specular Map Resolution: Extra | Water Map Resolution: High

Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | 4X MSAA | Environment Quality: Very High | Texture Quality: High | Shadow Quality: Very High | Reflection Quality: High | Motion Blur: ON | Ambient Occlusion: HBAO+ (High) | God Rays: High | Volumetric Fog: ON

Batman Arkham Origins:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | 8X MSAA | Geometry Detail: DX11 Enhanced | Dynamic Shadows: DX11 Enhanced | Motion Blur: ON | Depth of Field: DX11 Enhanced | Distortion: ON | Lens Flares: ON | Light Shafts: ON | Reflections: ON | Ambient Occlusion: DX11 Enhanced | Hardware Acceleration PhysX: High

Batman Arkham City:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | 8X MSAA | DirectX 11 Features: MVSS + HBAO | DirectX 11 Tessellation: High | Detail Level: Very High | Dynamic Shadows: Yes | Motion Blur: Yes | Distortion: Yes | Lens Flares: Yes | Light Shafts: Yes | Reflections: Yes | Ambient Occlusion: Yes | Hardware Acceleration PhysX: High

Aliens vs Predator:

Resolution: 1920x1080 | DX11 MSAA Samples: 1 | Texture Quality: 2 | Shadow Quality: 3 | Anisotropic Filtering: 16 | SSAO: ON | DX11 Tessellation: ON | DX11 Advanced Shadows: ON

Lost Planet (Test A):

Resolution: 1920x1080 | 4X MSAA | Motion Blur: ON | Shadow Detail: High | Texture Detail: High | Rendering Level: High | DirectX 11 Features: High

Lost Planet (Test B):

Resolution: 1920x1080 | 4X MSAA | Motion Blur: ON | Shadow Detail: High | Texture Detail: High | Rendering Level: High | DirectX 11 Features: High

Overclocking:

With a supplied voltage of 1.212v for the GPU, I managed to push the GPU core frequency to 1280MHz (boost) and video memory frequency of 6755 MHz:


This post has been edited by owikh84: Dec 10 2013, 09:26 PM

Thoughts & Verdicts:

The MSI GTX 760 Twin Frozr OC 2GB is an excellent graphics card for gaming. I didn’t have any problem right from installing the driver to the gameplay. It performed just perfectly throughout the tests. The twin-fan Twin Frozr IV cooler also worked intelligently to dissipate the heat generated by the GPU. The card hit 80C max in the stress test with stock fan profile, but that was in 33c ambient temperature. When setting the fan speed to spin at 100%, the core temperature relaxed to 70C. The overclock ability of this card has been disappointed by NVIDIA’s locked-voltage policy. The limit of voltage couldn’t be altered with software at all. However, MSI doesn’t let users down when they provide the MSI Gaming App which comes with three modes - OC, Gaming and Silent mode to improve the card’s performance. Overall, this graphics card has proven itself to be one of the most affordable and best value cards in the mid-end market.

I would like to thank MSI Malaysia for making this review possible.

Performance: 5/5
Materials: 4/5
Specifications: 4/5
Appearance: 4/5
Performance/Price Value: 5/5

Pros:
+ Good stock performance
+ Cooler fans are quiet
+ Sexy cooler with twin-fan design and beefy heat pipes
+ Included MSI Gaming App with three modes to boost performance

Cons:
- Overclock ability could be improved
- Locked voltage as per NVIDIA’s protection policy
- Some memory chips at the back of the card are not cooled
- No dual BIOS chips
- Brown PCB might not be attractive to some of us
- Has a warranty sticker on one of the cooler’s screws hence dismantling of the cooler is not permitted unless advised by the manufacturer
- 2GB VRAM might not be sufficient for higher resolutions and some game titles

Saw your review just now in extreme system too, appreciate for your review.

This post has been edited by Newboxx.com: Dec 11 2013, 03:19 PM

Is the PCB of GTX760 much longer than reference GTX760?

This review suggested that this MSI GTX760 TF Gaming card is 0.75" longer than the ref GTX760 PCB.

Thanks for the review.
As I am still in dilemma whether to get 760 or burn more money for 770.
It seems 760 still struggle in BF4 for that settings.

Or alternatively pick up used GTX680

GTX770 is a 680 rebadge with better performance right.

So it goes like this,

760 < 680 < 770 ?

Yes

Actually, 760 = 670 so you should roughly know where it sits haha

Yeah it's the same performance but 670 is way more expensive(even used units compared to used units)
Anyways good review TS! I wish I'm old enough to work for this graphics card!(I'm just 14 )
Guess I have to stay with my gtx 470..