MSI R9 380 Gaming

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Gaming is a VGA line designed specifically for gamers, so MSI makes the box beautifully.

The back of the box introduces the full range of MSI Gaming technologies available on the product, including the TORX FAN, the SuperSU PIPE heatsink, the ZERO FROZR silent technology and the GAMING APP overclocking software (MSI AfterBurner).

Accessories include manual, driver and DVI-Dsub.

The R9 380 is bold design MSI Gaming with the familiar black and red.

MSI Gaming motherboards and graphics cards are inspired by the design of dragons. They even put the dragon logo on the fan.

The card looks great, lean, sturdy with a length of 26.8 cm, beautifully mixed with other high-end components.

Graphics-oriented gamers are very focused on the design of the upper edge of the VGA as this is the outward side of the mica window. The MSI Gaming lineup is very beautiful on the side, showing off the awesome heat pipe and glowing dragon logo.

One plus point for the MSI R9 380 Gaming is the nice back-plate. Both R9 285 Gaming and GTX 960 Gaming 2 GB have no back-plate, gamers complain a lot.

TorX Fan 14-blade fan is known for its cool and quiet advantages. For the R9 380 Gaming, the MSI features a silent mechanism: the fan turns only when the temperature is above 58 degrees Celsius.

The ports include two DVI ports, one HDMI port and one DisplayPort port. The R9 380 is capable of exporting up to six monitors to the MST hub at the same time.

Compared to the previous MSI R9 285 Gaming, the R9 380 Gaming has had many changes in design, much nicer.

The number of heat pipes is also much higher, the upper edge is more beautifully designed.

Both require two 6-pin auxiliary power sources and a 500-watt real-time power supply to operate.

Components and heat dissipation

Not only back-plate, MSI also equipped with thermal conductor for mosfet and memory chips.

They are in close contact with each other by the thermal pad.

The MSI R9 380 Gaming features up to seven phase power for the GPU, using premium components.

The heatsink has three heat pipes, nickel-plated. The quality of the MSI Gaming lineup has absolutely nothing to complain about.

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Overclocking capability

The overclocking capability of the R9 380 is generally not high. The highest level of performance that the MSI R9 380 Gaming is running at is 1130/1500 MHz.

Temperature – Noise

At the time of the test, the room temperature was 30 degrees Celsius. The MSI R9 380 Gaming Performance Temperature on the benchtable:

– Idle: 46 degrees C, fan does not spin.

– Game: 65 degrees C, 53% fan ~ 1560 rpm.

– Game (@ 1130/1500 MHz): 69 degrees C, fan 68% ~ 1800 rpm.

Applying Zero Frozr technology, under 58 degrees Celsius non-rotary fan, gives the silence. During the game, the heat sink is quiet and the temperature is pretty good with this range of performance VGAs.