Review on MSI 128 Bit FreeSync DirectX Graphics by Adam Koodziejek ᠌

Name: MSI 128 Bit FreeSync DirectX Graphics
Item: MSI 128 Bit FreeSync DirectX Graphics
Rating: 5

May 24, 2023

Everything about the purchase suits me, a very necessary product.

So, I am writing this review again - now after 6+ months. Bought a new one, of course. Overclocking is small: GPU 2870 MHz, video memory 2240 MHz, 1200mV, S. A.M. & Rebar. Fan settings on the screen. Such overclocking can give approximately +10 fps.
Games tested: AC Valhalla (ultra) 80 to 120 fps (100 mostly) and 1900-2200 rpm. RDR2 (High+Ultra) ~90 fps and 1800 rpm. Control (high) 75-88 fps and 2022 rpm. God of war (high) 98 fps and 2022 rpm. Cyberpunk (high + Fidelity FX) 90-95 fps and 2500+ rpm, or set a frame limiter, because it heats up a lot. Hitman 3 (max.) 130 fps and 1500 rpm.
Regarding the noise of the turntables: up to 1600 rpm it is almost inaudible at all, 1700 is also good, 1800-2022 average noise begins, 2022-2200 moderate tolerable working noise. 2300 and above - the plane is already starting. So if you play not at ultras, but exclusively at high settings, then you can achieve silence in combination with good graphics (in RDR2, for example, generally at high settings less than 1650 rpm).
Regarding the squeak of chokes: as the author of the YouTube channel “Ancient Gameplays” said, the chokes whistle in absolutely all modern video cards, just quietly. This one had a noticeable whistle for the first couple of days, I even thought about marriage, but then everything quickly subsided to a barely noticeable squeak at the noise level of the computer itself.

In general, I'm happy with the card. I recommend, but only for games in 1k (1080p). Since at 2k even 70 fps is quite realizable, but even in undemanding Hitman the card is laid out to the maximum and heats up, so the turntables have to work at 2500-2800 rpm. For 1440r you need a card with 3 turntables.

PS In the photo, size comparison with 5500xt gaming x.
Consumption 3W in idle, in games from 90 to 155W. I turn on the turntables all the time (in idle 1000 rpm).
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Pros

Decent video card for games in 1k (aka 1080p/FullHD). Judging by the benchmarks, it is not significantly ahead of the 3060-ku and is often better than the 3060ti (if we take into account only the resolution of 1080p and without any rays). Rumor has it that the 3060ti has hynix chip disease. So: - good FPS at maximum graphics settings from 80-90 to 100-120 FPS depending on the game. - normal cooling, in which the fans are almost inaudible at "high" graphics settings (at "ultra" already 2022-2200 rpm are audible), while T (hot spot) is not higher than 80-82 ° in principle. In general, the cooling system of MSI Gaming X, as far as I know, is not bad, a little worse than that of Red Devil. - the complete absence of any problems with the driver (I use AMD Adrenalin 22.8.2), there are no artifacts and other things (Win10). By the way, I have been using AMD Radeon cards since 02202222 and in Win10, starting from driver 21.3, I have not observed any glitches for 2 years. - there is no obvious squeak of throttles. But there was a beep in the AC Valhalla menu and a little in the game itself when the map was new. Almost disappeared after a couple of days. - better performance/price ratio than Nvidia in the same category. - the ability to play in 2k (1440p) resolution at high/ultra settings, but in this case FPS drops to ~65-80, but the noise of the turntables increases a lot (2500+ rpm). But it's better to take a more powerful card: 6750xt/3070.

Cons

- an unfinished driver for Win7 (21.092022.01 until now), which in Explorer and Windows windows produces almost constant stripes at the bottom of the screen. (But to be honest, this shortcoming was a plus for me, because thanks to him I completely switched from the old buggy seven to W10. I just installed a W10 image with cut ates, spying; and with admin rights, in addition to the old design (StratIsBack /ClassicShell) and now I am happy with the "top ten", which I could not stand before)). - after 2 months of use, one fan began to buzz, which I unscrewed and replaced with a fan from MSI Mech of the same diameter. It didn't get better/worse. Fans are consumables.