MSI N465GTX Twin Frozr II review - Introduction

If there is one product in the Fermi (GF100) line-up that came out reasonably positive in terms of noise and heat levels, then it has to be the GeForce GTX 465. This series is performing pretty nicely. It is a DX11 class graphics card that appeals to lot of us. As such it makes a lot of sense for AIB's and ODM to take this product to the next level rather then to invest time, money and resources in say the GeForce GTX 480. The two negatives of the GeForce GTX 465 however are a slightly high TDP at 200 Watt and of course its price level. Tagged with a sub-300 USD price tag, the performance to price ratio is quickly overthrown by the cheaper Radeon HD 5850.

As such some of the board partners figured, let's go back to the drawing table and come up with something new and good. MSI adopted their own PCB design, diverted to custom quality component usage, uncovered and applied the new Twin Frozr II GPU cooler and upped the price with only 10 USD, which is extremely reasonable considering as to what you purchase we say.

The end result is a much better looking card that you honestly can hardly hear, it comes with really first-class GPU temperatures. Thus the end result is a spectacular looking GeForce GTX 465 that remains very silent. And combined with some overclocking with the help of AfterBurner software, this graphics card can overclock very high. 800MHz should be a really easy target to achieve, and considering these cards run at a default 600 MHz core you can already imagine yourself the additional performance you can tweak out of it.

We'll explain it all, we'll show it all .. have a peek at the product and then head on over to the next page.