MSI Radeon HD 7770 OC edition review - Product Showcase

Product Showcase

So, pictures then, below you can see the MSI Radeon HD 7770 OC edition. Below you can see packaging and bundle. Included with all cards will be manual and a demo and driver CD, power converters and an monitor connector converters to get your multi-monitor freak on.

The 1.5 Billion transistor encounting 28nm Cape Verde based core is tied to a whopping 1GB memory -- which is a lot for Entry level products.

The reference 7770 cards are clocked at a 1000 MHz core frequency and the GDDR5 memory runs at 4.5 Gbps (effective data rate as GDDR5 has a quad data-rate, so effectively that quadruples that number) the memory bus is 128-bit though. The MSI OC edition card is clocked at 1020 MHz btw.

Here we can see the backside, the card will fit pretty much any chassis. Gain we see the backside of the PCB showing  a very non-complex design, that's typically a very good sign.

Connectivity wise the output connectors will vary per brand. MSI equips the card with two display port connectors (mini), HDMI and a DVI connector.

The reference R7770 has a power consumption of roughly 80 Watts. The boards overall power consumption from idle to load is excellent really. Expect an idle wattage of roughly 10 Watt and when the monitor goes into power save mode, the card throttles down even lower towards 3 watt.

Here we can also see the cooler a bit better. Heatpipe based with two fans blowing over the aluminum heatsink.

You will need to hook the 7770 up to your power supply with a 6-pin PCIe PEG connector. We recommend a 500 power supply to start with, with one card of course. You could opt to go with two cards in crossfire mode as there is one Crossfire connector available on the card.