Tag: MSI

MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Suprim SOC Review: Top of the Line

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

The GeForce RTX 5080 Suprim SOC features a vapor chamber cooler just as massive as the one found on the 600W RTX 5090 Suprim SOC. With this extra cooling capacity, the fans on the more efficient RTX 5080 can run at lower speeds, resulting in excellent thermals and minimal noise. However, this high-end cooling solution also drives up the price—you’re paying a premium for one of the best factory-overclocked RTX 5080 cards available. Read more “MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Suprim SOC Review: Top of the Line” »

MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim SOC Review: 600W with Ease

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

The GeForce RTX 5090 is NVIDIA’s most powerful GPU for gamers – and for demanding users. It maintains a significant lead over all other gaming cards, but its power-hungry nature comes with a cost. Dissipating nearly 600 watts of heat is a real challenge for engineers. Yet MSI’s premium GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim SOC handles it brilliantly: in Silent mode, it runs quieter than many air-cooled cards delivering half the performance. Read more “MSI GeForce RTX 5090 Suprim SOC Review: 600W with Ease” »

MSI B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: Cheaper chipset, but better features

Extra tests, Motherboards | | Ľubomír Samák

We’re concluding the tests of B850 motherboards with the MSI Tomahawk Max WiFi. In terms of price, it sits between the already tested B850 Aorus Elite WiFi7 and Asus ROG Strix B850-F Gaming WiFi, with its features leaning closer to the latter. In some aspects, it even surpasses it. The word “Max” in its name is well justified – three PCIe 5.0 slots, 5-gigabit Ethernet, more USB ports… Read more “MSI B850 Tomahawk Max WiFi: Cheaper chipset, but better features” »

MSI MAG B860 Tomahawk WiFi: Arrow Lake for less money

Extra tests, Motherboards | | Ľubomír Samák

Configurations on the LGA 1851 platform have been possible for some time even on motherboards with the Intel B860 chipset. These are cheaper and primarily aimed at lower-power processors, but they also have headroom for high-performance CPUs. This is the case with the Tomahawk WiFi variant by MSI. A lower price, yet still a high standard, includes support for the future-proof PCI Express 5.0 interface, among other features. Read more “MSI MAG B860 Tomahawk WiFi: Arrow Lake for less money” »

MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G Vanguard SOC review

Extra tests, Graphics | | Adam Vágner

The new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti goes on sale as the most affordable GeForce model with the Blackwell architecture to date. We’re looking at one of the best-equipped versions—the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G Vanguard SOC, a top-tier model from MSI. It features an extremely powerful cooler with massive headroom and excellent performance but comes at a price comparable to the RTX 4080 Super from the previous generation. Read more “MSI GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16G Vanguard SOC review” »

Some GeForce RTX 5090 fight melty connectors with thermal pads

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

Since GeForce RTX 4000, Nvidia graphics cards (fortunately just the highest models) have been facing issues with overheating and melting 12+4-pin power connectors. Newer models use the 12V-2×6 connector, which is designed to avoid improper attaching, and we recently discussed additional measures from Zotac. It seems that some of the freshly released graphics cards use another protective measure, addressing the root thermal issue. Read more “Some GeForce RTX 5090 fight melty connectors with thermal pads” »

Test: MSI Z890 Ace (and CU9 285K) with CoreLiquid I360 cooler

CPU coolers, Extra tests, Motherboards | | Ľubomír Samák

What would be the results of standard motherboard tests if we used the MSI MAG CoreLiquid I360 cooler with them? Better. Specifically, lower temperatures would be achieved for the CPU cores, which would then run at higher clock speeds, which naturally means higher computing performance. Not dramatically, but if we are to illustrate the situation with plates of scales, their position is quite clear. Read more “Test: MSI Z890 Ace (and CU9 285K) with CoreLiquid I360 cooler” »

MSI MEG Z890 Ace: 28 phases for Arrow Lake CPUs and…

Extra tests, Motherboards | | Ľubomír Samák

Extremely robust power delivery, 10-gigabit ethernet, a huge number of USB ports and more – that’s what comes with one of the most feature-packed LGA 1851 platform motherboards, the MSI MEG Z890 Ace. This is mirrored, of course, by the remarkably high price tag. Such a wealth of features comes at a price, and it’s all about whether you see a potential in it that you can appreciate. Be that as it may, MSI has packed it really properly. Read more “MSI MEG Z890 Ace: 28 phases for Arrow Lake CPUs and…” »

MSI MPG Z890 Carbon WiFi: Dangerously close to the top

Extra tests, Motherboards | | Ľubomír Samák

MSI’s Carbon series motherboards are among the most feature-packed not only within the company’s lineup, but overall. Similar to the variant (MPG X870E Carbon WiFi) for AMD, the model for Intel LGA 1851 platform – MPG Z890 Carbon WiFi – is also packed with headers and ports. From this detailed analysis, you’ll also learn how this motherboard performs across hundreds of different tests. Read more “MSI MPG Z890 Carbon WiFi: Dangerously close to the top” »

MSI MPG X870E Carbon WiFi: Basis in above-standard features

Extra tests, Motherboards | | Ľubomír Samák

Two network adapters, over twenty USB ports, a really powerful VRM… in short, a motherboard for those with more demands than usual. The X870E Carbon WiFi is also rich in connectivity thanks to the two chips that make up the chipset’s south bridge. Overall, this makes it a very well equipped motherboard for the AMD AM5 platform that is more expensive, but you still don’t have to pay a devastating amount for it. Read more “MSI MPG X870E Carbon WiFi: Basis in above-standard features” »

LGA 1851 is here. MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi tested

Extra tests, Motherboards | | Ľubomír Samák

The information embargo on Z890 motherboard tests (and also Intel Core Ultra 200S/Arrow Lake CPUs) is over. We kicked off our tests with an in-depth analysis of the MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard, which also sheds light on the features of the Core Ultra 7 265K CPU. Primarily though, this will now be about the Z890 Tomahawk, which in some places has some major changes from its last generation. Read more “LGA 1851 is here. MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi tested” »

CUDIMM will work on AM5, MSI says, Ryzen 9000 or 8000 needed

Memory, Motherboards, News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

Recently, we reported that the Intel LGA 1851 platform with Core Ultra 200 (“Arrow Lake”) processors will premiere certain memory innovation – CUDIMM modules that have an integrated clock driver (CKD) that enables operation at (hopefully) higher clock speeds. It was unclear for a while whether this would end up being an Intel exclusive feature, but now it looks like CUDIMMs will be usable on AM5 boards with Ryzen processors as well. Read more “CUDIMM will work on AM5, MSI says, Ryzen 9000 or 8000 needed” »

The fix for dying Intel CPUs is out for first motherboards

Motherboards, News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

It looks like the most important thing to happen in the PC industry this year are the widespread issues of Intel Raptor Lake processors with instability and game crashes caused by gradual physical damage to the chips due to high voltages that leads to irreversible degradation. The microcode patches, which will hopefully stop the CPUs from dying – the CPUs for which it is not too late already that is – have finally started to appear. Read more “The fix for dying Intel CPUs is out for first motherboards” »

“All” graphics cards in in-depth coil whine analysis

Extra tests, Graphics | | Ľubomír Samák

The number of graphics cards tested over the recent period has reached a number after which we can pause a bit and specifically focus on the noise level of their coils. The latter has always been recorded in standard measurements, but in large tests with lots of other information, this unique data was getting lost. That is why it will now, within the scope of this article, be limited to these only. So which of the modern graphics cards has the quieter coils? Read more ““All” graphics cards in in-depth coil whine analysis” »

CAMM2 memory modules for desktop are closer than it seemed

Memory, Motherboards, News | | Jan Olšan

While we focused on the new processor architectures most, Computex 2024 featured all sorts of things. One of these is worth revisiting. We’ve written several times recently about the hypothetical possibility of desktop motherboards switching to CAMM2 memory modules instead of the DIMMs that have been standard for almost thirty years. It seems that this is much closer to reality than it seemed, CAMM2 is indeed coming to desktop. Read more “CAMM2 memory modules for desktop are closer than it seemed” »

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