MSI VGAs: once up, once down
The phrase in the news headline refers to the performance rating of the video cards presented below.
This time, the mid-range NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ and the entry-level ATI Radeon HD 4350 were placed on MSI's "doctors' operating table". Let's take a look at which of the VGAs in question has undergone what kind of "surgery":
- A 9800 GTX + it received a cheeky, dual-slot cooling "supported" by four heat pipes, the efficiency of which is confirmed by the increase in clock signals: the G92b GPU is 760 (+22) as a result of the OC, and the 512 MB GDDR3 memory effectively operates at 2300 MHz (+100).
- A HD 4350 it has received noiseless cooling, so it is ideal for office or home use — primarily for browsing, word processing, listening to music, etc. used — you can prove your "capability" in desktop computers, possibly HTPCs.
