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MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G

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Pros

  • wide open
  • beautiful environments
  • looks great and runs ridiculously smooth

Cons

  • fans barely spinning up to make noise
  • is slower than the GTX 1050 Ti
  • mid-range cards will only have a 60Hz monitor

Key specs

  • 12.0
  • PCI Express 3.0 x16
  • GDDR5 SDRAM
  • 2 GB
  • 128 bit
  • 7680, 4320
  • 300 W
  • 1442 MHz

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MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G - Pros & Cons

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G

Pros

  • wide open
  • beautiful environments
  • looks great and runs ridiculously smooth
  • always nice to have a big frame-rate cushion
  • Great all-around performance for the money
  • Very Good
  • Inexpensive
  • and Compact
  • great performance at 1080p at an affordable price

Cons

  • fans barely spinning up to make noise
  • is slower than the GTX 1050 Ti
  • mid-range cards will only have a 60Hz monitor
  • the frequency drops sequentially until it reaches 1733 MHz
  • NVIDIA is up to in entry-level segment
  • the frequencies set beyond these limits still affect performance
  • relies on third-party cookies for advertisement
  • No need for additional power
  • an integrated GPU would be underpowered
  • eats away only two slots
  • still pretty hard on a video card

MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G - Technical Overview

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1531 MHz
Best:
ASRock Phantom Gaming D Radeon RX580 8GB OC
Processor boost clock speed: 8000 MHz
IconMemory bus
128 bit
Best:
PNY NVIDIA Quadro GV100
Memory bus: 4096 bit
IconEffective clock speed
7008 MHz
Best:
Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 MASTER 24G
Effective clock speed: 19500 MHz
IconCore clock
1442 MHz

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MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 2G - Full Specifications

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General
Bus TypePCI Express 3.0 x16
Max monitors supported3
API Supported
  • DirectX 12
  • OpenGL 4.5
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Memory
Memory technologyGDDR5 SDRAM
Memory size2 GB
Memory bus128.0 bit
Discrete graphics adapter memory2.0 GB
Effective clock speed7008.0 MHz
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Display
Max resolution7680 x 4320
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Dimensions
Height1.54 in
Width9.02 in
Depth5.16 in
Weight18.59 oz
Bracket height
Full-Height
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Power
Power consumption (operational)75.0 W
Power consumption (typical)75.0 W
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin
Minimum system power supply300.0 W
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Performance
HDCPyes
OpenGL version4.5
DirectX version12.0
NVIDIA G-SYNCyes
TV tuner integratedno
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Processor
Core clock1442.0 MHz
Processor frequency1417.0 MHz
Processor boost clock speed1531.0 MHz
FireStreamno
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Design
Cooling typeActive
Number of fans2
Number of slots2
Colour of productBlack,Red
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Connectivity
Dual Link DVIyes
HDMI ports quantity1
HDMI version2.0
DisplayPorts quantity1
DisplayPort version1.4
DVI-D ports quantity1
Interface typePCI Express x16 3.0

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