Most graphics card manufacturers have a utilitarian line of models in the "buy and play" category. Usually, these are popular mid-range video cards with good overclocking, good cooling and a minimum of bells and whistles, which provide optimal frame rate in modern games at Full HD resolution. MSI has tried to develop this concept a bit, so its "gaming cards" offer above-average overclocking, a reinforced power subsystem, excellent cooling, and moderately interesting design.


Thanks to this approach, the Gaming series has become one of the most popular graphics card lines in retail. This once again proves that most gamers prefer high-quality tools, rather than beautiful and expensive jewelry. Considering such popularity, it is not surprising that the MSI Gaming range is replete with a variety of video accelerators of recent years - starting with the old GeForce 1050 Ti with the Radeon RX 580 and ending with the heroes of the new era in the face of the GeForce 3060 with the Radeon RX 6700 XT.

All models belong more to the middle class and fall short of the top level, so two fans are enough for cooling. Usually, this is a proprietary MSI Twin Frozr Cooling system with an aluminium radiator, one or more heat pipes and Torx Fans. Of course, the efficiency of such a system should be considered in tandem with a specific video core model, but in general, representatives of this line are distinguished by a low noise level and relatively low heat. It is not without reason that the GTX 16XX by MSI Gaming was called “top for the money” from everywhere, and the GeForce 2060 Gaming that replaced it turned out to be one of the most performant versions of this graphics card.