MSI announces GeForce GTX 670 with Overvoltage and Afterburner support

Today, leading international mainboard and graphics card maker, MSI officially announced the new GeForce GTX 670 graphics card, featuring the latest 28nm GeForce GTX 670 GPU and 2GB GDDR5 memory. It supports PCI Express 3.0 standard to provide better performance and power efficiency than the previous generation. The GeForce GTX 670 graphics card features NVIDIA’s GPU Boost technology, which allows the core clock to be automatically adjusted on the fly for optimal gaming performance. When used with the MSI Afterburner overclocking utility, the power limit and clock offset can be adjusted as well for better overclocking capability; GPU overvoltage function to boost overclocking potential up to 22 percent.  A single card is able to also support NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround technology for upto four monitors to give gamers the best gaming experience. There are no details on the actual street price yet, but expect it to be close to 30,000.

MSI’s GTX 670

The MSI GeForce GTX 670 graphics card supports NVIDIA’s GPU Boost technology that allows the core clock to be adjusted on the fly for optimal gaming performance. When used with MSI’s exclusive Afterburner overclocking utility, gamers can control the power limit and clock offset for better overclocking capability. Afterburner supports the free video/audio capturing function called Predator and can even use smart phones to control the graphics card in a desktop. When combined with the Kombustor burn-in testing function, it is an indispensable tool for enthusiasts looking to get the most out of their graphics card. The MSI GeForce GTX 670 graphics card uses the 28nm GeForce GTX 670 GPU and supports the latest PCI Express Gen 3 standards. This advanced manufacturing technology reduces operating temperatures and improves performance, and when combined with the latest connectivity standard, it can also deliver a staggering 32GB/s of bandwidth with compatible CPUs and mainboards. For gamers, this means an even better gaming experience with 42 percent more performance than previous generation GeForce GTX 570 graphics cards.

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The spec list

Apart from supporting the latest DirectX 11 technology, the MSI GeForce GTX 670 graphics card has the ability to enable NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround using three 3D monitors and 3D glasses with just a single card. Additionally, support for up to four displays driven by one graphics card allows gamers to make the most of multiple-monitor gaming configurations.