Q: Is the red "Gaming G Series" logo on the backplate RGB?

You can change the color of the side and backplate logo. There is an interior/side light that stays white however.

Q: The gpu is at 40 C and the fans are not spinning, is that normal?

ZERO FROZR-STAY UNDETECTED. So the fans will stay stopped until the temps are 60 C or higher. You can set a custom Fan Curve if you want it to start at a lower temperature. MSI has a good bit of info on all of their products on site

Q: Is factory overclock better than boosting on other 1070 cards?

Yes and No. You can buy a stock card and get all of the performance that these after market cards provide with factory over clocking. However, you also have to think about the heat sinks, fans, etc that they provide to keep that cards cool at those speeds. MSI has really developed their cooling on their cards over the years. The alternative is to buy separate water cooling or something for a stock card if you want to OC it a lot. If you find this card on sale it's 100% worth it. I've been using it for a couple of months and it's a beast!

Q: Is Silent Mode an okay mode to use for gaming? Or is this mode best for non-gaming use. Just curious. Thanks in advance!

yes but light games. Like hearthstone, stuff like league of legends, etc it can run fine. It also depends on your other pc specs so take that with a grain of salt. Anything that's remotely demanding or games that need to be at higher resolutions/fps you'll want the gaming mode. With that said the gaming mode is very silent. It's hard to push this card to turn the fans on. You can easily leave it in gaming mode 24/7.

Question 1

Is the backplate white or actually silver?

Accepted Answer

It's one big silver piece of metal with the MSI logo that's pretty small. This is an awesome card. Exact specs as the MSI Gaming X just different colors. Mines been running 2000+MHz with just the MSI software.

Question 2

does this card have g-sync?

Accepted Answer

As long as you have a gsync compatible monitor. Yes.

Question 3

Is there a 6 to 8 pin power converter included?

Accepted Answer

Mine did not come with a converter.

Question 4

Does the logo still have RGB lighting on this model or no?

Accepted Answer

The logo on the back and the side can be change colors. Then there's another white light that's on the side/inside that stays white.

Question 5

Why is this card not on MSI website? What is the difference between this and other MSI 1070's?

Accepted Answer

It's on their website now. Spec wise it's exactly the same as the 1070 Gaming X. However like the other person said mines been running at higher memory clock speeds then whats listed just with the MSI software. It's a great card! Specially if you don't care or don't want the red/black one.

Question 6

Would upgrading to these and having two of them in SLI be worth it vs. two MSI 980ti's in SLI? (which is what I currently have)

Accepted Answer

The 1070 is barely faster than the 980ti(<5%). So no. The only difference you would notice would be less power consumption due to the fact that the 1070 is a much more efficient card than the 980ti. But performance wise, they are pretty much interchangeable, with the 1070 only being SLIGHTLY better.

Question 7

Is the red "Gaming G Series" logo on the backplate RGB?

Accepted Answer

You can change the color of the side and backplate logo. There is an interior/side light that stays white however.

Question 8

The gpu is at 40 C and the fans are not spinning, is that normal?

Accepted Answer

ZERO FROZR-STAY UNDETECTED. So the fans will stay stopped until the temps are 60 C or higher.  You can set a custom Fan Curve if you want it to start at a lower temperature. MSI has a good bit of info on all of their products on site

Question 9

Is factory overclock better than boosting on other 1070 cards?

Accepted Answer

Yes and No. You can buy a stock card and get all of the performance that these after market cards provide with factory over clocking. However, you also have to think about the heat sinks, fans, etc that they provide to keep that cards cool at those speeds. MSI has really developed their cooling on their cards over the years.  The alternative is to buy separate water cooling or something for a stock card if you want to OC it a lot. If you find this card on sale it's 100% worth it. I've been using it for a couple of months and it's a beast!

Question 10

Is Silent Mode an okay mode to use for gaming? Or is this mode best for non-gaming use. Just curious.

Thanks in advance!

Accepted Answer

yes but light games. Like hearthstone, stuff like league of legends, etc it can run fine. It also depends on your other pc specs so take that with a grain of salt. Anything that's remotely demanding or games that need to be at higher resolutions/fps you'll want the gaming mode.

With that said the gaming mode is very silent. It's hard to push this card to turn the fans on. You can easily leave it in gaming mode 24/7.

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