Turn your desktop PC into a real gaming rig with the MSI Radeon RX Vega 56 Air Boost 8G OC Video Card. Powered by revolutionary "Vega" architecture, equipped with up to 8GB HBM2 high-bandwidth memory, and loaded with innovative gaming technologies, it delivers exhilarating gaming performance and breakthrough VR experiences. It can be overclocked to 1520 MHz (base clock: 1181 MHz). And MSI Afterburner overclocking utility makes it simple to adjust its parameters for even better performance. Engineered with quality and reliability in mind, the video card is built with military class 4 components and comes with one highly efficient fan for superior heat dissipation.
Radeon RX Vega Graphics is for extreme gamers looking to run their games at the highest resolutions, highest framerates, maximum settings, and who want cutting-edge features to carry them into the future.
Experience the next level of immersion with the world of VR gaming and entertainment with Radeon RX graphics cards powered by the revolutionary "Vega" architecture.
AMD FreeSync technology puts an end to choppy gameplay and broken frames with fluid, artifact-free performance at virtually any framerate.
Enhanced contrast and colors deliver a strikingly sharp, colorful, and vivid visual experience.
AMD Eyefinity technology makes games more immersive by enabling you to play across multiple screens for an eye-popping gaming experience.
This video card features a premium LED illuminated MSI logo that glows red in the dark.
One of the deciding factors in performance is the quality of the components used. That is why MSI only uses MIL-STD-810G certified components for graphics cards. These components have proven durable enough to withstand the torturous circumstances of extreme gaming and overclocking for extended usage.
With their aluminum core design, Solid CAP's have been a staple in high-end component designs and provides lower Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) as well as its over-10-year lifespan.
The smoothest, fastest and most exciting gaming experience ever by eliminating screen tearing, display shutter and input lag.
Ultra high resolution (UHD) delivers 4x the resolution of 1080p content, enabling much sharper and crisper images with delicate details during gaming.
To experience and enjoy the impressive world of Virtual Reality, high-performance hardware is required. MSI, world leading brand in high-end gaming and eSports, provides the right advice to make sure your system is VR Ready. Integrating the very best of cutting-edge technologies in recommended MSI VR gaming hardware allows for smooth performance. Together with MSI’s VR partners, MSI brings gamers an extremely realistic VR experience where games come alive.
MSI Afterburner is the world’s most recognized and widely used graphics card overclocking utility which gives you full control of your graphics cards. It also provides an incredibly detailed overview of your hardware and comes with some additional features such as customizing fan profiles, benchmarking and recording video.
Overall Review: Short version: This is a good value when it's on sale-- if you have the patience to do some tweaking using AMD's Wattman tool. Once optimized it's performance is equal to an overclocked GTX 1660 Ti. Long version: Out-of-the-box this thing runs hot and loud. Even the "Balanced" setting that caps the power draw to around 165 watts will need to spin up the blower fan well beyond 3000 RPM to maintain ~80 degrees C temps under load. Using these default settings on a fresh install of Windows I could only achieve a graphics score of around 6000 in 3dMark's Time Spy benchmark. The good news is that there is a tool built-in the Radeon software called Wattman that can allow you to get BETTER performance at LOWER TEMPERATURES and QUIETER fan settings. First of all, I confirmed using the TechPowerUp GPU-Z program that my card uses Samsung memory. That means I was able to use Wattman to increase my memory frequency from 800 Mhz (stock) to 950 Mhz with no affect on temperatures or stability. Second, I was able to lower the GPU voltage from 1200 mV (stock) to 950 mV using Wattman. This makes the card run MUCH cooler. Finally, I changed the fan curve in Wattman so that it ramps up far less steeply and maxes out at around 2400 RPM (38% speed) at 75 degrees C. Stress testing show that I remain right around 75-76 degrees C under sustained load with these settings. I found that leaving the frequency control set to auto (0%) in Wattman gave me slightly better performance than trying to tweak the speeds myself. YMMV. Wattman and GPU-Z indicate that with the above settings I average around 1350 Mhz sustained GPU clock speeds / 950 Mhz sustained memory clock speeds with no thermal throttling. It's worth noting that when undervolted, this card can easily sustain 1450 Mhz GPU clocks under load by also increasing the Power Limit % in Wattman, but then you'll also need to increase your fan speeds to keep the GPU temperature in check. Personally, I'm fine with sacrificing a couple frames per second in exchange for keeping the noise levels low so I left the Power Limit at 0% (165W). In the end, I managed to increase my Time Spy score by 10%, from a graphics score of 6000 to 6600, with lower operating temperatures and less noise than the standard "Balanced" profile I started with. That puts it ahead of a stock GTX 1660 Ti and on-par with an overclocked GTX 1660 Ti.