
The heatsink itself is redesigned to improve airflow dynamics. The Suprim also implements MSI’s Zero Frozr technology where the fans shut off below a certain temperature threshold. The new ball bearing fans bind together pairs of blades with a linked outer ring design MSI says focuses airflow into the updated Tri Frozr 2 cooling system. The new Tri Frozr 2 heatsink uses three Torx Fan 4.0 fans. Even though it’s no longer top dog, the Gaming X Trio is still a well-built and sleek-looking GPU. The Ventus cards start the product stack with the Gaming line above it and the Suprim X on top of both. They added to their existing lineup which now consists of the Suprim X, the Gaming X Trio/Gaming Trio, and Ventus/Ventus 3X. This allows for 375 W of total power available which is more than ample for this 200 W TDP card.Īs mentioned above, the MSI RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X Trio would have been MSI’s top trim offering until the release of Ampere. The RTX 3060 Ti doesn’t need all the power that the RTX 3090 does but this sample from MSI uses 2 x 8-pin PCIe connectors. We also have 8 GB of Samsung GDDR6 on a 256-bit bus which yields 448 GB/s bandwidth. This new GPU consists of 4864 CUDA cores, just under half of what is found in the RTX 3090. The RTX 3060 Ti is a cut-down version of Ampere using the GA104-200-A1 die. Let’s dive in and see how our first RTX 3060 Ti measures up! Specifications and Features Nvidia RTX 3000 Series Specifications The Gaming X GPU series still features the new Tri Frozr 2 thermal design, a custom PCB with a graphene backplate, RGB LEDs, and a robust power delivery system.

The Gaming X lineup has dropped a notch this year and given up the top spot to the Suprim X line of cards from MSI and is a tier above the Ventus line. This is the first Ampere-based GPU with more of a mainstream price: $399 for reference models and a $469.99 MSRP for the Gaming X Trio we are testing today. Today we’ll take an in-depth look at MSI’s RTX 3060 Ti Gaming X Trio.
