MSI Issues Statement Regarding Sampling Review Units Of GPU Featuring Higher Clock Speeds Than Retail Units

After top GPU manufacturers MSI and ASUS shipped out review units that were running higher clock speeds than their retail unit counterparts, the former decided to pace in and provide its own argument in guild to let the grit settle in one case and for all. Here are all the details that the visitor has stated.

MSI Defends Shipping Review Units With College Clock Speeds – States Its In The Best Interest Of The One Conducting The Review

The company has resorted to defend itself by maxim that its review samples and retail cards are identical when its hardware and performance are the core discipline and both unit categories too possess the same performance profiles bachelor through the MSI Gaming App. Then why did the company decide to ship out review units that characteristic slightly higher clock speeds than their retail units? Naturally, after this caught the attention of PC enthusiasts, they must manifestly have been livid, seeing every bit how reviewers can have all the fun by gaining a slightly improve overclocking headroom than these retail units.

MSI has stated that all units that are shipped out to retail outlets are set to 'Gaming Style' by default, which according to the Taiwanese firm, delivers the best possible functioning in terms of power consumed, while offering nigh the aforementioned level of functioning when compared to the company'south GPUs set in 'OC Mode'. In short, MSI'due south line upwards of GPUs running at the 'Gaming Mode' are functioning at a slightly lower clock speeds than those running in 'OC Mode'.

MSI sent Reviewers their GTX 1070 Gaming with higher clock speeds than advertised simply that's but the tip of the ice berg. (Image Credits: Techpowerup)

Both the GeForce GTX 1080 and GTX 1070 GAMING X graphics cards were set at 'OC Fashion' prior to being shipped out to reviewers in guild to provide convenience to reviewers, who naturally start to put in a lot of effort carrying out a myriad number of benchmarks and power consumption metrics in order to depict up an impartial verdict of the product based on its pricing. In society to facilitate gamers who do not want to utilise the MSI Gaming App merely want to relish future gaming titles with the company's 'OC Mode' past default, the company has provided an alternative vBIOS with 'OC Mode' enabled by default and with the links given below.

• MSI GeForce GTX 1080 GAMING X vBIOS with 'OC Mode'
• MSI GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X vBIOS with 'OC Mode'

It goes without proverb that if MSI and ASUS want to avoid such another firestorm like this in the well-nigh hereafter, it is highly recommended that they also provide consumers with the same convenience that they provide reviewers with. What are your thoughts on the matter? Is MSI giving reviewers unnecessary perks over the regular consumer? Let usa know what y'all think right away.

Source: https://wccftech.com/msi-issues-statement-review-units-gpu-clock-speed/

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