Our NVIDIA GeForce RTX 30 series coverage continues with a performance review of the RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio from MSI. This $560 USD factory-overclocked card offers 1750/1830 MHz core/boost clocks out of the box, and features a custom PCB design along with the manufacturer's TRI FROZR cooling solution. The RTX 3070 series is the "sweet spot" in NVIDIA's
GeForce RTX 30 lineup, and is optimized for 1440p gaming.

These Gaming X cards are factory overclocked and clad in a custom shroud that sports RGB LEDs and TORX 4.0 fans. Under the layer of eye candy, MSI equipped the card with the new TRI FROZR 2 thermal design including precision-machined core pipes and noise-reducing heatsink. We also get a lightweight graphene backplate for optimized passive-cooling. All these customizations are much needed to fully harness the performance within, since the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio has boost clocks of 1830MHz which is 105MHz higher than the reference card.