MSI has been a bit of a stranger to us for a few months but their latest releases have been making some real waves within the graphics card market. Their cooling solutions are top-notch, performance is always in the upper tiers and their products are built to last in today's most demanding environments. No better example of this newfound poise can be found than MSI's GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6G.

MSI's focus for the GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6G is pretty straightforward. They want to offer gamers better-than-stock performance in a card that doesn't command a massive premium and boasts much broader availability than a specialist card like Zotac's AMP! Extreme or EVGA's Classified. Indeed, with a price of $680USD (but significantly more in Canada) it is a good $20 less expensive than the flagship competitors from EVGA and Zotac.