Don't let the naming convention fool you, as MSI's X designation lets you know it is the factory overclocked model that receives a backplate and RGB lighting for the card. The X model signals a significant boost to the core clock speeds and memory speeds over the Founders Edition. MSI has equipped this model with a 1847MHz Core (Boost) and 8GB of GDDR5X memory running at 10108MHz. With the added features like running a silent, gaming, and OC mode, MSI can easily achieve this using Twin Frozr VI cooling with Zero Frozr technology. The fans stop spinning for idle, multimedia, light gaming, and anything below 60