Featuring an overclocked core‎,‎ slightly overclocked memory‎,‎ and based on NVIDIA‎'‎s Pascal architecture‎,‎ the MSI GeForce GTX 1050 GAMING X 4G Graphics Card provides major improvements in performance‎,‎ memory bandwidth‎,‎ and power efficiency over its predecessor‎,‎ the high‎-performance Maxwell architecture‎.‎ It also introduces innovative graphics features and technologies that redefine the computer as the platform for playing AAA games‎.‎

The front panel of the card features a variety of outputs‎.‎ There is one DisplayPort 1.4 output‎,‎ one HDMI 2.0b output‎,‎ and one DVI‎-D Dual‎-Link output‎.‎ The GTX 1050 Ti is not just about high‎-resolution gaming‎.‎ Computationally intensive programs can utilize the GPU‎'‎s 768 cores to accelerate tasks using CUDA or other APIs‎.‎

To keep cool‎,‎ even when overclocked‎,‎ MSI implemented their Twin Frozr VI cooler on this card‎.‎ The Twin Frozr VI cooler uses two large fans to force air through the heatsink and dissipate heat and lower the GPU‎'‎s internal temperature‎.‎ Because this kind of cooler recirculates air back into the case‎,‎ this card works best in cases that have unrestricted airflow‎.‎ You can also control the side and front LEDs to match your build‎.‎

NVIDIA Ansel

With Ansel‎,‎ gamers can compose the gameplay shots they want‎,‎ pointing the camera in any direction and from any vantage point within a gaming world‎.‎ They can capture screenshots at up to 32 times the screen resolution‎,‎ and then zoom in where they choose without losing fidelity‎.‎ With photo‎-filters‎,‎ they can add effects in real‎-time before taking the shot‎.‎ And they can capture 360‎-degree stereo photospheres for viewing in a VR headset or Google Cardboard‎.‎

CUDA

With CUDA‎,‎ NVIDIA allows applications to hand off CPU‎-intensive tasks to the GPU‎.‎ Your GPU is no longer just used for rendering graphics‎,‎ but it can provide teraflops of floating point performance and accelerate application tasks‎,‎ from real‎-time video rendering to fluid dynamics simulation‎.‎ CUDA is used in many applications and games‎.‎

G‎-SYNC Ready

When used with a monitor that has G‎-SYNC hardware installed‎,‎ the monitor‎'‎s refresh rate will sync and lock with the graphics card‎'‎s output frame rate‎.‎ Establishing this sync removes tearing and stuttering which can result from conventional fixed screen refresh rates‎,‎ especially important for gaming in stereoscopic 3D‎.‎ An additional benefit of G‎-SYNC is reduced lag so gamers will benefit from the improved command response time as well‎.‎

NVIDIA GPU Boost 3.0

Boosts the card‎'‎s clock speed in real‎-time based on the target temperature‎.‎ If the card is running below the set target temperature‎,‎ GPU Boost 3.0 will increase the clock speed to improve performance‎.‎ The target temperature can be reset depending on your preference so you can have the card run more quietly for everyday tasks and older games‎,‎ and run at full tilt during intense high‎-resolution gaming sequences‎.‎