MSI continues using the Micro Channel water cooling technology, that had been used on previous X38 and N280GTX series, utilizing an all-copper water cooling tank made of lathe-processed sub-millimeter sized copper. According to MSI, in real life field tests under full load the MSI N285GTX HydroGen with its Micro Channel water cooling managed to decrease heat emission by more than 40% when compared to conventional fan cooled graphics cards of the same product level.

The Micro Channel and all-copper design offer great cooling efficiency as well as improved installation convenience. As MSI insists on using a 1-Slot solution this also reduces the actual weight of the graphics card whereby weight pressure on the slot is minimized and the graphics board won’t bend anymore either. And the all-copper water tank design offers increased heat transfer efficiency. For power users and gaming enthusiasts using 2-way or even 3-way SLI the MSI N286GTX HydroGen brings about a maximum of installation convenience. As you don’t have to worry about a lack of space between the PCI-E slots on your motherboard any more, and therefore wouldn’t be able to use water cooled graphics solutions.

The MSI N285GTX HydroGen uses the internationally accepted G ¼ Inch (DIN ISO 228-1) standard for the water tank pipe thread. This utilization of the DIN ISO standard pipe thread doesn’t only help to save money for consumables such as pumps, water pipes, cooling liquid etc., but also offers full compatibility for existing and additional upgrade water cooling systems.


Specification:
          •  Clock: 702MHz (core), 2600MHz (memory)
          •  Memory: 1GB GDDR3
          •  Bus: PCI Express x16 2.0
          •  Memory interface: 512
          •  Memory bandwidth: 166.4 GB/sec
          •  Outputs: 2x DVI, 2x D-SUB, 1x TV, 2x HDMI
          •  Max resolution: 2560 x 1600px
          •  Support for: SLI, DirectX 10, CUDA, SLI Multi (monitor support), OpenGL 2.1, HDMI