MSI RX 6700 XT Gaming X 12G Graphics Card Review

A Closer Look

The MSI RX 6700 XT Gaming X features a silver and black design that can be seen all around the card. MSI has gone with their dual fan Gaming X card instead of the Trio version which we have even see on MSI’s version of the NVIDIA GTX 3060. This is rather interesting to me as I would have thought the 6700 XT was the more powerful card, but maybe MSI know something I don’t yet. Either way, the cooler design is going to be more than ample for keeping the 6700 XT under wraps and making sure you get the best performance possible from it.

The main side of the card continues with the black/grey theme and also features an RGB logo front and centre. We can also notice a bit of RADEON branding to the side of this which isn’t overdone so I will allow it. MSI has also gone with a standard coloured aluminium heatsink which ties in well with the overall aesthetic of the card.

MSI has gone with two 8-pin power connectors for their Gaming X 6700 XT. This will offer a bit more stability over those 6700 XT cards using the standard 6-pin and 8-pin power connectors. MSI’s card should also allow for a bit more overclocking headroom as it does have that tiny bit of extra power.

Onto the other side which won’t be seen in pretty much any build as it will be right up against the motherboard and thankfully, there isn’t much to see. We still get a nice view of the massive heatsink which is good as this means the hot air has plenty of room to dissipate from the cooler. We can however see our fan connectors on this side which is more than welcome. As mentioned this side of the GPU won’t really get seen in most of your standard builds.

Onto the back of the card and we can see the ends of the heat pipes just barely protruding out of the final fins of the heatsink. While this may not look as clean as some who have decided to cover this up, it should allow for a tiny bit of extra cooling as the heatsink fins are not covered.

The backplate is made from Injection moulded ABS and features a nice Gaming Dragon Shield logo almost front and centre. Many people think a lot of backplates are metal and this is not the case, unfortunately.

For input connections, we have a single HDMI 2.1 and three Display Port 1.4 connections.