MSI seemed to have caught the graphics boom at the right time when it first entered the market last decade, as this once small company has since become a major force in the graphics arena. They are a Tier 1 motherboard and graphics card manufacturer, right along with Gigabyte and Asus. One area that MSI had previously excelled in was that of an impressive software bundle combined with a value priced card.

Oftentimes the designs of their cards matched the reference exactly, and very little was done to differentiate their hardware from other offerings. The bundle was the key for MSI, as they offered a wide variety of applications and games with each midrange and high end card. Even on low end cards they would throw users a game or two, plus some original applications relating to overclocking and quality settings.

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