Those on the lookout for a graphics card with two HDMI ports have another option as MSI quietly expands its Ventus Essential Series. MSI began launching the Essential series during the summer, along with its Limited series and Gaming Slim lineup of RTX 40 series graphics cards. Now while not much has been officially said about the differences between the Essential series and other Ventus counterparts, other than weight and appearance, one thing that stands apart is the changeup of display options. The Essential cards now feature 2x HDMI 2.1 and 2x DP 1.4 ports vs. the previous standard of 3x DP 1.4 and 1x HDMI ports.
The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC uses the TORX 4.0 cooling solution featuring a triple fan design. It has an updated visual design and custom PCB which includes a sheet-metal anti-bending plate for added support, and then also a backplate, plus an included support bracket.
Specifications:
- Model Name: GeForce RTX4090 VENTUS 3X E 24G OC
- Graphics Processing Unit: NVIDIA GeForce RTX™ 4090
- Interface PCI Express: Gen 4
- Core Clocks: Extreme Performance: 2565 MHz (MSI Center)
- Boost: 2550 MHz
- Cores: 16384 Units
- Memory: Speed 21 Gbps
- Memory: 24GB GDDR6X
- Memory: Bus 384-bit
- Output: DisplayPort x 2 (v1.4a), HDMI x 2 (Supports 4K@120Hz HDR, 8K@60Hz HDR, and Variable Refresh Rate as specified in HDMI 2.1a)
- HDCP Support: Y
- Power consumption: 450 W
- Power Connectors: 16-pin x 1
- Recommended: PSU (W) 850 W
- Card Dimension(mm): 322 x 136 x 62 mm
- Weight:(Card / Package) 1675 g / 2308 g
- OpenGL Version: Support 4.6
- NVLink Support: N/A
- Maximum Displays: 4
- G-SYNC technology: Y
- Digital Maximum Resolution: 7680 x 4320
MSI Ventus Essentials Current Lineup
As MSI quietly expands its Ventus Essentials lineup there is one offering notably absent, the GeForce RTX 4080, but perhaps it’s launch is right around the corner. In the meantime, though, there are a variety of RTX 4070, 4070 Ti, and 4090 models to choose from. All can be identified by the added “E” or “E1” in the name on the Ventus store page.