It would've been nice to see MSI use the same setup that is offered on the reference card, especially as DisplayPort is a technology that continues to gain more and more momentum in the enthusiast market. So looking above, you can see that MSI has instead opted for the more traditional Dual Link DVI-I and Dual DVI-D ports, along with the HDMI and DisplayPort connector to round things off. Taking a quick look, reference designed GTX 970 4GB cards carry the same single Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI and 3x DisplayPort 1.2 connector setup. Moving to the I/O side of things, I find myself slightly disappointed to see a connectivity setup that differs to the GTX 980 4GB. Unlike our GTX 980 4GB review, today, we're reviewing a full retail card, so we'll be moving from here straight into the package. Today, though, that changes as we finally get to take a close up look at the final version that is hitting the market. While we saw a look at the shroud during Computex, the simple fact is that it didn't really tell us much. The other reason this model is standing out a bit more than usual is due to the fact it's the first MSI video card that is using the new Twin Frozr V cooler. While the MSRP for the reference GTX 970 4GB is $329, we don't doubt for a second that this version from MSI is going to carry a premium of about $20 on top of that. The first is, of course, the price point. This new model has our attention a little bit more than usual because of a few things. The big question, though, is, what does a saving of over $200 force you to lose? That's exactly what we intend to find out today with the MIS GTX 970 3GB Twin Frozr V Gaming OC.
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