With no truly new cards coming anytime soon, Taiwan-based manufacturer MSI has decided on hyping up its current offer, more specifically, the models that feature the relatively fresh Military Class design. Basically, by using components like the Hi-c CAP, SSC (Solid State Choke) and Solid CAPs, MSI was able to make cards that comply with the temperature standard MIL-PRF-39003L of the US Department of Defense, and deliver improved stability over longer periods of time, even when overclocking comes into play.

As seen in the marketing-flavored (that's not necessarily a bad thing) slides below, MSI says that the advantages of its Military Class components are significant and range from low electrical leakage for the Tantalum core Hi-c Capacitor, to the lack of high-frequency noise and higher current output for the Solid State Choke, and ultra-low ESR (Equivalent Series Resistance) for the Solid Capacitor. Mix everything up and you have yourself a 'Military Class' recipe for a quality graphics card. The MC components are currently used on a number of MSI's AMD and Nvidia-powered cards and will most likely be found on future, 40nm GPU-equipped models. To be continued...