The Ventus 2X OC model with 8 GB of memory is the most affordable GeForce RTX 5060 variant from MSI. It features a compact dual-slot cooler with a length of 20 cm, making it suitable even for small-form-factor cases. The cooler is slightly louder than average due to overly high fan speeds, but it has sufficient headroom for manual fan speed reduction. But with 8 GB of memory, compromises are necessary in the most demanding games.
The card is equipped with a compact dual-slot cooler with two fans. The shroud is made from a combination of black and silver plastic. Inside are two fans that blow air downward onto a heatsink with transverse finning.
This is a basic model, so the backplate is plastic only. This has a positive effect on aesthetics and protects small components on the PCB that could otherwise be easily torn off if the card bumps into something, but it does not help with heat dissipation from the PCB.
The heatsink has a solid aluminum base, and heat from the VRM is transferred into the main fins via a thermal pad.
The card itself is very short; from above, it is visible that the fin stack is freely pass-through under roughly half of the rear fan.
The card fits within a two-slot space, which means the heatsink fins above the PCB are relatively low. In the rear section behind the PCB, however, the fins are extended.
The cooler does not extend higher than a dual-slot bracket, yet it would still be advisable to leave a third slot free to improve airflow access to the fans.
Considering how compact the card is, the fan impellers have a relatively large diameter of 9 cm and a height of just under one centimeter.
The card length is just under 20 cm. It extends roughly 1.5 cm beyond the bracket in width, but you also need to account for the power cable. In height, it measures about 4 cm.
The card is compact and therefore lightweight; at 508 grams, it’s clear that there isn’t much metal even in the heatsink. But it also doesn’t generate much heat.
The bracket follows the most commonly used output configuration on GeForce cards—three DisplayPort 2.1b connectors with UHBR20 and one HDMI 2.1b.
Auxiliary power is supplied via a standard 8-pin connector oriented with the latch facing upward.
That covers the design of the card; let’s move on to the test build and results.
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