MSI GeForce GTX 780 Lightning 3GB GDDR5 PCIe

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 8 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

4
Average:

0
Bad:

1

Pros:

Highly overclockable.
Quiet and cool.
Looks badass.

Cons:

Way too expensive.
Same performance as other 780s.

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Last revision on June 5, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Highly overclockable
Quiet and cool
Looks badass
Large overclock out of the box
Powerful voltage regulation circuitry
DualBIOS with LN2 support
Backplate included
Voltage measurement points
Native fullsize HDMI and DisplayPort
Up to four active outputs
Support for CUDA and PhysX

Reviewers Didn't Like

Way too expensive
Same performance as other 780s
Requires three slots
Memory not overclocked
Elpida memory chips do not overclock as well as Samsung / Hynix
Quad SLI not supported (NVIDIA limitation)

Expert reviews and ratings

Back in October, we took a look at the MSI GTX 770 Lightning, which was a bit like a hot rod that had been given a little too much go-go juice. It was fast, and provided a plethora of performance options for horsepower junkies, but it was simply...

By Maximum PC on February 11, 2014

The MSI GTX 780 Lightning is a pretty good graphics cards that comes over clocked out of the box and offers the tweaker a good number of options to play with. It also looks really good which is an important factor for an enthusiast. The benchmarks...

By tbreak.ae on December 03, 2013

It has been quite a wait for MSI's latest flagship video card, but it is a wait that is well worth it for those after one of the best implementations of Nvidia's GeForce GTX 780. For this generation MSI has introduced a new cooler design, and delivered a...

By PC Authority on November 15, 2013

The Lightning is an amazing benchmarkers card with everything including the kitchen sink thrown in. This card simply bleeds innovation and stands waiting for the next splash of LN2 to set its pace....

By bjorn3d.com on October 18, 2013

The review product today will certainly appeal to our audience who appreciate a heavily customised graphics card. The MSI GTX780 Lightning is a 20 (16+3+1) phase power solution featuring a proprietary three fan cooler with separate controllers for...

By Kitguru.net on September 19, 2013

It has been little more than three months since NVIDIA launched their GeForce GTX 780 with great success. The card uses the same Kepler GK110 GPU we have seen on the GTX Titan, but with fewer shaders. The new GPU and NVIDIA's new Boost 2.0 algorithm...

By techPowerUp! on August 30, 2013

The GTX780 is a stunning card. This is nothing new. You can purchase almost any of them and know that you're getting a card guaranteed to put a smile on your face. In fact the performance of them is so good that those small differences end up being...

By Overclock3D on August 28, 2013

ASUS' pair of Matrix cards are, once again, extraordinary products. The video cards target overclockers of both the more and less extreme variants. Regarding the overclocking aspect, the Matrix GeForce GTX 780 Ti does not offer higher overclocks when...

By uk.hardware.info on May 05, 2014

MSI's GTX 780 Lightning was a graphics card that was hotly anticipated by the graphics card enthusiasts of a green persuasion. Announced about 3 months ago the MSI GTX 780 Lighting is a feature packed Nvidia graphics card with seven 8mm heat pipes, three...

By eTeknix on December 02, 2013

Well, after what felt like forever for this, and other cards of its type to appear, we finally have the results we were all looking for. For the MSI N780 Lightning, they have brought to the consumer quite a piece to marvel at hardware and features...

By overclockers.com on October 18, 2013

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