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MSI has made another Lightning graphics card. This time it is based on NVIDIA GTX 980 Ti. Being an overclocking dedicated card, it features a lot of enhancements that help to stability and longer lifespan. The clocks increased to 1430MHz / 1250MHz (GPU...
Cards like this are a feat of engineering more than anything else, though that's not to say the GTX 980 Ti Lightning isn't highly desirable – just look at those performance figures if you need reminding. However, as things like the dual digital PWM...
The MSI GTX 980 Ti Lightning is currently available online for $780. Huge overclock out of the box 20% faster than the GTX 980 Ti reference at 4K Very quiet during gaming Memory is also overclocked out of the box Fans turn off in idle and light...
Nvidia's GTX980 ti has been dominating the high end graphics sector now since it was released, and with modified, overclocked partner cards widely available this year the situation hasn't changed. These partner solutions take performance levels a stage...
Every year or so MSI releases a Lightning model, and when I get the news I walk around like a kid waiting on some new toys in my office. Once the new toy arrived I did have that big smile on my face. After three days of testing I am however a little...
MSI knocked it out the park with the GTX 980Ti Lightning, but phrases like 'value' are going to be frog marched out the nearest airlock long before you reach this level of performance. . In other words if you want the best, be prepared to pay for the...
If you want to game at Ultra HD resolution, a GTX 980 Ti or comparable graphics card is a must. No matter which GTX 980 Ti you buy, you can assume that it can be overclocked to about 1500 MHz on air or using water cooling. Extreme overclocking cards...
MSI has developed a beast in the MSI GTX 980 Ti LIGHTNING video card. MSI takes care of the casual gamer with the TriFrozr cooling setup, allowing the coolest temperatures we have seen yet on a GTX 980 Ti. For those extreme overclockers, MSI also has an...
The MSI Lightning range has hitherto been aimed squarely at the highest quality overclockers. With good, but not spectacular, stock speeds but plenty of headroom to make the most of it, it's achieved many records and been high on the agenda of those...
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