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Review: MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning
We review the long anticipated and awaited MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning edition. You'll retrieve up-to 1.3 Volts to play with on the GPU voltage range. This 6 GB card is overclocked for you at default already, typically a reference GTX 980 Ti will run 1 GHz. The Lightning however comes with default clocks of 1203 (base) / 1304 (boost) MHz. Armed with 6 GB graphics memory this product was built to impress.
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#5149509 Posted on: 08/28/2015 09:49 PM
No if you peek at the exploding shot you'll notice another metal plate covering the VRM etc.
No if you peek at the exploding shot you'll notice another metal plate covering the VRM etc.
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#5149515 Posted on: 08/28/2015 10:02 PM
Oh that's right:
And that is exactly what I'll be doing with my R9 290 + AC IV combo
No if you peek at the exploding shot you'll notice another metal plate covering the VRM etc.
Oh that's right:
And that is exactly what I'll be doing with my R9 290 + AC IV combo

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#5149522 Posted on: 08/28/2015 10:21 PM
Damn all these custom cooler oc 980 ti are untouched in performance. Boost clock is about where it should be I guess, memory oc is freaking sick though.
Damn all these custom cooler oc 980 ti are untouched in performance. Boost clock is about where it should be I guess, memory oc is freaking sick though.
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#5149533 Posted on: 08/28/2015 10:57 PM
Now imagine one of these with HBM on it.
Damn all these custom cooler oc 980 ti are untouched in performance. Boost clock is about where it should be I guess, memory oc is freaking sick though.
Now imagine one of these with HBM on it.
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Conclusion
The Lightning rdition
Is MSI PCB design that cool that there is no need for extra heatsinks for VRM, mem chips?
All convection, no conduction save for GPU die....hmm not so sure this is the actual heatsink shot: