MSI teasing GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning

setter · 13 Jun 2015 at 09:51

Was the lightning cooler not a triple fan version, twin fan model on the gaming edition?

Silent_Scone · 13 Jun 2015 at 09:57

Yes it's part of the Tri Frozr range

Geeman1979 · 13 Jun 2015 at 09:57

setter said:
Was the lightning cooler not a triple fan version, twin fan model on the gaming edition?

Yup

One of the best Air coolers to date.

Phixsator · 13 Jun 2015 at 10:11

The lightning cards are ffing awesome. I loved my 780 lightning, what a beast it was.. Overclocked like a monster on air. My current 980ti looks envies at the cooler

.. god reference coolers stink now a days.

setter · 13 Jun 2015 at 10:14

Haven't owned a reference cooled card since the gtx 470. Nothing but windforce cooled gigabytes since. Went for the twin frozr cooled msi gaming edition this round. But this lighting model seems very interesting.

mururoa · 13 Jun 2015 at 11:31

it’s about time we see the successor to GTX 780 Ti Lighting (the Big Kepler).

Lol. There never was 780 Ti Lightning.

Gregster · 13 Jun 2015 at 12:12

The LTGs are the serious cards and having owned 2 GTX 680 LTGs that both clocked well over 1400Mhz, I would love one of these.

setter · 13 Jun 2015 at 12:14

Wonder what price this will strike at.

yoyo59 · 13 Jun 2015 at 12:15

mururoa said:
Lol. There never was 780 Ti Lightning.

yes they was, but they never made it to the public

whyscotty · 13 Jun 2015 at 12:22

mururoa said:
Lol. There never was 780 Ti Lightning.

Really

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-geforce-gtx-780-ti-lightning-photos.html

mururoa · 13 Jun 2015 at 13:18

whyscotty said:
Really

http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/msi-geforce-gtx-780-ti-lightning-photos.html

Being a successor to a product that was never released has an ominous ring to it, don't you think.

My 780 Lightning fullfilled its role adequately but I really hope they have redesigned the cooler as they say they have, the small yellow fan in the middle did nothing towards keeping the card cool and for me and many others, it was also the first part to fail.

They should do what Sapphire did with their latest Vapor-X and Tri-X New Edition and use ball-bearings in all fans; actually this is something other vendors should do as well, esp. considering the horizontal orientation the vast majority of these cards/fans spend their lifetime in.

~Mike~ · 27 Aug 2015 at 08:38

MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning detailed

MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning detailed

The wait is over and the most anticipated MSI graphics card ever since GTX 780 Ti/290X Lightning is finally here.

MSI 980 Ti Lightning comes with :

Triple-fan & triple-slot Tri-Frozr cooler
Beefy heat sink
Three power connectors (8+8+6pin)
V-Check points
5 SuperPipes
Military Class 4 components
Dual-BIOS feature
12+3-phase power VRM
10-layer customized PCB
Backplate
Clock speeds of 1203/1303 MHz (base/boost), 1774 MHz (memory)

The card is expected to start selling this week. It won’t be cheap.

http://videocardz.com/57482/msi-geforce-gtx-980-ti-lightning-detailed

snips86x · 27 Aug 2015 at 08:43

Man that looks nice and if I ever did get round to replacing my SLI Titans, this would be the card I'd go for!

whyscotty · 27 Aug 2015 at 08:50

Must resist

snips86x · 27 Aug 2015 at 08:52

whyscotty said:
Must resist

I know the feeling!!

I've got the money for it, but I should really avoid spending it since I'm after my own house in the coming months

whyscotty · 27 Aug 2015 at 08:53

I bet they're on sale at i55

allyburns · 27 Aug 2015 at 09:14

What do you think the UK price will be? Could be quite crazy.

£700+ ???

Is it worth it over the MSI Gaming 6G if you're staying on air and just looking to get near 1500?

It will surely run cooler, but at the cost a little more noise.

Shame there's not a picture of the top of the card that most people will see.

Any idea when we'll see a review / UK pricing?

andybird123 · 27 Aug 2015 at 09:24

allyburns said:
What do you think the UK price will be? Could be quite crazy.

£700+ ???

Is it worth it over the MSI Gaming 6G if you're staying on air and just looking to get near 1500?

It will surely run cooler, but at the cost a little more noise.

Shame there's not a picture of the top of the card that most people will see.

Any idea when we'll see a review / UK pricing?

Most of the aftermarket cards will do near 1500 on air... Cards like these are only worth the extra if you plan on LN2
The HoF was a bit of an exception as it was a really good price, but yeah if this is more than £600 its not really worth it imo

RanxZy · 27 Aug 2015 at 09:29

allyburns said:
Is it worth it over the MSI Gaming 6G if you're staying on air and just looking to get near 1500?

1450MHz is not too difficult on many non reference 980Tis and that extra 50MHz doesn't add much in terms of fps. The main problem is maintaining 1450+ on air without the card downclocking due to temp/power linits. This card is better for those that must have the best, but you wouldn't be doing it justice unless you at least have it under water.

andybird123 · 27 Aug 2015 at 10:01

RanxZy said:
1450MHz is not too difficult on many non reference 980Tis and that extra 50MHz doesn't add much in terms of fps. The main problem is maintaining 1450+ on air without the card downclocking due to temp/power linits. This card is better for those that must have the best, but you wouldn't be doing it justice unless you at least have it under water.

My MSI 6G does just over 1500 without down clocking, as does my Asus strix
The MSI needs about 80% fan and the strix needs 60% and the strix is actually the more audible of the two at those settings... Ignoring noise concerns the strix will do 1550 without down clocking but my wife can hear the fans two rooms away on those settings

In sli they do 1450 on the above fan settings, I have the MSI in the 2nd position and can actually turn down the fan on that one to hit the same temps as the strix in the first postion, but its so quiet anyway that I just leave it on 80

If someone wants the best noise/performance ratio, I definitely recommend the msi