MSI GTX780 Lightning due 07/08/13

pgi947 · 24 Jul 2013 at 18:44

whyscotty said:
R we still looking at first week in August for release?

Afaik we're still on for 07/08, so only 2 weeks or so left

The only thing that could spoil the party now is a stupid price tag, so hopefully msi stick to the usual ~£70 above reference.

RetrogamerX · 24 Jul 2013 at 18:45

pgi947 said:
Afaik we're still on for 07/08, so only 2 weeks or so left

The only thing that could spoil the party now is a stupid price tag, so hopefully msi stick to the usual ~£70 above reference.

Oh you know it wont be cheap.

Tonester0011 · 24 Jul 2013 at 18:48

RetrogamerX said:
Oh you know it wont be cheap.

The itch is somewhat killing me, so i'd pay release Titan prices tbh. There's only so much you can spend on old graphics cards for fun or on your cycling hobby!

pgi947 · 24 Jul 2013 at 18:53

I'm expecting £650, £700 is my absolute limit. Anymore I may as well just pick up something dirt cheap to tide me over until 9970 or 20nm

Tonester0011 · 24 Jul 2013 at 19:00

pgi947 said:
I'm expecting £650, £700 is my absolute limit. Anymore I may as well just pick up something dirt cheap to tide me over until 9970 or 20nm

I'm expecting the 9970 to be trading blows with the 780, just with voltage control. I'm also expecting that card to come out around the £500 mark. The lightning version to be £600+ (if they make one, i'm sure they will)

So with those as my guesses and having to wait till October, might as well hop ship till reviews hit the water and decide after that what to do, the 780 lightnings should hold value so if they retail for £650 they'd be worth £500-550 second hand within a few months or if they come in at £750 they'll be worth £600-650 within a few months, so swings and roundabouts in terms of lost value.

All i do know is, the sooner the blocks arrive the better.

(Did that 470 arrive btw?)

RetrogamerX · 24 Jul 2013 at 19:01

pgi947 said:
I'm expecting £650, £700 is my absolute limit. Anymore I may as well just pick up something dirt cheap to tide me over until 9970 or 20nm

You know your going to do that anyways pgi. The min AMD release they new line you'll drop those 780 lightnings for a 9970

pgi947 · 24 Jul 2013 at 19:08

Always possible, but it depends how close it performs to the 780, nvidia lightnings tend to get far more mods for big volts, amd cards not so much

Like with the last lot, I could only pump 1.362v through my 7970 lightning, while gregster could push 1.5v+ on his 680 lightnings. I expect the same this time around tbh.

@tonester, yes it did mate thank you

I'll update the wanted thread this evening and sort you some trust

Kaapstad · 25 Jul 2013 at 03:57

pgi947 said:
I'm expecting £650, £700 is my absolute limit. Anymore I may as well just pick up something dirt cheap to tide me over until 9970 or 20nm

Or grab a Titan

On a serious note there is little point in getting a card like the 780 lightning to give you Titan like performance when the cost of the card and waterblock sets you back a Titan like price.

Having said that my gut feeling is the 780 lightning will sell for around the 600 pound mark.

Gentlemen start your lightnings.

setter · 25 Jul 2013 at 04:02

Wondering about price on theese, my current wf 670's are great tbh. But a little hot running. Wondering should i go referenc 780, then add another after. Or just blow loot on the 780 lightning, theese things will oc like stink.

3t3P · 25 Jul 2013 at 05:22

guys how do the lightning range from MSI differ to reference cards?

are they clocked higher with greater voltage control too?

shame these new cards are so, efffing, EXPENSIVE

whyscotty · 25 Jul 2013 at 09:09

pgi947 said:
I'm expecting £650, £700 is my absolute limit. Anymore I may as well just pick up something dirt cheap to tide me over until 9970 or 20nm

With Classiffieds @ less than £600 for pre-order, I reckon the same for the Lightnings.

That is unless they inflate the price when stock actually lands

wojsku · 25 Jul 2013 at 13:52

i'm gonna wait for lightning and classified and then sell my reference 780 and buy one of them.

any ideas when classified is being released?

Diagro · 25 Jul 2013 at 13:56

will wait and see what AMD pops out

whyscotty · 25 Jul 2013 at 13:59

wojsku said:
i'm gonna wait for lightning and classified and then sell my reference 780 and buy one of them.
any ideas when classified is being released?

There out in the US, but as usual Europe are far from their thoughts

whyscotty · 25 Jul 2013 at 14:00

Diagro said:
will wait and see what AMD pops out

You've just sorted your 7990 ?

Diagro · 25 Jul 2013 at 14:35

whyscotty said:
You've just sorted your 7990 ?

Yea and

whyscotty · 25 Jul 2013 at 15:21

MSI GeForce GTX 780 Lightning Performance with LN2 Cooling

http://videocardz.com/44899/msi-shows-off-geforce-gtx-780-lightning-performance-with-ln2-cooling

pgi947 · 25 Jul 2013 at 15:51

Kaapstad said:
Or grab a Titan

On a serious note there is little point in getting a card like the 780 lightning to give you Titan like performance when the cost of the card and waterblock sets you back a Titan like price.

Having said that my gut feeling is the 780 lightning will sell for around the 600 pound mark.

Gentlemen start your lightnings.

My angle with going 780 LTG + block over a titan is that I'm likely to be able to push the lightning a fair chunk higher on water, many are obtaining 1200mhz on reference 780's on air which surely puts a watercooled 780 with unlocked voltage anywhere in the 1400mhz+ region on water

whyscotty said:
With Classiffieds @ less than £600 for pre-order, I reckon the same for the Lightnings.

That is unless they inflate the price when stock actually lands

I'd wager we'll see nothing like £600 for the classy in the EU, the yanks have it at $700 + tax, i'd say its going to be closer to £700, you of all people know how much the 680 classy was infalted over here

Any confirmation yet on EVBOT connectivity? The stock shots of the ACX classy show the connector while the Hydro Copper classy shows it removed :confused:

whyscotty said:
MSI GeForce GTX 780 Lightning Performance with LN2 Cooling

http://videocardz.com/44899/msi-shows-off-geforce-gtx-780-lightning-performance-with-ln2-cooling

That is damn fast, 21,000+ GPU score is around 2000 points higher then I managed with a pair of 7970's!!

Kaapstad · 25 Jul 2013 at 16:19

pgi947 said:
My angle with going 780 LTG + block over a titan is that I'm likely to be able to push the lightning a fair chunk higher on water, many are obtaining 1200mhz on reference 780's on air which surely puts a watercooled 780 with unlocked voltage anywhere in the 1400mhz+ region on water

I'd wager we'll see nothing like £600 for the classy in the EU, the yanks have it at $700 + tax, i'd say its going to be closer to £700, you of all people know how much the 680 classy was infalted over here

Any confirmation yet on EVBOT connectivity? The stock shots of the ACX classy show the connector while the Hydro Copper classy shows it removed

That is damn fast, 21,000+ GPU score is around 2000 points higher then I managed with a pair of 7970's!!

Just doing a quick calculation, you are going to need about 1300mhz+ on water to edge out the best Titans, so if you can reach 1400mhz things should be interesting.

I am definely looking seriously at the 780 lightnings as a replacement for my Asus Matrix Platinums.

pgi947 · 25 Jul 2013 at 16:30

Do it Kaap, just don't buy them all before I get one or two

Things should get really interesting if thats the case, even on air, the new TFV cooler is said to be something special so we may even see some competition with the top Titans on air too.

Latest from Neliz:

Neliz @ MSI said:
Let's hope EK has an announcement soon

Looks like we may see blocks quite soon after launch

Also means the PCB design is final and should be ready for full production