Testseek.co.uk have collected 44 expert reviews of the MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning 6GB GDDR5 PCIe GTX-980TI-Lightning and the average rating is 94%. Scroll down and see all reviews for MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning 6GB GDDR5 PCIe GTX-980TI-Lightning.
November 2015
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Beautiful design
Backplate
Customisable lighting
Excellent bundle included
High ‘out of the box' speeds
Quality
Torx triple fans incorporated
Plenty of power delivery available from 2x8pin and 1x6pin header
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 are...
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 voltag...
Published: 2015-10-09, Author: Luke , review by: kitguru.net
beautiful design, backplate, customisable lighting, excellent bundle included, high ‘out of the box' speeds, quality, Torx triple fans incorporated, plenty of power delivery available from 2x8pin and 1x6pin header
overclocking this card on air seems limited, expensive, 2.5 slot design.
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 fu...
Abstract: MSI to unveil 10th Anniversary GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning But before that happens - A Trip Down memory laneAt Computex 2019 starting in a week or two, MSI will release a 10th Anniversary Lightning edition of their graphics cards. Ten years of releasing...
Published: 2016-01-05, Author: Bruno , review by: reviewstudio.net
performance, power consumption, overclocking, dead silent, price
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 /...
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 gaming—no noise, Great power efficiency, Very low temperatures, Backplate
Large price increase over reference design, Triple-slot cooler might not fit all cases
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 gaming—no...
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 e...
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Published: 2015-09-16, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
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 peopl...
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 dimm...
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 best...
