MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning 2 GB Review 27

MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning 2 GB Review

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NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680 was introduced earlier this year has taken the enthusiast market by storm. It offers great performance at significantly reduced power consumption. NVIDIA's dynamic overclocking algorithm works well and provides a nice speed boost for the card.



MSI's GTX 680 Lightning continue the heritage of Lightning card from the company, offering maxxed out graphics cards targeted at overclocker and enthusiasts.
The GPU clock is up to 1111 MHz base clock, reaching up to 1200 MHz with clock boost. Price-wise MSI's card comes at around $570.

GeForce GTX 680 Market Segment Analysis
 Radeon
HD 7870
GeForce
GTX 580
Radeon
HD 7950
GeForce
GTX 670
Radeon
HD 7970
GeForce
GTX 680
MSI GTX
680 Lightning
Radeon
HD 6990
GeForce
GTX 590
GeForce
GTX 690
 
Shader Units1280512179213442048153615362x 15362x 5122x 1536 
ROPs324832323232322x 322x 482x 32 
Graphics ProcessorPitcairnGF110TahitiGK104TahitiGK104GK1042x Cayman2x GF1102x GK104 
Transistors2800M3000M4310M3500M4310M3500M3500M2x 2640M2x 3000M2x 3500M 
Memory Size2048 MB1536 MB3072 MB2048 MB3072 MB2048 MB2048 MB2x 2048 MB2x 1536 MB2x 2048 MB 
Memory Bus Width256 bit384 bit384 bit256 bit384 bit256 bit256 bit2x 256 bit2x 384 bit2x 256 bit 
Core Clock1000 MHz772 MHz800 MHz915 MHz+925 MHz1006 MHz+1111 MHz+830 MHz607 MHz915 MHz+ 
Memory Clock1200 MHz1002 MHz1250 MHz1502 MHz1375 MHz1502 MHz1502 MHz1250 MHz855 MHz1502 MHz 
Price$330$380$380$400$450$500$580$700$750$999 
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