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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.
| 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 Units | 1280 | 512 | 1792 | 1344 | 2048 | 1536 | 1536 | 2x 1536 | 2x 512 | 2x 1536 | |
| ROPs | 32 | 48 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 2x 32 | 2x 48 | 2x 32 | |
| Graphics Processor | Pitcairn | GF110 | Tahiti | GK104 | Tahiti | GK104 | GK104 | 2x Cayman | 2x GF110 | 2x GK104 | |
| Transistors | 2800M | 3000M | 4310M | 3500M | 4310M | 3500M | 3500M | 2x 2640M | 2x 3000M | 2x 3500M | |
| Memory Size | 2048 MB | 1536 MB | 3072 MB | 2048 MB | 3072 MB | 2048 MB | 2048 MB | 2x 2048 MB | 2x 1536 MB | 2x 2048 MB | |
| Memory Bus Width | 256 bit | 384 bit | 384 bit | 256 bit | 384 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 2x 256 bit | 2x 384 bit | 2x 256 bit | |
| Core Clock | 1000 MHz | 772 MHz | 800 MHz | 915 MHz+ | 925 MHz | 1006 MHz+ | 1111 MHz+ | 830 MHz | 607 MHz | 915 MHz+ | |
| Memory Clock | 1200 MHz | 1002 MHz | 1250 MHz | 1502 MHz | 1375 MHz | 1502 MHz | 1502 MHz | 1250 MHz | 855 MHz | 1502 MHz | |
| Price | $330 | $380 | $380 | $400 | $450 | $500 | $580 | $700 | $750 | $999 |
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