Tuesday, September 23rd 2014
MSI Holding Off on GTX 980 Lightning, in Anticipation of Bigger Chip
MSI is reportedly holding off on launching an overclocking-grade GeForce GTX 980 graphics card that you can ride into record-setting competitions, based on its coveted OC Series Lightning brand. The company probably wants to avoid a repeat of last year, when launch of its GeForce GTX 780 Lightning graphics card was closely trailed by NVIDIA's launch of the inherently faster GeForce GTX 780 Ti, and resulting price-cuts for the GTX 780, throwing MSI's inventories in jeopardy. The year before that, MSI launched the Radeon HD 7970 Lightning just weeks before AMD launched the faster HD 7970 GHz Edition.
MSI could stick to selling its Gaming Series GTX 980, equipped with the new Twin Frozr V cooling solution, even offering factory-overclocked variants of the card. This also leads one to wonder if NVIDIA has a third, high-end graphics card based on the GM204 silicon, on the 'cards,' one with higher clock speeds, or a higher temperature-based clock speed throttle, which is currently at a hair-trigger 80°C on the GTX 980.
Source:
NordicHardware
MSI could stick to selling its Gaming Series GTX 980, equipped with the new Twin Frozr V cooling solution, even offering factory-overclocked variants of the card. This also leads one to wonder if NVIDIA has a third, high-end graphics card based on the GM204 silicon, on the 'cards,' one with higher clock speeds, or a higher temperature-based clock speed throttle, which is currently at a hair-trigger 80°C on the GTX 980.
37 Comments on MSI Holding Off on GTX 980 Lightning, in Anticipation of Bigger Chip
But reserving the "TI" branding for the cherry picked or Turbocharged editions makes sense.
They know something we don't.
Big LOL to all of you raging to buy a 980 today... :laugh:
The only people in true need of a more powerful card than the 980 are those with crazy triple monitor rez and 4K. As for the rest, its epeen requirements only.
May be the best Ti4200 so far. V8420S - Superfast edition 3.3ns memory!
Boris beats me but still an opportunity to post a pic of my wall museum. I also had the Geforce 256 and GF 2 Ti but must have given them to someone. Ti was always Titanium for me, must come from somewhere : )
But generally speaking who buy a new hardware at day one most often is who search the best peformance ever and im sure will buy the 980 Ti at day one too.
I like to change hardware only when he is really obsolete or is there a reason that compromises my experience in the videogames as the incompatibility of directx or important new Technologies.
So I will be able to make the most from the money i spend for PC hardware.
I also know very well that everybody can do what they want of their money.
So no problems ;)
I always thought it stood for "Turbo intercooler" as well.
Oh and here are shots of a G4 TI4600. :toast:
Sad that there is not going to be a lightning variant of this card...I guess we will have to wait for a hopeful HOF from galaxy, Classified/kingpin edition from EVGA, or a matrix variant from Asus.
...resulting price-cuts for the GTX 780, throwing MSI's inventories in jeopardy...
What about cost cuts inside companies, throwing employees in jeopardy without jobs??????????????????????????????????????????????????? Do they feel for all these people or their destinies don't matter anything?!
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I know they don't care but....... just asking, perhaps there are some with conscience/consciousness still left in them.