MSI Readies N480GTX Lightning Graphics Card

Fatal · Sep 15, 2010

CDdude55 said:
I don't see a point for the Asus Ares, expect for AMD fanboys and their wet dreams...but that's just me...

I see the point in the Asus Ares OWNAGE!! This 480GTX does look great with those extra pins one would think it's a beast of an overclocker.

mdsx1950 · Sep 15, 2010

CDdude55 said:
I don't see a point for the Asus Ares,

Why not? It's the world fastest GPU and comes with 4GB VRAM. It dominates every other GPU that's available.

CDdude55 · Sep 15, 2010

mdsx1950 said:
Why not? It's the world fastest GPU and comes with 4GB VRAM. It dominates every other GPU that's available.

If you're rich and can spend money on something totally overkill for today's games, then it's an awesome card.

And also considering you can actually buy 2x GTX 480's for a cheaper price and it'll kill the Ares anyways.(unless you work for Goldman Sachs and can buy 2x ASUS Ares cards)

mdsx1950 · Sep 15, 2010

CDdude55 said:
If you're rich and can spend money on something totally overkill for today's games, then it's an awesome card.

And also considering you can actually buy 2x GTX 480's for a cheaper price and it'll kill the Ares anyways.(unless you work for Goldman Sachs and can buy 2x ASUS Ares cards)

Lol can't argue there. Two GTX 480s will beat the ARES. But for a person with a deep pocket, who can get 2x ARES will blast out anything thats there.

CDdude55 · Sep 15, 2010

mdsx1950 said:
Lol can't argue there. Two GTX 480s will beat the ARES. But for a person with a deep pocket, who can get 2x ARES will blast out anything thats there.

Ya if you can afford 2x ASUS Ares cards and you just want a ton of power, then have at it!!

mdsx1950 · Sep 15, 2010

CDdude55 said:
Ya if you can afford 2x ASUS Ares cards and you just want a ton of power, then have at it!!

My two 5970 4GBs are already OCed to the ARES speed. So i pretty much have 2x ARES.

psywarx · Sep 16, 2010

Still in love with my GTX465 Golden Edition

CDdude55 · Sep 16, 2010

psywarx said:
Still in love with my GTX465 Golden Edition

Should be able to get it flashed to a 470.

psywarx · Sep 17, 2010

CDdude55 said:
Should be able to get it flashed to a 470.

do you have complete tutorial about flashed ?

is it always success when we flash ?

and how about guarantee ?

CDdude55 · Sep 17, 2010

psywarx said:
do you have complete tutorial about flashed ?

is it always success when we flash ?

and how about guarantee ?

Here's a good quick video on how to flash it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmF0yQfn_Og

But as said in the video, the 465 at hand has to have the same number of memory chips in order for it to work, but considering you have a gold edition card, it should have those extra chips on board.

And no, there is no guarantee if it will work, and if you screw it up during the flash there is a possibility you could brick the card. On the other hand, if you follow the appropriate steps, you could get a GTX 470 for free out of it. But of course yes, there is some risk involved.

Mad_Commander · Sep 24, 2010

Just found some new photo about this card from a website.. Looks like they got it from a participant of MSI MOA 2010 Final earlier this month..

Additional power connector..

Small DIP switch to select the BIOS..

MSI also open the possibilities of hard mod on this card.. They provide some mounting point for additional components..

Mad_Commander · Oct 8, 2010

And, they just released an article about this card's default performance!

Test Platform
We used the following hardware combination in our performance test. A reference-standard GeForce GTX 480 graphics card –also from MSI- was brought along for comparison purposes:

Prosesor : Intel Core i7 930 @4 GHz (200×20)
Motherboard : Gigabyte X58A-UD3R
Graphics card : MSI N480GTX Lightning; NVIDIA GTX 480
Memory : 3×1GB Kingston KHX16000D3T1K3/3GX
Harddisk : Western Digital Caviar Black 500 GB (32 MB Cache)
Power Supply : Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050 Watt
Heatsink : Gelid Tranquilo
Monitor : Philips 221E
Input : Genius (Keyboard and Mouse)
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit
Driver : NVIDIA Forceware 258.96

CRYSIS

Setting : 1920×1080; DirectX 10; Quality Preset – High; No-AA

DiRT 2

Setting : 1920×1080; DirectX 11; Quality Preset – Ultra; No-AA.

Batman Arkham Asylum

3DMark Vantage

Setting : P-Rating (Default)

Source: http://www.jagatreview.com/2010/10/msi-n480gtx-lightning-preview-–-the-best-just-got-better/

CDdude55 · Oct 8, 2010

That's awesome.^

ebolamonkey3 · Oct 9, 2010

Anyone's got the benchmarks for this card when it was clocked to 1450mhz?

System Name	KAREN / EVA / GHOST
Processor	Intel Core i7-950 / AMD Phenom II X4 940 BE / Core i5 3570k
Motherboard	ASUS TUF Sabertooth X58 / DFI LP DK 790FXB-M2RSH / Asrock z77e-itx
Cooling	Thermaltake Frio / Corsair Cooling™ Hydro Series H50 / Corsair Hydro Series H60
Memory	Corsair Dominator 6GB DDR3 1600 / Corsair Dominator Quad2X4096-8500C5DF / G.SKILL Ripjaws Serie 1600
Video Card(s)	XFX HD6950 CF unlocked /XFX HD5770 CF/ MSI R4890 Cyclone
Storage	OCZ Vertex 2 60 WD Raptor X WD1500AHFD / Seagate Barracuda /Western Digital 80gb, Toshiba 1TB
Display(s)	2 Acer P215H 21.5 Widescreen / Acer S211HL 21.5 / HP 2009F 20inch
Case	SILVERSTONE RAVEN RV02-BW / NZXT Phantom /Bitfenix Prodigy
Audio Device(s)	On board / Philips MMS 321 - PC multimedia speakers
Power Supply	Ultra X3 ULT40311 1000W / Cosair CMPSU-750TX 750W/ CORSAIR Gaming Series GS700 700W
Software	Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7 64 bit / Windows 7 64 bit

System Name	Knight-X
Processor	Intel Core i7-980X [4.2Ghz]
Motherboard	ASUS P6T7 WS
Cooling	CORSAIR Hydro H70 + 2x CM 2000RPM 120mm LED Fans
Memory	Corsair DOMINATOR-GT 12GB (6 x 2GB) DDR3 2000MHz
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon HD6970 2GB CrossFire [PhysX - EVGA GTX260(216SP) 896MB]
Storage	2x Corsair Perf. 512GB \| OCZ Colossus 1TB \| 2xOCZ Agilities 120GB SSDs
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp™ 3008WFP [2560x1600]
Case	Cooler Master HAF-X + NZXT Temp LCD
Audio Device(s)	ASUS Xonar D2X \| ONKYO HTS9100THX 7.1
Power Supply	Silverstone ST1500 1500W [80 PLUS Silver]
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate X64 (Build 7600)
Benchmark Scores	Heaven 2.0 with Extreme Tessellation at 1080p - 96FPS

System Name	CDdude's Rig!
Processor	AMD Athlon II X4 620
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
Cooling	Corsair H70
Memory	8GB Corsair Vengence @1600mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX HD 6970 2GB
Storage	OCZ Agility 3 60GB SSD/WD Velociraptor 300GB
Display(s)	ASUS VH232H 23" 1920x1080
Case	Cooler Master CM690 (w/ side window)
Audio Device(s)	Onboard (It sounds fine)
Power Supply	Corsair 850TX
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1

System Name	Knight-X
Processor	Intel Core i7-980X [4.2Ghz]
Motherboard	ASUS P6T7 WS
Cooling	CORSAIR Hydro H70 + 2x CM 2000RPM 120mm LED Fans
Memory	Corsair DOMINATOR-GT 12GB (6 x 2GB) DDR3 2000MHz
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon HD6970 2GB CrossFire [PhysX - EVGA GTX260(216SP) 896MB]
Storage	2x Corsair Perf. 512GB \| OCZ Colossus 1TB \| 2xOCZ Agilities 120GB SSDs
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp™ 3008WFP [2560x1600]
Case	Cooler Master HAF-X + NZXT Temp LCD
Audio Device(s)	ASUS Xonar D2X \| ONKYO HTS9100THX 7.1
Power Supply	Silverstone ST1500 1500W [80 PLUS Silver]
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate X64 (Build 7600)
Benchmark Scores	Heaven 2.0 with Extreme Tessellation at 1080p - 96FPS

System Name	CDdude's Rig!
Processor	AMD Athlon II X4 620
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
Cooling	Corsair H70
Memory	8GB Corsair Vengence @1600mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX HD 6970 2GB
Storage	OCZ Agility 3 60GB SSD/WD Velociraptor 300GB
Display(s)	ASUS VH232H 23" 1920x1080
Case	Cooler Master CM690 (w/ side window)
Audio Device(s)	Onboard (It sounds fine)
Power Supply	Corsair 850TX
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1

MSI Readies N480GTX Lightning Graphics Card

Fatal

mdsx1950

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CDdude55

Crazy 4 TPU!!!

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psywarx

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Processor	Intel Core i7 920
Motherboard	Gigabyte X58A-UD5
Cooling	Corsair H50 with 2x Scythe GT AP-14
Memory	3x 2gb G.Skill 1600Mhz C9 DDR3
Video Card(s)	MSI Twin Frozr II GTX 465 GE & EVGA GTS 450 SC
Storage	2x 1Tb Samsung Sprinpoint F3 7200rpm
Display(s)	Dell U3011, Dell 2408WFP, Samsung 2693HM
Case	Lian Li V1020R
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Titanium
Power Supply	Seasonic X-750
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit