MSI GeForce GTX 980 Ti Lightning 6GB

[buggalugs]

Awesome card. MSI has done a good job with the Lightnings for a few generations now. I'm surprised Nvidia let MSI release a card that is 20% faster than normal 980TI, but we can probably thank FuryX for that.

 

[W1zzard]

Relating to the chart(s) showing the GTX 970 SLI having 8GB of RAM... From my understanding and many, many articles on the subject(s) SLI and/or DX12 do not literally double VRAM capacity. I know this does not negate or impact the results of what the charts are showing for these cards performance numbers... but it is incorrect/misleading data concerning the VRAM, is it not?

Can anyone verify/clarify please?

you are correct of course, i guess we could write it as 2x4GB, which really makes no difference .. newbies will do the math -> "8 GB!", everybody else knows how it works either way ^^

Hey, Can I know the font you used in this chart ? It's so nice.

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[vacavalier]

you are correct of course, i guess we could write it as 2x4GB, which really makes no difference .. newbies will do the math -> "8 GB!", everybody else knows how it works either way ^^


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Thanks W1zzard!

 

[trog100]

at the end of the day assuming its available where people live the palit super jetstream makes a far better buy.. in the UK its down at the low end price wise but at the top end cooling and performance wise.. i may be bit biased cos i did fork out for a couple.. he he

trog

 

[neliz]

Shouldn't be too difficult to inlay a new colour (using coloured insulation tape for example). Not much of an issue for me in general. In a tower system I'd have to be a contortionist to notice the colour accent. BTW, the yellow accents spell out " OC ". Deliberate?

YES! thank you for noticing... also the Top of the card has an enlongated "L" on it.. so .yeah..

 

[heydan83]

Men I should have bought a 295x2 when they were like 650 dlls....

 

[Dan848]

When will you replace the botched game code Assassin's Creed Unity with Assassin's Creed Syndicate? Frame rates are much smoother in Assassin's Creed Syndicate.

Thank you.

 

[Dan848]

Getting the ASUS Matrix 980 Ti for review very soon ^^

Will you do a review of MSI's GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE. I could find almost nothing on the net about it. I believe that I eventually found the GPU has 12 phases and RAM has three, like the regular Lightning [that info was very difficult to find]. However, my memory is poor* and I cannot remember the specifics of all of the hardware on the PCB.

Because of the price differential I think many people would be interested in the LE if more was known about it, and how overclock and power friendly it is.

* I was wounded in the head twice in combat and my memory suffers.

[Note: Newegg currently has a $30 dollar rebate available for the LE, and a choice of two of three games, worth $60 each.]

 

[HumanSmoke]

Will you do a review of MSI's GTX 980 Ti Lightning LE. I could find almost nothing on the net about it. I believe that I eventually found the GPU has 12 phases and RAM has three, like the regular Lightning [that info was very difficult to find]. However, my memory is poor* and I cannot remember the specifics of all of the hardware on the PCB.
Because of the price differential I think many people would be interested in the LE if more was known about it, and how overclock and power friendly it is.

I'm pretty sure the only difference between the two cards are the clocks ( the LE being more conservative, so it is likely a binning frequency/voltage metric). You might want to check out some of the owners threads. Here is an owner with the card (Judge Dredd 3D) - check further down the thread and you'll see he successfully flashed the non-LE BIOS to the card (Mandatory try at your own risk disclaimer)

 

[W1zzard]

When will you replace the botched game code Assassin's Creed Unity with Assassin's Creed Syndicate?

AC Syndicate needs to be released first on PC, but yes I'll add it for the next round of rebenches, along with Anno 2205, Fallout 4, COD: BO 3 and maybe Batman Arkham Knight. Also waiting for Just Cause 3, Star Wars Battlefront and Rainbow Six Siege

 

[neliz]

I'm pretty sure the only difference between the two cards are the clocks ( the LE being more conservative, so it is likely a binning frequency/voltage metric). You might want to check out some of the owners threads. Here is an owner with the card (Judge Dredd 3D) - check further down the thread and you'll see he successfully flashed the non-LE BIOS to the card (Mandatory try at your own risk disclaimer)

Yeah, actually the LE cards are clocked more conservatively because the parameters after long-duration testing are not satisfactory enough to sell the cards at the highest OC speeds. This doesn't say anything about the OC potential of the card and there are times that LE cards simply clock better when water-cooled, or during short-burst benchmarking.

 

[Dan848]

I bought the Lightning LE.

Here is a link to TechPowerUp for the short review I made, if it will be allowed. http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/msi-geforce-gtx-980-ti-lightning-le-6gb-review.217564/

 

[wickus]

i have a question may i run my gtx 980 ti lightning fan speed 100% always. or will it give problems

 

[neliz]

i have a question may i run my gtx 980 ti lightning fan speed 100% always. or will it give problems

You may, but as with everything, you'll wear it out way faster than it would in normal operation mode (between 0 and 50% fan speed).

In other words, the longer you have your fans over nominal operation speeds, the more you'll be a statistical outlier for MTBF.

 

[mcraygsx]

I really appreciate what MSI has done with their lightning series on 980Ti. Build Quality on my 780 Ti Lightning is Fantastic as compare to what competition has to offer.

 

[Dan848]

i have a question may i run my gtx 980 ti lightning fan speed 100% always. or will it give problems

It will live for a long time, however, look to replace fans sooner than people that use a lower fan speed. Mine varies between 13% idle to 66% maximum under extreme loads. Use MSI Afterburner to set up your own fan speeds, that will work automatically when you finish.

If you have to run your fan speed at 100% then you have a room and/or case cooling issue. In the summer time my fan speed maxes out at 66% using demanding benchmarks, which causes more temperature than gaming on my 1080p monitor, and I have a steep curve for manual fan setting.

Run MSI Afterburner and keep an eye on temperatures and adjust fan speed accordingly.

By the way, FYI, my reported GPU temp at idle is 7 degrees C above room temp, about as good as you can get on an air cooler and overclocked CPU. My case is a Cooler master with two 200 mm fans blowing in from the front and side door, one 200mm exhaust fan on the top of the case, one 120mm exhaust fan at the top rear and the 140mm fan on the power supply pushing air out.

More information here:

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/msi-geforce-gtx-980-ti-lightning-le-6gb-review.217564/

 

[Chatelike]

AC Syndicate needs to be released first on PC, but yes I'll add it for the next round of rebenches, along with Anno 2205, Fallout 4, COD: BO 3 and maybe Batman Arkham Knight. Also waiting for Just Cause 3, Star Wars Battlefront and Rainbow Six Siege

Hey you ignored the other guy completely.

Why is the colorful 980ti getting 20 more fps at 1080p in Witcher 3 than the lightning 980ti ?????

Did you change settings without notice? Why dont you put the settings used anyways?

 

[gpu2016]

Is it the quietest 980 ti ever?
29db at loud!

 

[Dan848]

Sound levels and comparable noise: