The Card

MSI's new Lightning is huge, just look at the size of the slot cover and PCIe connector! You will find a nicely styled metal backplate on the back. Dimensions of the card are 33 cm x 14 cm.


Installation requires three slots in your system.


Display connectivity options include a DVI, a HDMI port, and three DisplayPorts.

The GPU also includes an HDMI sound device. It is HDMI 2.0 compatible, which includes HD audio and Blu-ray 3D movies support.


You may combine up to four GTX 980 Ti cards in a multi-GPU SLI configuration.


Pictured above are the front and back, showing the disassembled board. High-res versions are also available (front, back).