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GTX680 Lightning spotted

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Supply issues suggests there are people trying to buy that can't. I am seeking these people since they must exist if you are correct.
 
Tomshardware is reporting that this will cost 549.99 for the 2gb version. Also, guru3d is getting it for a review in the next week or so.

Looks like its coming soon boys! Can't wait! I fully expect the lightning to completely decimate the 680 competition just like the 580 lightning did!
 
Voltage control on this ? I wouldn't mind to sell mine and get a pair of these as these cards should have a waterblock in the works from EK.

I know the 680 classifieds will as well, but I am done with buying from EVGA.
 
Grooveriding said:
Voltage control on this ? I wouldn't mind to sell mine and get a pair of these as these cards should have a waterblock in the works from EK.

I know the 680 classifieds will as well, but I am done with buying from EVGA.
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EVGA will if you don't mind paying 750-800$ for it. LOL. It requires EV Bot, 100$. D: Hydro copper 2 block? another 130$. Doesn't seem like a good deal to me. I don't get why EVGA charges so much on their higher sku's when they have close to ref cooling. Not that ref is necessarily a bad thing but the price should reflect it.

The msi lightning has voltage control as well, to what extent has not been confirmed.
 
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Not that ref is necessarily a bad thing but the price should reflect it.
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I've just spend the last few hours playing Crysis 2 with everything maxxed at 2560x1600 on 2 GTX 680's. One is an EVGA reference card. One is an Asus custom card. Which one do you think was sitting at 77C and which one was sitting at 55C under the same load? 😉 I really wish I could put 2 of these asus cards in, but they need space between, and they're 3 slot cards. Without a gap, they get to throttle temp. With a gap, they're amazing.

Maybe that's what the reference cooler has going for it. It doesn't throttle with no gap (it just gets really loud and obnoxious).
 
Ferzerp said:
I've just spend the last few hours playing Crysis 2 with everything maxxed at 2560x1600 on 2 GTX 680's. One is an EVGA reference card. One is an Asus custom card. Which one do you think was sitting at 77C and which one was sitting at 55C under the same load? 😉 I really wish I could put 2 of these asus cards in, but they need space between, and they're 3 slot cards. Without a gap, they get to throttle temp. With a gap, they're amazing.

Maybe that's what the reference cooler has going for it. It doesn't throttle with no gap (it just gets really loud and obnoxious).
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I've tried sli with aftermarket cards numerous times and its terrible. I got it working with msi lightning 580s and it was a huge hassle, because while I would get 45-50c at load with single card, 2 of them together made gpu1 go up to 90c in a heartbeat. Yes, my case air flow is perfect and yes there was space in between. Most motherboards require you use specific pci express slots for xfire or SLI, unless you get a quad sli motherboard that costs 350$ (ie, p8z77 premium, Z77 ftw) I know someone who did this with the 580 dc2's and they were fine in single card mode with great temps, but in sli his upper card his 98C at load. Since your lower card dumps heat into the case, it creeps up to gpu1 and turns it into a toaster.

So yes, because of these reasons reference is usually better for sli especially if you're dealing with triple slot cards. They're just a huge pain most of the time. And really, if you're spending that much effort into overclocking why not go water...no matter what on air you will compromise. Reference = good for sli but loud. Aftermarket = limited overclocks most of the time, gpu1 gets too hot. Water = perfect. Just IMO 🙂

Anyway, 549.99 MSI lightning with voltage control, and EK water blocks gets me super exited. I loved the msi lightning 580s (despite the initial pain of SLI) they are awesome cards. Twin Frozr is definitely my favorite 2 slot cooler by far, if I were staying air.
 
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The highest I can get it (via synthetic stress testing), at 1.24-1.26V (offset voltage, and the normal peak is 1.24x but I have seen 1.26x) is 67C. Usually, it never passes 65C, but it all depends on ambient temp, obviously. Sometimes it's a little warmer in here. Not a crazy OC, just 4.4Ghz because I have a lemon. I have put over 1.45V through it though and can still cool it (albiet in the 80's instead of the 60's) with just an H100

I've had realtemp running for 4 or 5 days now of regular PC usage, and my peaks are 53/52/56/54 on each core. Those came from playing Crysis 2.

I didn't leave the IHS off, but I did cut it off to swap the paste and mod it a bit for better contact.
 
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