[Rumor] MSI 980 ti Lightning still coming

[utahraptor]

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/46947/msis-custom-geforce-gtx-980-ti-lightning-coming-soon/index.html

According to tweaktown it should make an appearance soon.

 

[MagickMan]

I have the same issue with this as I do the EVGA KINGPIN, if it costs almost as much as a Titan X, what's the point?

 

[kasakka]

Yup I don't see much point in this considering 980 Tis don't seem to overclock great even with improved cooling (water) and VRM. What can the 980 Ti Lightning offer that the regular MSI Gaming with an AIO cooler can't?

 

[utahraptor]

Yup I don't see much point in this considering 980 Tis don't seem to overclock great even with improved cooling (water) and VRM. What can the 980 Ti Lightning offer that the regular MSI Gaming with an AIO cooler can't?

The dust removal tech has worked very well on my 680 gtx Lightning over the years. Every boot up the fans spin at full rpm in reverse for a time to remove the dust. The downside is when operating without a graphics driver installed like in the bios they stay in that mode the entire time.

The card is very quiet and very cool and a great factory OC. Also full over clocking options such as three way voltage monitoring and control and liquid nitrogen bios if you need it.

 

[JoeRambo]

The sweet spot for 980 ti seems to be ~1400-1440'ish. Pushing average card above that on air/water is painful, basically you gain extra 100mhz at best with massively increased power usage. So unless all chips are golden there is little point in those Kingpin/Lightning etc cards, might as well go SLI for extra 200?

 

[MagickMan]

My general rule of thumb is go with the max stable clock you can achieve on stock voltage, but if you must use more voltage stick with 40mV or less, or you'll reach the outside of your thermal envelope too easily and your OC won't matter (unless you're using WC).

There's an area of "resistance" that you'll notice when OCing where the additional amount of power is incongruous to the amount of performance you get (ex. it takes an additional 20mv just to stabilize another 10MHz), your sweet spot is right before that. With the 980Ti, in my experience, that's somewhere between 1430-1470 MHz

 

[moonbogg]

I have them water cooled and I still use them between 1400-1440 or so anyway. Going to 1500 doesn't give you anything over 1440 that's worth the bother IMO. 1440 on stock voltage is good enough for me anyway.

 

[tential]

I have the same issue with this as I do the EVGA KINGPIN, if it costs almost as much as a Titan X, what's the point?

Because it's still faster than a Titan X.

 

[tviceman]

I have them water cooled and I still use them between 1400-1440 or so anyway. Going to 1500 doesn't give you anything over 1440 that's worth the bother IMO. 1440 on stock voltage is good enough for me anyway.

Have you at all tried to max one or both of them out just to see what speed you could hit?

 

[MagickMan]

Because it's still faster than a Titan X.

Only if you don't OC the Titan X.

 

[utahraptor]

http://videocardz.com/57340/msi-geforce-gtx-980-ti-lightning-teased-once-again

Here is another rumor.

 

[rolldog]

I've hit a stable 1550/7500 on my 2 Gigabyte 980 Ti Gaming GPUs running SLI. I'm still running them with the stock cooler, but once EK releases the waterblocks for these cards, which should be in about 2 weeks, I plan to add them back into my loop so I can raise the voltage a little more and see how fast they'll run. So far, I haven't had any problems with them. I'm just afraid to go any higher without having them watercooled.

 

[utahraptor]

Hey oh!

http://videocardz.com/57482/msi-geforce-gtx-980-ti-lightning-detailed

Triple-fan & triple-slot Tri-Frozr cooler
Beefy heat sink
Three power connectors (8+8+6pin)
V-Check points
5 SuperPipes
Military Class 4 components
Dual-BIOS feature
12+3-phase power VRM
10-layer customized PCB
Backplate
Clock speeds of 1203/1303 MHz (base/boost), 1774 MHz (memory)

 

[moonbogg]

Have you at all tried to max one or both of them out just to see what speed you could hit?

I pushed them to 1515 together in SLI and had voltage headroom left, but didn't bother to try for more. I only tested them together in SLI.

That lightning above looks nice.

 

[utahraptor]

Apparently it was a paper launch. It has not been for sale anywhere since it "came out" and was reviewed.

 

[missalaire]

Newegg has it in stock for $800: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...27908&cm_re=gtx_980_ti-_-14-127-908-_-Product