MSI GeForce GTX 680 Lightning 2 GB

, on Jun 20th, 2012, in Graphics Cards. Manufacturer: MSI

Introduction

NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680 was introduced earlier this year has taken the enthusiast market by storm. It offers great performance at significantly reduced power consumption. NVIDIA's dynamic overclocking algorithm works well and provides a nice speed boost for the card.

MSI's GTX 680 Lightning continue the heritage of Lightning card from the company, offering maxxed out graphics cards targeted at overclocker and enthusiasts.
The GPU clock is up to 1111 MHz base clock, reaching up to 1200 MHz with clock boost. Price-wise MSI's card comes at around $570.

GeForce GTX 680 Market Segment Analysis
	Radeon HD 7870	GeForce GTX 580	Radeon HD 7950	GeForce GTX 670	Radeon HD 7970	GeForce GTX 680	MSI GTX 680 Lightning	Radeon HD 6990	GeForce GTX 590	GeForce GTX 690
Shader Units	1280	512	1792	1344	2048	1536	1536	2x 1536	2x 512	2x 1536
ROPs	32	48	32	32	32	32	32	2x 32	2x 48	2x 32
Graphics Processor	Pitcairn	GF110	Tahiti	GK104	Tahiti	GK104	GK104	2x Cayman	2x GF110	2x GK104
Transistors	2800M	3000M	4310M	3500M	4310M	3500M	3500M	2x 2640M	2x 3000M	2x 3500M
Memory Size	2048 MB	1536 MB	3072 MB	2048 MB	3072 MB	2048 MB	2048 MB	2x 2048 MB	2x 1536 MB	2x 2048 MB
Memory Bus Width	256 bit	384 bit	384 bit	256 bit	384 bit	256 bit	256 bit	2x 256 bit	2x 384 bit	2x 256 bit
Core Clock	1000 MHz	772 MHz	800 MHz	915 MHz+	925 MHz	1006 MHz+	1111 MHz+	830 MHz	607 MHz	915 MHz+
Memory Clock	1200 MHz	1002 MHz	1250 MHz	1502 MHz	1375 MHz	1502 MHz	1502 MHz	1250 MHz	855 MHz	1502 MHz
Price	$330	$380	$380	$400	$450	$500	$580	$700	$750	$999