MSI GTX 770 Lightning 2 GB

, on Jun 18th, 2013, in Graphics Cards. Manufacturer: MSI

Introduction

Last month, NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 770 launched with great success. Based on the same GK104 GPU as the GTX 680, we've seen the card provide high-quality gaming at reasonable pricing. The biggest changes are the inclusion of Boost 2.0 and faster memory chips, which certainly helps with performance.

MSI has sent us their GTX 770 Lightning. It bears a striking resemblance to their GTX 680 Lightning we reviewed almost exactly one year ago.

The MSI GTX 770 Lightning comes overclocked out of the box, with the GPU at 1150 MHz and memory at 1753 MHz. The card includes many overclocker-friendly features, like software voltage control, voltage measurement points, a dual BIOS for LN2 support, the MSI GPU Reactor, and a large cooling solution.

MSI's GTX 770 Lightning is available online for $449. That is a $50 increase over the NVIDIA reference design.

GTX 770 Market Segment Analysis
	GeForce GTX 580	GeForce GTX 660 Ti	Radeon HD 7950	GeForce GTX 670	Radeon HD 7970	GeForce GTX 770	MSI GTX 770 Lightning	HD 7970 GHz Ed.	GeForce GTX 680	GeForce GTX 780	GeForce GTX Titan
Shader Units	512	1344	1792	1344	2048	1536	1536	2048	1536	2304	2688
ROPs	48	24	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	48	48
Graphics Processor	GF110	GK104	Tahiti	GK104	Tahiti	GK104	GK104	Tahiti	GK104	GK110	GK110
Transistors	3000M	3500M	4310M	3500M	4310M	3500M	3500M	4310M	3500M	7100M	7100M
Memory Size	1536 MB	2048 MB	3072 MB	2048 MB	3072 MB	2048 MB	2048 MB	3072 MB	2048 MB	3072 MB	6144 MB
Memory Bus Width	384 bit	192 bit	384 bit	256 bit	384 bit	256 bit	256 bit	384 bit	256 bit	384 bit	384 bit
Core Clock	772 MHz	915 MHz+	800 MHz	915 MHz+	925 MHz	1046 MHz+	1150 MHz+	1050 MHz	1006 MHz+	863 MHz+	837 MHz+
Memory Clock	1002 MHz	1502 MHz	1250 MHz	1502 MHz	1375 MHz	1753 MHz	1753 MHz	1500 MHz	1502 MHz	1502 MHz	1502 MHz
Price	$310	$280	$270	$345	$370	$400	$450	$410	$420	$650	$1020