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[TT] MSI Geforce GTX 680 Lightning Spotted

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I have always been a fan of MSI Hawk and Lightning card's and finally we see a GTX 680 Variant. Interesting part is the Unlocked BIOS that disable's all safety features. Wonder if its true and looking to hearing more at computex.

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/24429/msi_s_nvidia_geforce_gtx_680_lightning_video_card_smiles_for_us_on_camera/index.html
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Things such as disabling Over Current Protection, disabling Active Phase Switching and an increased power range limit is included....Not only that but the GTX 680 Lightning features a digital PWM controller along with what MSI calls an enhanced power design which allows for "2X power output for maximum OC potential".
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Wonder how long until we see them at retailers and what kind of clocks will be achieved.
 
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Yes... this has been the one Ive been waiting for.
 
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Wrong format, but yay! Finally a kepler with proper voltage control, that is likely to show up in the US market, with a design that is likely to get water-blocks made for it, AND a half decent cooler too! (not that I care about that part)

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Originally Posted by Crizume View Post

I have always been a fan of MSI Hawk and Lightning card's and finally we see a GTX 680 Variant. Interesting part is the Unlocked BIOS that disable's all safety features. Wonder if its true and looking to hearing more at computex.
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/24429/msi_s_nvidia_geforce_gtx_680_lightning_video_card_smiles_for_us_on_camera/index.html
Wonder how long until we see them at retailers and what kind of clocks will be achieved.
Unless it's a non reference board ( I didn't read the link ) I thought voltage was hard locked so BIOS wouldn't effect anything to do with voltage. Although it would be nice to see some voltage control for 680s
 
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Unless it's a non reference board ( I didn't read the link ) I thought voltage was hard locked so BIOS wouldn't effect anything to do with voltage. Although it would be nice to see some voltage control for 680s
Lightnings are always custom PCB's.
 
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Wrong format, but yay! Finally a kepler with proper voltage control, that is likely to show up in the US market, with a design that is likely to get water-blocks made for it, AND a half decent cooler too! (not that I care about that part)
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Apologies since first thread but tried to fix. To Vega I completely agree. 4GB plus max OC plus MSI would have been beastly. Woulda likely substituted my nice clocking GB 670.
 
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Is that a 2 GB GTX 680?
 
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I can never wait long enough when a new series releases to try the Lightning version.
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Must hold back next time.
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Will be interesting to see what they did with this Kepler Lightning.
 
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Judging by MSI's announcements of the new hawk and power series a while back and those have yet to be delivered I say a while as this card hasn't even officially been announced by them. Secondly your power supply will most likely push to of these. depends if the voltage is really unlocked and we can clock these to no end. The MSI twin frorz 3 680 only consumes 170W (300W with full system). http://www.guru3d.com/article/msi-geforce-gtx-680-twinfrozr-iii-oc-review/9
 
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When do you think it will be available in Europe stores ??
And my Seasonic X-760 will be enough for this card ? How much is the power draw ?
You will be WAY ok on the psu with one of these, sli would probably still be ok. I havent checked power draw since on my 2500k (4.8ghz) and gtx 570 (900mhz) but that gaming on bf3 I think MAX at the wall was 360watts......Gonna hook up my kill o watt meter and check with the 2700k and 670 now
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P.S. I wish they didnt use yellow theme!! I really hate boaring that shade of yellow i guess and that It would stick out like a soar thumb in most of our builds, Im so happy the 670 triple volt they used blue
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I have been checking newegg daily for the msi TF gtx670 even though I really dont need it since my FTW 670 does nice.

Ok my system in the 2012 nerd box (gtx670ftw 1230mhz gpu 3600mhz mem) max watts at the wall, so lower after the psu was 345watts gaming on bf3 ultra setting 64player. Its funny peak was achieved at the menu after a match. Durring gameplay was anywhere between 325-335watts.
 
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The 7970 Lightning doesn't have dual link DVI because MSI was trying to support 6 monitors with it....
 
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I will be buying this if it has unlocked voltage. I would have bought the classified but you need the dumb bot thing.

If voltage is still locked I will wait for the next round of GPUs and see what AMD and Nvidia end up coming out with.
 
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