Introduction

GTX 780 Market Segment Analysis GeForce

GTX 770 HD 7970

GHz Ed. GeForce

GTX 680 GeForce

GTX 780 MSI GTX

780 Lightning GeForce

GTX Titan GeForce

GTX 690 HD 7990 Shader Units 1536 2048 1536 2304 2304 2688 2x 1536 2x 2048 ROPs 32 32 32 48 48 48 2x 32 2x 32 Graphics Processor GK104 Tahiti GK104 GK110 GK110 GK110 2x GK104 2x Tahiti Transistors 3500M 4310M 3500M 7100M 7100M 7100M 2x 3500M 2x 4310M Memory Size 2048 MB 3072 MB 2048 MB 3072 MB 3072 MB 6144 MB 2x 2048 MB 2x 3072 MB Memory Bus Width 256 bit 384 bit 256 bit 384 bit 384 bit 384 bit 2x 256 bit 2x 384 bit Core Clock 1046 MHz+ 1050 MHz 1006 MHz+ 863 MHz+ 980 MHz+ 837 MHz+ 915 MHz+ 1000 MHz Memory Clock 1753 MHz 1500 MHz 1502 MHz 1502 MHz 1502 MHz 1502 MHz 1502 MHz 1500 MHz Price $400 $410 $420 $650 $770 $1020 $1000 $1000

It has been little more than three months since NVIDIA launched their GeForce GTX 780 with great success. The card uses the same Kepler GK110 GPU we have seen on the GTX Titan, but with fewer shaders. The new GPU and NVIDIA's new Boost 2.0 algorithm allow the card to offer significant performance improvements over the GeForce GTX 680.Today, we are reviewing the MSI GeForce GTX 780 Lightning. As the company's flagship, the graphics card comes with massive cooling power, powerful VRM, and several features for overclockers.With 980 MHz, the MSI GTX 780 Lightning runs a large overclock out of the box. All these improvements do cost $770 though, making the GTX 780 Lightning the most expensive air-cooled GTX 780 available right now.