MSI GTX 275 Lightning Shatters World Records on LN2 Once in a while, a high-end video card lands on my test table; in most cases just to overclock on air cooling without even the most simple voltage modifications. This time however we put the card under LN2 and found out this is a golden sample within the Lightning series. Is it the fastest running NVIDIA GPU ever? http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=977 |
Very nice results. |
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Cool. So it is 100% oc? |
depends on how you look at it; NVIDIA "reference" dictates 650Mhz GPU; MSI version comes with pre-OC at 700Mhz. So "stock" it's not quite 100% OC, but compared to reference, it surpasses 100% OC; which is quite rare for VGA cards. Mostly only a few low end cards achieve this (7300 GT, 2400 XT etc), almost never higher end. (edit: had to add almost) |
If I can run 1400/1435 again in combination with a 5.1GHz cpu ... 21k should be possible! |
time to order that UD7 mobo for a review :p |
Out of the box overclocking aint THAT great though considering it comes with voltage mods and an aftermarket cooler. |
MSI actually also confirms this: on air cooling it's not an insane card, but it has been built for extreme overclocking. |
Hence it is more an collectors item then anything else :) |
It's not really a collectors item as it's actually wide-spread being sold in retail stores. The Asus MARS was a collectors item ... the Lightning series is for the enthousiasts |
what G means is that's OC potential is not worth it, if it only does it for very short time on extreme cooling ;) |
OC potential is hardly ever worth it |
Au contraire, plenty of products from the past were OC worthy on air, surpassing more expensive editions:) |
... on high-end products. I've yet to see any factory-overclocked high-end card that gives any real advantage. In low-end segment, of course there's an advantage in overclocking ... probably because low-end is just crippled high-end. |
we're basically saying the same thing :D |
Yes, I am agreeing :p |
we should print this thread out and put it in a frame, this kind of thing doesn't occur very often :D |
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