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MSI GeForce GTX 480 Lightning 1536 MB

Instead of the NVIDIA reference design, MSI has also completely revamped the PCB, using improved voltage controller circuitry, and uses their Twin Frozr III thermal solution. In terms of pricing the card is expected to retail around $550, which is a reasonable increase compared to $1000 overclocker cards like the ASUS ARES, for example.

In terms of fan settings MSI also managed to improve on the NVIDIA reference design. Idle noise is comparable to AMD's Radeon HD 5870. Under load the card emits about half the noise of the GTX 480 reference - but is still far from being a quiet card.
For pricing, MSI quoted us a very reasonable $549, but time will tell if the card can really be offered at this price on the market. If you are an extreme overclocker for the NVIDIA platform, with a good supply of LN2 and the urge to tweak video cards to the max, the GTX 480 Lightning should be your weapon of choice. As normal user who just wants to run games, there seem to be better alternatives out there.

Izvor: techpowerup