MSI LIGHTNING V278-003R, Radeon HD7970, 3 GB, GDDR5, 384 bit, 2560 x 1600 pixels, PCI Express 3.0 MSI LIGHTNING V278-003R. Graphics processor family: AMD, Graphics processor: Radeon HD7970, Processor frequency: 1070 MHz. Discrete graphics card memory: 3 GB, Graphics card memory type: GDDR5, Memory bus: 384 bit, Memory clock speed: 5600 MHz. Maximum resolution: 2560 x 1600 pixels. DirectX version: 11, OpenGL version: 4.2. Interface type: PCI Express 3.0. Cooling type: Active https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-to-unveil-10th-anniversary-geforce-rtx-2080-ti-lightning-edition,1.html MSI to unveil 10th Anniversary GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning But before that happens - A Trip Down memory laneAt Computex 2019 starting in a week or two, MSI will release a 10th Anniversary Lightning edition of their graphics cards. Ten years of releasing... https://pcper.com/2013/08/asus-directcu-ii-updated-lineup-nvidia-gtx-700-series-edition/ ASUS has been working with their own custom designs for years and years, but it honestly was not until the DirectCU series debuted did we have a well defined product lineup which pushes high end functionality across the entire lineup of products from top ... ASUS makes some really nifty cards. The DirectCU II products compare very favorably to the other non-reference designs from MSI, Galaxy, and others. These are nice products that do not break the bank, but are clearly ahead of reference designs in cooling,... Producing a unique graphics card with not just pre-overclocked frequencies and an original cooler, but also with a custom PCB, enhanced power system and extended functionality is a matter of corporate pride. Such products do not enjoy high demand becau... https://www.techpowerup.com/review/msi-hd-7970-lightning/ AMD's Radeon HD 7970 has been on the market for a while now. The card introduced a new shader architecture and brought numerous improvements in power consumption. It later met heavy opposition from NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680, which has caused HD 7970 pri... Large performance increase, Overclocked out of the box, Lots of additional OC headroom left, Four mini-DisplayPort outputs, Quiet in idle, Software voltage control & monitoring, Easy access to voltage monitoring points, Dual BIOS, Support for PCI-Express... No support for Dual-link DVI, Very noisy fan in 3D, Huge power consumption, High price, GPU reactor eats into upper slot space MSI's Radeon HD 7970 Lightning is a beautfully engineered custom implementation of the AMD HD 7970. It shows what can be achieved when focusing on pure performance and overclocking potential. Thanks to the increased clock speeds out of the box the HD 7... https://www.legitreviews.com/msi-r7970-lightning-radeon-hd-7970-3gb-video-card-review_1886 Earlier this month MSI launched the companies AMD Radeon HD 7970 based Lightning series video card, the R7970 Lightning. The MSI Lightning series takes high-end graphics cards and turns them into monsters with custom PCB designs as well as GPU cool... The MSI R7970 Lighting is a well designed video card that is faster than any other Radeon HD 7970 out of the box and it still has a ton of overclocking headroom left in it! ... https://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-radeon-hd-7970-lightning-review,1.html What a product to look at, the R7970 lightning has a very rare design, comes with only the best components, has voltage monitoring headers, comes pre-overclocked (extensively) and allows to be voltage tweaked at many levels. To pursue Eyefinity the... Final Words & Conclusion MSI designed a terrific card with the new Lightning. If you want something really special, look no further. It has it all, the looks, the very nice factory overclock, the (relatively) low power consumption, downright excellen... It can now be claimed that we are arguably in our 4th generation of Lightning products from MSI. It can also be claimed that the 3rd generation of products really put that brand on the mainstream map. The R6970 and N580GTX (and XE version) set ne... I really became impressed by MSI video cards when the Super-Pipe GTX 285 was released all those years ago. Last year's batch of Lightning cards impressed me even more. I was waiting to be blown away by this year's example. Perhaps I was expecting too much...