#5672224

fantaskarsef

2019-05-23 11:43

GTX 580 Lightning XE all the way!

#5672229

AndyMutz

2019-05-23 12:02

I still have my good old MSI R5870 Lightning 🙂 -andy-

#5672239

Unwinder

2019-05-23 12:12

Hehe, it was nice and productive 10 years. I still have engineering samples of most of those cards here, in my collection.

#5672240

Undying

2019-05-23 12:15

R9 290X and GTX780 are best looking.

#5672265

Legacy-ZA

2019-05-23 13:33

Great article, I would have loved to see the prices at the time included.

#5672267

Undying

2019-05-23 13:35

Legacy-ZA:

Great article, I would have loved to see the prices at the time included.

Thats the thing. They work and look great but price is only controversial thing about these cards (overpriced).

#5672283

JaxMacFL

2019-05-23 14:24

HH, left a “n” out of lightning.

#5672336

Legacy-ZA

2019-05-23 16:33

Undying:

Thats the thing. They work and look great but price is only controversial thing about these cards (overpriced).

Yes, the lightning cards have always had the price premium, however, I also want people to see and note how much more nVidia has been charging them for the latest generations over the years. If things keep going as they are, by the time I am 60 I will pay $20 000 for a new GPU.

#5672370

Solfaur

2019-05-23 17:55

The MSI Lightning line will always have a special place in my hardware nerd heart. I always drooled at them with each generation, then I finally got to buy not one, but two GTX 680 Lightnings in SLI back in 2012. It was one of those moments where I bragged shamelessly for about a year every time I had the occasion, haha. Congratulations MSI, for many years now, my favorite GPU AIB brand! Fun fact, I still have one of them to this day, as a "back-up" GPU. Who am I kidding though, it's mostly because I can't part with this beautiful peace of over-engineering hardware for peanuts, and it's actually in a pretty pristine condition too! Who knows, maybe 10 years from now it will be worth something to collectors.

#5672396

fantaskarsef

2019-05-23 19:01

Solfaur:

Fun fact, I still have one of them to this day, as a "back-up" GPU. Who am I kidding though, it's mostly because I can't part with this beautiful peace of over-engineering hardware for peanuts, and it's actually in a pretty pristine condition too! Who knows, maybe 10 years from now it will be worth something to collectors.

I might try if I can bake mine to work properly again... I'm looking at it currently

#5672425

H83

2019-05-23 20:20

The Lightning editions are very cool but they can´t beat my Duke!... 🙂

#5672435

Undying

2019-05-23 20:44

H83:

The Lightning editions are very cool but they can´t beat my Duke!... 🙂

I thought lightning editions are above duke and gaming.

#5672436

H83

2019-05-23 20:46

Undying:

I thought lightning editions are above duke and gaming.

They are but my card is special...

#5672460

chispy

2019-05-23 22:24

I love those lightning cards 🙂 , i still have a few of them around.

#5672506

cowie

2019-05-24 01:11

275 lightning was THE card to get if you wanted the best overclocked for benching 275. remember ali was just getting there with the 260 if I remember right and airforce pinel sucked before he got there. was the bomb great hardware AND really kick ass software wit no limits he he,I was still running rt thou 😀

#5672785

Ricepudding

2019-05-24 18:00

I own the 1080ti MSI lightening, has to be the best card i have bought (beyond the performance which is ofc going to be higher than older cards) the lighting and looks are great, the fans even when on high barely make a sound and the cooling on this card is amazing, it's very rare i see this card go above 50 degrees even on a hot day. Price may be higher, but they least seem to use far more premium parts compared to other vendors that i have used

#5673103

x-speed69

2019-05-25 20:19

2080 ti lightning is total joke and I bet this new card is no different. Shame on MSI...