MSI N275GTX LIGHTNING 1792MB DDR3 GRAPHICS CARD REVIEW




Compete with the GTX 285!
Having previously released the GTX 260 Lightning variants capable of very high overclock, this time re-released MSI Lightning variants for GTX 275 series with a cooling TWIN FROZR second generation. MSI claims that the GTX 275 product which has overclock Lightning can compete with GTX 285’s performance. Hardview.net trying to prove capabilities of this graphics card.
Comes with a solid physical and looks solid, this graphics card uses high grade components (Military Class) which of course to anticipate the situation that is very high overclock. HSF II TWIN participate FROZR take an important role in cooling the graphics card is. MSI includes Lightning Afterburner application that functions to overclock graphics card directly through the software. Interface that is displayed is quite simple, there are three variables that can be adjusted, ie voltage, clock (core / memory), and fan speed.
In the test session by default (700/2300) scores produced not much different from the series GTX OC 275 others. Then try Hardview.net overclocking this graphics card to 780/2400 by increasing the voltage to 1.2748V. The results obtained scores very high, even able to compete with the GTX 285 graphics card OC. In addition, the interesting part of this graphics card is a low temperature while working and pretty quiet even on the state of the fan 100%.
Conclusion
MSI N275GTX Lightning has the potential for very high overclock. Even so, the temperature at full load of work to stay awake because of the cooling TWIN FROZR II.
Specifications
Product by: MSI
Info: www.msi.com
| Chip | | | NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 275 |
| Interface | | | PCI Express x16 |
| Memory | | | 1792 MB |
| Core Clock | | | 700 MHz |
| Memory Clock | | | 1150 MHz |
| Shader Clock | | | 1404 MHz |
| Stream Processor | | | 240 |
| VGA output | | | Available |
| DVI output | | | Available |
| HDMI output | | | Available |
| Type Memory | | | GDDR3 |
| Memory interface | | | 448-bit |
| Equipment | | | HDMI Cable 2 Meter, 2x Molex to 6 pin, DVI to VGA, DVI to HDMI, SPDIF Cable, Manual Guide, Driver, Utility |
| Benchmark | Point | 1280×1024 | 1600×1200 | |
| 3Dmark Vantage | | |
P13901
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| Company of Heroes DX9 | | | 269.9 | 214 | |
| Company of Heroes DX10 | | | 131.3 | 98.8 | |
| Quake 4 | | | 263.2 | 261.6 | |
| Left 4 Dead | | | 102.41 | 98.41 | |
| Far Cry 2 DX9 | | | 63.92 | 59.33 | |
| Far Cry 2 DX10 | | | 73.38 | 68.49 | |










