Thread: MSI GTX 260 LIGHTNING BLACK EDITiON

After launching the standard GTX 260, MSI has gone all out and put together a beefed up variant called the Lightning Black Edition. It packs 1792 MB of video memory (double the amount of the standard version) and a super-charged core that runs 14 percent faster than the stock speed at 655 MHz. There are a few other graphiCS card manufacturers who also have the 1792 MB variant, but the Lightning Black Edition has a lot more to offer. First and foremost. the cooling System on this card is one of the best custom cooler we've seen. The massive heatsink fitted on the GPU has five heat¬pipes that dissipate heat from the GPU to the center, mid-section and the ends of the unit. The two fans fitted over the heatsink cool the fins and the heatsink for memory and voltage reg has slapped a thick aluminum the cooler to make for a rug cooler. Further, the package an overclocking device (USE that can either be kept on t\ installed in the 5.25-inch because. It features touch-sens for tweaking the speed (con memory) and voltage (core last but not least, the rear \ O-sub and HDMI port.

The additional memory a percent faster core delivers percent better performance to 5 fps faster) than the standard GTX 260 with half the amount 01 struggled to run Crysis Warhead x 1200 in Enthusiast mode.