MSI NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Lightning Extreme Video Card Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips

[GeneralSchultz]

2x 8 pin and 1x 6 pin? MONSTER!!

[helbert76]

I have this card in sli overclocked to 850 core and it equals the 580 sli in performance

[atom608]

LOL nerly looks like a 24 pin power thing lol

[web1bastler]

wait, u said crossfire!

crossfire on a nvidia card!?!

[jbx907]

tou actually forgot to give the GPU memory, had to scroll thru the video to find that out, 1.5gb ddr5

core speed and memory clock?

[club4ghz]

yeah man crossfire gtx 480's i think the red color turn them in to AMD

[Octrox]

How is this compared to WTX 560 ti twin frozr2?

[TERMINATORPortugal]

@Octrox This is better.

[robxyooj]

That thing is a monster size, and power it seems.

[DJnightwalker1]

ya know... i heard every time at 0:27 dual slut O_o

[DazhFX]

You need 750W PSU.

[MrWakoko77]

hey linus how do you get all those video card for your unboxing videos..! and where are you taking them..! guess your pretty rich,,! haha

[aquelty1]

@MrWakoko77 He use all the money he get from youtube you buy things and unbox them, I im preatty sure he buy them from hes work place ncix.

[Itachi5050]

@aquelty1 I'm pretty sure companies send him stuff to unbox, because with 100k subscribers he has a little bit of weight in what people buy, but I could be wrong

[ZeroHeroVids]

@Itachi5050 He works at NCIX, which is a computer hardware store. He can just "try" the products, if im not mistaken at the last part.

[Itachi5050]

@ZeroHeroVids Oh I know, but in a lot of videos he mentions the company( MSI, asus, etc etc) sending him certain things

[PhysicsTowerTeam]

@MrWakoko77 I think they send him these stuff to unbox. Or, he asks them for one :P

[goonON24s]

who do i have to kill for this card?!!

[Arnoud1987000]

@goonON24s AMD

[lilpartyboy]

@goonON24s Just your grandma..no biggie

[SuperRiguy]

So glad i live in america where i can get this shit for half the price of the thing's in Europe

[LLOYD19851012]

@SuperRiguy Prices work out the same

[Redbullftw09]

so i the gtx 560 ti better than a regular gtx 480?

[OutlawLovesNewVegas]

@Redbullftw09 HELL NO!

Are you comparing a 480 to a 560? The 580 is just an updated 480, the 560 is just an updated 460.

[Redbullftw09]

@OutlawLovesNewVegas Oh lol my bad

[headshotFAIL]

is this 3d capable?



[WOLFTEAMLEAD3R]

I got 2 of those about 2 months ago for just over $300 USD and they can outperform GTX 580's that are on water if you know how to OC properly. They run pretty quite with temps in the 50's at around 0.95 Ghz Core, not that it won't let you go way above that if you are happy with still fairly low temps in the 60's and low 70's if you really push it. These are temps while running F@H, while gaming these cards hardly get warm. Plus the ability to add PLL and Memory voltage makes these cards epic.

[muffemod]

I love aftermarket coolers for video cards!

[xJDKx]

This card is the best bang for your buck right now. It's cheaper and faster than most 570s. I'll probably SLI this card..

[ItWasntMe456]

this card looks better than the 580. i wonder how much the prices will drop when the 600 series comes out?

[igouroum]

6:56 that's what she s...

[Stewdill51]

Holy crap that thing is massive

[Stefan6984]

linus is clearly a amd man

[Stefan6984]

wtf? that thing is fucking huge!

[IIIKryptonIII]

This thing is $599.99 on NCIX's website. For the exact same price I can get the MSI GeForce GTX 580 Lighting Extreme Edition on Newegg. Pretty easy to decide who is going to get my money...

[TheFlamingDeuce]

JESUS this thing is overpriced on NCIX's website..

[exceedgaming]

And now you can see the twin frozr 2..don't you mean twin frozr 3 :P

[frestylezz]

that thing probably weighs more then my whole laptop...

[Edge9404]

Oh my god the sound of those anti-static bags are like music to my ears. Can't wait for my 580 -_-

[RGZxFuzioN]

Will this fit in an NZXT Phantom????????????

[TheQhozt]

I wish the 580 would look like this

[eyeforeye5]

they have a 580 lightning- it's smaller, looks a little different and it's blue. The fans have LEDs under them that change colors if the GPU is getting too hot! =D

[TheQhozt]

@eyeforeye5 I know, but the red/black design looks much sleeker :p it would fit my case better

[eyeforeye5]

@TheQhozt Oh true =p the new one does look kinda plain in comparison

[TheQhozt]

@eyeforeye5 There is also the new black/blue lightning XE wich looks super sweet too! :p

[dolph123454321]

They should put that cooler on a GT 520

[lonesoldier33]

Madman! You're a madman!

[stjo555555]

that is a card 4 real gamer.ati is 4 weaks.the way its nvidia

[SCARSAC]

@stjo555555 i have this and 3 5870's and 2 gtx 465's ,and 2 4890's and a gtx 460 and have many cards in the past of both brands there both great company's why the shit talking you got a 8800 gt or some shit!

[stjo555555]

@SCARSAC wtf are you talking about?i got a gtx 570 man.8800 lolll its for quakers loll

[SCARSAC]

@stjo555555 ha that was funny quakers haha i looked at some benchmarks and gtx 570 scores about the same at this but a 100 watts less

[Arnoud1987000]

THIS CARD HAS NO GUARANTEE thats it clockes over HARD! some wont even go higher than 750 mhz!!! depends on the core chip and MSI cant do shit about that

[blekibabic]

What's is cost of this baby , this should be owerclocking machine...2 8 pin and 1 1 6 pin power conector awesome, at least 850 w power supply, realy wonder HOW MUCH IS THE FISH oups CASH :D

[helbert76]

I just got two of these cards. overclocked to 850 on stock voltage. Idles in the mid 30's max temp on on crysis was 71 and was almost silent. Performs as well as a stock 580's once overclocked. The build quality is amazing on these.

[Kingerthely]

two lightning cards within 6 months

[kyle7412]

cross fire eh

[PerseS2]

3:58 Beautiful

[UnreaLFighteR2011]

I WANT THAT! D:

[Daniftw3]

@UnreaLFighteR2011 buy it :D



[UnreaLFighteR2011]

@Daniftw3 give me the money :D

[Ptro001]

@Daniftw3 buy it for me :D

[felipetripah]

beautiful



[TheLvproduction]

Oh, it takes 2 Expansion slot but I've guessed it's 3 . It's very good .

[alt572]

Can you overclock the fans on this?

[NikacXMKD]

GEZUS! That thing has a total power consumption equal to 3 refrigerators :D!

[notcockyson]

the weird thing is that im deabting on whether or not i would pick this gpu over sex. so far this gpu has been more persuasive.

[1BadRobot1]

@notcockyson Yeah i'd go for the GPU -- Women aren't Limited Edition.

[Fuice1]

@notcockyson maybe the gpu has been more persuasive then sex because your a virgin?

[CSSIcemaN]

does it support sli with a reguler 480 card?

[i7875K]

この動画、探しても、数少ない[貴重]

[TheBigupz]

@i7875K english please?

[i7875K]

@TheBigupz sorry

[TheBigupz]

@i7875K dont be sry just want to kno it is korean and waht did u said xD

[TheLvproduction]

@TheBigupz He wanted to say : "This video is also looking for one of the few ." ;)

[BassPounderX]

thats one of the largest cards iv ever seen WOOW like how they went uber overboard with this card

[1337manne]

i love crossfire on Nvidia cards!

[lonesoldier33]

@1337manne I guess the AMD is getting to him ;)

[Stefan6984]

@1337manne lol 

[ItalyNerf]

@1337manne Maybe SLI?

[Mrzocker24]

@1337manne its sli ;)

[zilkoify]

@1337manne

What console is crossfire? Is it good?

[Allardio]

@zilkoify OMFG your the biggest cunt ever, ultra console fag.

[zilkoify]

@Allardio

u little white whiny skinny geek go jerk ur knot

[AnimalRare]

Look I find some condoms in it :))

[VickyH825]

aswell as 3 way crossfire u said lolz?

[MainlyFlames]

this is what 3 billion transistors does to a gfx, learn from this ppl!

also this gfx should come with a 1000w psu in the box for the price

nice as shit though

[m0nk3y13]

Can anyone tell me what the size of this card???? I'm just wondering if this card will fit in the Coolermaster CM-690 II Advanced Dominator Case?

I've heard some cards wonts fit this case but i really need to know asap.

Thank you

[bvestationfan]

gtx 580 is still better

[a7x5631]

Lets see some temps! It looks promising. I'm just not understanding what the extra 8 pin is for, or the price tag. It's not drastically overclocked.

[matty12345a1]

@a7x5631 if you oc it yourself

[camoxide]

Why does it have 2 8 pins and a 6 pin?

[matty12345a1]

@camoxide over clocking

[UTubeLightBulb]

Graphics card or PSU molestor?

[matty12345a1]

@UTubeLightBulb lmao

[indemaTROY]

How is the temps for this thing? I know the 580 just came out, so I bet it is still hotter then that.

[matty12345a1]

@indemaTROY yep

[fifthgear93]

3:54 for the card

[HansensUniverse]

this is no fucking GTX 480 it's a GTX 680 ! it's huge

[crimson177]

@HansensUniverse compared to ati cards its not that big

[HansensUniverse]

@crimson177 the ATI got allot of Slim cards Nvidia got fat cards

[HansensUniverse]

@crimson177 the ATI got allot of Slim cards Nvidia got fat cards

[matty12345a1]

@HansensUniverse lol

[Granturismoman]

i love the twin frozer design

[matty12345a1]

@Granturismoman me to

[Knotes647]

so if this has 2 dvi and a mini display can we run surround with just one card now???

[SteveKurtO]

jesus.. you dont need a heater anymore in your room... just a pc and this beast...

[matty12345a1]

@SteveKurtO ya my psu can supplement the heating bill

[xXAhQuanXx]

Get this guy opened up :)

[aldobu1990]

woah your linus is a ATI fanboy he always said crossfire in his videos when he is doing a review of an nvidia card. LOL

[GuitarJerk13]

ATI 5000 series output connections FTW xD

[ACDCnLedZeppelin]

crossfire on an Nvidia card lol any way great review like your vids

[BramRongen]

Nice card, but too bad the 580 is out for this thing =)

[supercritical100]

GTX 580 is out... this thing is obsolete already...

580's MSRP is 500USD, this thing is 570 Canadian $ after rebates before tax...euh

[xXMaJORsONXx100]

is it actually gold?

[GreeneAppleGeek]

"very impresive, also large". thats what she said.

[cbremer83]

So, since it has a display port, dose that mean triple monitor on one card like ATI/AMD?

[frank141289]

2 8pin and 1 6 pin connector WTF ??? are you kiding me

[cbremer83]

@frank141289 It's very power hungry. I'm not surprised at all.

[lactamela]

ugly g card

[bjshnog987123]

I'll buy it!

[bmw2go11]

Stupidest pcb layout ever!!

I'd rather have the card be 15 inches long than have my case wide open because the side panel wont fit.

[jacobmcr858]

Wait, Twin Frozer III?  Or not?

[Naticlese]

that is a beast of a card... mind sending me a couple? hahaha, if only the world worked like that. But really, don't hesitate sending one or two or three to me.

[worlddomin623]

How can you put 3 of those into 3 way SLI? The bridges are lower than on the reference PCB's, and part of the shroud is blocking the the bridges. Did MSI even think about that, or is this just meant to be the bottom card in a 3 way SLI setup?

[jacobmcr858]

@worlddomin623 Extra-long bridges should fix that.

[afinewaytodie]

Jeezus, that thing could be a melee weapon in Left 4 Dead

[ASAWProductions]

How on earth would you connect a SLI bridge to 2+ of those cards?

[ElusiveShark]

That thing is massive

[ice9sydas]

BORING GTX 580, TOMO AKA NOV 9TH!!!!!!

[buckamoona]

that thing is prolly really loud...need some vids

[jacobmcr858]

@buckamoona Probably a loud whoosh more than anything else. Not any of the high-rpm whining that you'd get with a stock 480 cooler.

[temjin50]

power whore?

[JundaComputersGmbH]

This thing cost $600 ??? 2 x AMD 6870 in CrossFire would be faster, $100 cheaper, consumes less power, and runs cooler than this.

[MeDmAnQcA]

@JundaComputersGmbH never 2 stock 6870 would beat this beast overclocked

[mota411]

IDK but the style of the heat sink reminds me of the Asus Aries

[TheHunkDeath]

This beast is huge.

[3dkiller]

beautiful card

[TheAdarkon]

I find it funny that they include a DVI to VGA adapter with this card. If you want to run a VGA monitor with this beast, you have your priorities mixed up. Well, this card is a terrible value anyways, so the intelligence of anyone who buys it is questionable already.

[blackbird309]

God this is freaken huge, my case is huge and it still looks like it could barely fit it.

[MmhGanja]

shove it up ur ass and tell us how good it feels

[kingnee]

I am having trouble seeing how you could do triple or quad SLI with that thing. It looks like the heatsink would block the rigid SLI boards.

[PCTechTalks]

what a beauty. it must set you back a good 500$.

[TheAdarkon]

@PCTechTalks

And you could out-perform it with dual HD6850s in CF for just $340.

[matty12345a1]

@PCTechTalks try 550$ on amazon

[Jaywed]

Gimme gimme!

[Xextreem]

i smell bsod ... if tweaking this power monster.

[Xextreem]

i smell bsod...

[Xextreem]

i smell bsod.....

[vwestlife]

The mysterious blue door is open!!

[RyanK733]

Did I just hear "2 or 3 way crossfire" on an nvidia card? C'mon linus!

[logankipgen]

not as good looking as 6870 but still very impressive

[cal920c]

twin frozer 3 you mean

[nfazio62293]

why does this video load so slow

[BMTechReview]

benchmark - overclock - benchmark ;)

[habowh43]

2x 8 pins and 1x 6pin... Isn't that the same as the ARES?

[Ksquaredgaming]

@habowh43 yep......makes you wonder what would happen if there was a 480 x2

[gumberly]

@Ksquaredgaming LOL. do i dare.

THREE 8 PINS. or 4....

[habowh43]

@Ksquaredgaming Yep, probably... OVER 9000 8 pins! Lol.

[TheMichaelOwnz]

Impressive and Large ;)

[Tangylives]

What? No briefcase/gun case? I am disappoint.

[LordAtrocities]

Very Nice Card. By the time I order it and it gets here, its obsolete. I think I will wait for two more generations before shelling out another $500.00 plus for a video card that gets "jumped" technology wise before I ever get it from the retailer.

[Jeffguy1542]

Chuck Norris can run CrossFire on nVidia cards.

[JASON9948]

Hey does ASUS has one like it?

[yourbuddy7]

im pretty sure you should do a give away for this card... just sayin

[aloykatos]

The cooler looks like the Asus Ares 5870x2's one

[BenHanna7]

"Very impressive, also large" ... that's what she said.

[VinylVEVO]

@BenHanna7 That's what the cameraman said, too!

[Blimp01]

what!! 2 8 pin and 1 6 pin? i thought these only needed 1 8 and 1 6

[theOscar117]

how can u connect these cards in 3 way sli with that cooler blocking your 3 way sli bridge?

[sparty007]

Can u bench mark it with its temperature? Because Nvidia cards tend to be hot like Fing Crazy

[kerb187]

Sooo, can this card run 3 monitors without the extra card on SLI?

[Xyllianos]

wait, these things can draw 450 watts?

[pixaz]

@JoshCad256 same for me ! lol