MSI GTX 980 Ti Lightning 6GB Review

We measure the amount of power drawn from the wall by the entire test system. Our Core i7-5960X CPU is heavily overclocked and has a large bearing on the power draw readings when it is heavily loaded in GTA V (our chosen game for system readings). The important information is the difference in power draw levels between each card.

The MSI GTX980 Ti Lightning takes power from three separate power connectors – two 8 pin connectors and an additional 6 pin power connector. MSI are making sure that those people who use LN2 to overclock will never run into power delivery issues. As we can see, this MSI card takes more power at the wall than the AMD Fury X and Nvidia Titan X.

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