Product comparison · 2 gpus

CLUB3D Radeon HD 7970 royalAce vs MSI N680GTX LIGHTNING

28specifications compared
17differ
11identical
22known for one product only

Key differences

The MSI N680GTX LIGHTNING has 60 MHz more processor frequency than the CLUB3D Radeon HD 7970 royalAce (1110 MHz vs 1050 MHz). The MSI N680GTX LIGHTNING has 76 MHz more processor boost clock speed than the CLUB3D Radeon HD 7970 royalAce (1176 MHz vs 1100 MHz). The CLUB3D Radeon HD 7970 royalAce has 1 GB more discrete graphics card memory than the MSI N680GTX LIGHTNING (3 GB vs 2 GB). Only the MSI N680GTX LIGHTNING has PhysX. Graphics processor family: AMD on the CLUB3D Radeon HD 7970 royalAce, NVIDIA on the MSI N680GTX LIGHTNING.

Graphics processor family
- Radeon HD 7970 royalAce:AMD
- N680GTX LIGHTNING:NVIDIA
Maximum resolution
- Radeon HD 7970 royalAce:4096 x 3112 pixels
- N680GTX LIGHTNING:2560 x 1600 pixels
Processor frequency
- Radeon HD 7970 royalAce:1050 MHz
- N680GTX LIGHTNING:1110 MHz
Processor boost clock speed
- Radeon HD 7970 royalAce:1100 MHz
- N680GTX LIGHTNING:1176 MHz
Discrete graphics card memory
- Radeon HD 7970 royalAce:3 GB
- N680GTX LIGHTNING:2 GB
Memory bus
- Radeon HD 7970 royalAce:384 bit
- N680GTX LIGHTNING:256 bit
Memory clock speed
- Radeon HD 7970 royalAce:6000 MHz
- N680GTX LIGHTNING:6008 MHz
PhysX
- Radeon HD 7970 royalAce:No
- N680GTX LIGHTNING:Yes

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Comparison of Radeon HD 7970 royalAce, N680GTX LIGHTNING
50 specifications	A CLUB3D Radeon HD 7970 royalAce View product	B MSI N680GTX LIGHTNING View product
Processor5 differ
Graphics processor familyDiffers	AMD	NVIDIA
Maximum resolutionDiffers	4096 x 3112 pixels	2560 x 1600 pixels
Processor frequencyDiffers	1050 MHz	1110 MHz
Processor boost clock speedDiffers	1100 MHz	1176 MHz
Graphics card RAMDAC	400 MHz	400 MHz
Parallel processing technology supportDiffers	2-Way CrossFireX, 3-Way CrossFireX, 4-Way CrossFireX, APP	2-Way SLI, 3-Way SLI
Stream processorsKnown for one	2048	Unknown — not stated by the source
Graphics processorKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	GeForce GTX 680
CUDAKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
CUDA coresKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1536
Memory3 differ
Discrete graphics card memoryDiffers	3 GB	2 GB
Graphics card memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Memory busDiffers	384 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speedDiffers	6000 MHz	6008 MHz
Memory bandwidth (max)Known for one	288 GB/s	Unknown — not stated by the source
Ports & interfacesidentical
Interface type	PCI Express 3.0	PCI Express 3.0
HDMI ports quantity	1	1
DVI-I ports quantity	1	1
Mini DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
DVI-D ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
DisplayPorts quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	1
DVI ports quantityKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	2
Performance2 differ
PhysXDiffers	No	Yes
TV tuner integrated	No	No
DirectX versionDiffers	11.1	11
Shader model versionKnown for one	5.0	Unknown — not stated by the source
OpenGL version	4.2	4.2
HDCP	Yes	Yes
Dual Link DVI	Yes	Yes
NVIDIA 3D VisionKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Full HDKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Yes
Design1 differ
Cooling type	Active	Active
Form factorDiffers	ATX	Full-Height/Full-Length (FH/FL)
Number of slotsKnown for one	2	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bracket heightKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	Full-Height (FH)
Power1 differ
Minimum system power supplyKnown for one	500 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Power consumption (typical)Known for one	250 W	Unknown — not stated by the source
Supplementary power connectorsDiffers	1x 6-pin, 1x 8-pin	2x 6-pin
System requirements1 differ
Windows operating systems supportedDiffers	Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Business x64, Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Basic x64, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Premiu	Yes
Minimum RAMKnown for one	1024 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Minimum storage drive spaceKnown for one	200 MB	Unknown — not stated by the source
Weight & dimensions4 differ
WeightDiffers	698 g	1.06 kg
LengthDiffers	268 mm	280 mm
DepthDiffers	36 mm	49.1 mm
HeightDiffers	122 mm	129 mm
Packaging dataidentical
Package dimensions (WxDxH)Known for one	355 x 190 x 78 mm	Unknown — not stated by the source
Packaging contentidentical
User guideKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Bundled softwareKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	MSI Live Update Series MSI Graphics Card Driver MSI StarOSD MSI Dual Core Center MSI Live Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft DirectX Norton Internet Security 2008 60 days Trial
Other featuresidentical
HDMI	Yes	Yes
Technical detailsidentical
Compliance certificatesKnown for one	Unknown — not stated by the source	RoHS

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