MSI N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition Review

Written by Harry Butler

June 3, 2011 | 12:56

Tags: #geforce #gtx-580 #gtx-580-overclocking #lightning #ln2 #overclocking

Companies: #msi #nvidia

Call of Duty: Black Ops

Publisher: Activision

From our Call of Duty: Black Ops Review:
'Black Ops simply refuses to commit to a single theatre of violence; there are battles in tropical trenches, frozen tundra, barren wastelands and across night-blanketed rooftops. Mason and Co. fight on land, on water, in the air and beneath the oceans - the constant movement from one to another is enough to partly compensate for the enormous plot holes and occasional dud levels.'

We test with the game at its maximum detail settings as configured in the in-game menus. The maximum frame rate is capped at 91fps by default, so we've increased this to 250fps in the config file. We run a 90-second section of the game's multiplayer component, played back via the excellent built-in replay viewer.

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Call of Duty: Black Ops

1,680 x 1,050 4xAA 16x AF, Open GL, Maximum Detail

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3GB
  • MSI N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 1.3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB
  • Zotac GeForce GTX 560 1GB AMP!
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 1.3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5850 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5970 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB (overclocked)
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB (stock)
  • AMD Radeon HD 6790 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 (rev 2) 896MB
  • AMD Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1GB
    • 159
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    • 136
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    • 91
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    • 87
    • 64
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Call of Duty: Black Ops

1,920 x 1,080 4xAA 16x AF, Open GL, Maximum Detail

  • MSI N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition 3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 1.3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5850 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5970 2GB
  • Zotac GeForce GTX 560 1GB AMP!
  • AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 1.3GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB (overclocked)
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB (stock)
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6790 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 (rev 2) 896MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 4870 1GB
    • 145
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    • 90
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Call of Duty: Black Ops

2,560 x 1,600 4xAA 16x AF, Open GL, Maximum Detail

  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB (overclocked)
  • AMD Radeon HD 5970 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6990 4GB (stock)
  • MSI N580GTX Lightning Xtreme Edition 3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 580 1.5GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5870 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 2GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6950 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 1.5GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 1.3GB
  • Zotac GeForce GTX 560 1GB AMP!
  • AMD Radeon HD 6870 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 1.3GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5850 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6850 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 Ti 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 6790 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 768MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 (rev 2) 896MB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 5770 1GB
  • AMD Radeon HD 4870 1GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 1GB
    • 136
    • 84
    • 134
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    • 131
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    • 64
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    • 58
    • 42
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For an explanation of the meaning of these numbers, head to the Results Analysis page.
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