MSI R5870 Lightning

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08-04-2010, 03:39 PM
Oliver

MSI R5870 Lightning

Let’s have a initial look at the MSI R5870 Lightning, equipped with the fresh Twin Frozr II cooler with a total of 5 heatpipes.

Let's start out with a look at the new Twin Frozr II;

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The Twin Frozr II is quite impressive, both temp and noise wise, especially strong for 24/7 usage.

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MSI R5870 Lightning retail package with following protection;

1. Plastic top protection cover.
2. Custom cut foam to surround and support the card.
3. Anti-Static bag for ESD protection.
4. Light blue hoods attached to PCI-E / CF connectors and DVI-I x2 for protection.

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MSI R5870 Lightning with Twin Frozr II

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MSI R5870 Lightning with Twin Frozr II

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Close up @ one of the 80mm FANS

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Close up @ the 5 heatpipes, two of them is based upon SuperPipe (8mm thickness)

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MSI R5870 Lightning PCB

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MSI R5870 Lightning PCB - Negative

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MSI R5870 Lightning PCB

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MSI R5870 Lightning PCB - Negative

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The ATI Cypress XT GPU @ our MSI R5870 Lightning

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3DMark Vantage - Performance Preset
1000/1300 MHz - Fans @ 80%
V-Check Points;
Vcore 1.162 V Vmem 1.61 V VDDCI 1.175 V
08-04-2010, 04:49 PM
Aerou

LIGHTNING! :lol:
08-06-2010, 01:30 PM
Blost

nice temps full load
08-06-2010, 01:50 PM
geoffsthaboss

did the pcb change from rev1 - rev2 or just the cooling?
08-06-2010, 03:23 PM
Ket

Damn the name is gay but by god is that Twin Frozr cooler sexy as hell and effective. I wish MSIs GTX460 Cyclone wasn't so expensive :(
08-06-2010, 03:32 PM
Oliver

Quote:

Originally Posted by geoffsthaboss

did the pcb change from rev1 - rev2 or just the cooling?

PCB is the same, the Twin Frozr II got upgraded with an extra heatpipe and 15 fins, allowing for a more silent operation and or more headroom for overclocking :up:.
08-08-2010, 08:52 AM
Salsoolo

how many slots does the cooler on this card take? because im thinking crossfiring two of these and i dont think they will fit close to each other.
08-08-2010, 09:36 AM
Oliver

Quote:

Originally Posted by Salsoolo

how many slots does the cooler on this card take? because im thinking crossfiring two of these and i dont think they will fit close to each other.

dual slot
08-08-2010, 09:44 AM
Salsoolo

so it wont work :cool:
08-08-2010, 08:52 PM
Johnny87au

20k score pretty nice! love the cooler on this card looks god dam sexy!
08-09-2010, 01:05 AM
geobot24

Seems that the new cooler does a better job...:)
And cmon dude, freeze that baby...:D
08-09-2010, 03:39 AM
tool_462

Quote:

Originally Posted by Salsoolo

so it wont work :cool:

Unless I'm missing something completely, I think he meant "dual slot" as in the card is dual slot, so it will work just fine. All other Twin Frozr (wtf @ the name, Engrish ftw) cards play happily in Crossfire. Most boards arent spaced that closely anyway anymore, unless you are going 3 or 4 cards.
08-09-2010, 11:11 AM
Oliver

Quote:

Originally Posted by geobot24

Seems that the new cooler does a better job...:)
And cmon dude, freeze that baby...:D

http://odoc.dk/files/overclocking/re...htningtek9.jpg

We havent pushed 5870 alot before, but this particular GPU, scales alot better with cold than the other 5870 We played with.

It does 1100 MHz with default Vgpu , cooled with ln2
08-09-2010, 03:35 PM
Salsoolo

Quote:

Originally Posted by tool_462

Unless I'm missing something completely, I think he meant "dual slot" as in the card is dual slot, so it will work just fine. All other Twin Frozr (wtf @ the name, Engrish ftw) cards play happily in Crossfire. Most boards arent spaced that closely anyway anymore, unless you are going 3 or 4 cards.

yes you're missing something :), you're missing the heat problems all over the internet with cf setups due to almost zero space between cards.