MSI R5870 Lightning

[Oliver]

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;









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



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.



MSI R5870 Lightning with Twin Frozr II



MSI R5870 Lightning with Twin Frozr II



Close up @ one of the 80mm FANS



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



MSI R5870 Lightning PCB



MSI R5870 Lightning PCB - Negative



MSI R5870 Lightning PCB



MSI R5870 Lightning PCB - Negative



The ATI Cypress XT GPU @ our MSI R5870 Lightning



3DMark Vantage - Performance Preset
1000/1300 MHz - Fans @ 80%
V-Check Points;
Vcore 1.162 V Vmem 1.61 V VDDCI 1.175 V

[Aerou]

LIGHTNING!

[Blost]

nice temps full load

[geoffsthaboss]

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

[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

[Oliver]

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 .

[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.

[Oliver]

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

[Salsoolo]

so it wont work

[Johnny87au]

20k score pretty nice! love the cooler on this card looks god dam sexy!

[geobot24]

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

[tool_462]

so it wont work

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.

[Oliver]

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

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

[Salsoolo]

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.