The awaited MSI HD 7970 Lightning has finally made it out into the light; although we have no specs yet, it looks strong and beefy just like a Lightning should and we expect it to be in the top of the food chain as far as clocks are concerned.
Full story: MSI 7970 Lightning @ lab501.ro
Damn, 7870 Hawk and 7850 Twin Frozr look sexy too!!!
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Wouldn't it be nice to be able to bench this card without having to use a dremmel tool on the heatsink?
Originally Posted by chuchnit
Why do you always have to bring two sockets into everything?Because a one socket system is only 1/2 a system..
You got two balls don't you?
I rest my case!
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Usually Gigabyte SuperOverclocked has highest default clock, however the Lightning has been no#1 on LN2 last 2 rounds..
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What's with the round cutout w/arrows on the backplate?
Agreed 100% !
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i feel sorry about the memory chip between gpu and pcie slot
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Was wondering the samething.
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I was wondering the same. Perhaps a fan can be mounted here?
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i feel sorry about the memory chip between gpu and pcie slotNo kidding. Poor little guy, nobody loves him
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I can't believe how ironic this is considering a few hours ago a friend and I were talking about the lack of Overclocks, Super Overclocks, Lightnings, etc. I hope this lives up to its name, as opposed to clocking like a reference card (I'm looking at you DirectCU II).
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why you no place heatsink MSI??
rofl
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Article updated with cooler picture.
For now I don't have any more details, ill meet tomorrow morning with the MSI guys and post some update
that looks fantastic
There's a serious shortage of Tahiti cores right now so board partners are having issues finding enough for their basic designs let alone overclocked / custom versions.
If only MSI could sweet-talk AMD into selling the cores without shims.......
Card looks good, but Asus DCUII performance has me waiting for MHz before I really care
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Looks sweet, been waiting on this one. Curious to see how it clocks compaired to reference.
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Great looking card... But now I can't stop being worried about that one memory chip.. Is it going to be ok?!??
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that looks fantastic
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How the bloody hell would you go crossfire? The bridge wouldn't be long enough to get over the shroud...
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So then we can hear about how crappy AMD cards are because the die got cracked?
Originally Posted by motown_steve
Every genocide that was committed during the 20th century has been preceded by the disarmament of the target population. Once the government outlaws your guns your life becomes a luxury afforded to you by the state. You become a tool to benefit the state. Should you cease to benefit the state or even worse become an annoyance or even a hindrance to the state then your life becomes more trouble than it is worth.
Once the government outlaws your guns your life is forfeit. You're already dead, it's just a question of when they are going to get around to you.
lolwut? low and mid-end cards have no shims or IHS... they don't crack.
Noobs crack dies. What if a noob doesn't see that the core sits lower than the shim and puts a "normal" aftermarket cooler on it? Zero contact -> dead card.
Excellent point. MSI mini fail.How the bloody hell would you go crossfire? The bridge wouldn't be long enough to get over the shroud...
Last edited by K404; 03-06-2012 at 02:15 AM.
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waiting for 680gtx lightning.
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