MSI Radeon HD5870 Lightning

[mindfury]

[fellix_bg]

Holy fat PCB!!!

[ajaidev]

I cant see anything odd

If this is the same thing i found this





AA are those 2* 8 pin power connectors woot

[[XC] gomeler]

There we go, was waiting on this Power limited? I think not!

[Biker]

Someone will say it has got 2GB of ram next (woohoo!)

[ajaidev]

I was thinking its the new dreamliner 787 for a sec

[madcho]

huge power ... 300W is already a lot ...

[WaterFlex]

Nice pic

[Jowy Atreides]

looks like this will be a benchers card

[zalbard]

Someone will say it has got 2GB of ram next (woohoo!)

Um, doesn't look it?
But yeah, looks sweet!

[skycrane]

ahhh, finally someone has done what i suggested over a year ago... to finally make the cards wider instead of longer, it would save space in the case, and be able to move everythig closer to the gpu... ty MSI, ill be one of the first to buy this and you have a customer for life now.

yup, i did say that

not if, but when

the one question i have is this... why are the cards only like 5" wide ??

wouldnt it make sence to increase the width of the card by 1-3 inches, and still fit all the 448 bit *2, 28 GDDR3 chips, two 470 mm^2 GPU chips into a shorter card

[dinos22]

FINALLY someone decided to expand in height rather than length hehehe

it's a bit lame that someone leaked an internal doco like that i guess though

[skycrane]

i know what you mean, its only like what 2009 ???

[wez]

ahhh, finally someone has done what i suggested over a year ago... to finally make the cards wider instead of longer, it would save space in the case, and be able to move everythig closer to the gpu... ty MSI, ill be one of the first to buy this and you have a customer for life now.

yup, i did say that

Well its all about compatibility I guess. But on a custom card like this they can stretch the rules a little

[dinos22]

Well its all about compatibility I guess. But on a custom card like this they can stretch the rules a little

true and thats what theyve told me but hey this is a top dog
you dont stick a top dog in some lame ass case aynways
if you do lol maybe you need to reavaluate your case investment or what he hell just chuck it out dont use a case heheheheh

[RPGWiZaRD]

I'd really want this card IF only AMD would fix the issues with 120Hz LCDs. So I'm nvidia limited for now.

[Musho]

Looks sexy Not going to buy it, though. Already running a reference 5870. A 5890 in the future might be a nice upgrade. I need a 2gb card with these huge eyefinity resolutions

[Winchip]

Pasted from source in better def.

[skycrane]

true and thats what theyve told me but hey this is a top dog
you dont stick a top dog in some lame ass case aynways
if you do lol maybe you need to reavaluate your case investment or what he hell just chuck it out dont use a case heheheheh

that would only make the card 4 inches deep inside the case, im not sure about anyone else, buy my dvd burner is like 6 inches wide. than another 2 inches for the width of the case so that means in a normal case you should have atleast 2 inches if not more to make the card deeper instead of how the idiots do it now and make them longer than my mobo

so instead of having a card 4x10= 40^2 in, you could make it 5x8=40^2 in. and still have the same amount of pcb area.... welcome to 2010 ppl. jeesh

[Manicdan]

anyone else find it odd that not only is it taller, but they have the wires coming out of the top too. im wondering if most midtower cases will have trouble fitting this, or if they will come with special power plugs which are rotated.

[B-Shot]

A man sized card for a man sized case

[pissdrunx1987]

i guess we will see it in 2010 ces in january

cant wait to see the heatsink and some more info on clocks

[Manicdan]

it better have a huge fan that is dead silent

[RPGWiZaRD]

i guess we will see it in 2010 ces in january

cant wait to see the heatsink and some more info on clocks

Most likely yea, I really look forward to CES 2010, so many stuff I'm looking forward to hear more about. Especially I'm interested in Panasonic's 2010 Plasma TV lineup after having acquired Pioneer Kuro's patent rights in May this year, I have a feeling we might see a new TV to dominate the market, seeing how good their 2009 versions are already.

I wonder what nvidia plans showing off at CES, hopefully we won't see only a Fermi in the Shell.

[Nedjo]

I'm curious how much did they go beyond default 850MHz?