Posted March 20, 201213 yr Hi all hwbot guys Today......MSI 7970 Lightning in the house CPU : 2600K M,b : MSI Z77A-GD55 MEM : GSKILL 2000 CL6 HDD : Raptor 300G VGA : MSI 7970 Lightning Cooling : Air Power : GUGA 1K 7970 Lightning test Video http://3dmark.com/3dm11/2999247 i will LN2 Test....... coming soon ^^ Edited March 20, 201213 yr by oc_windforce
March 20, 201213 yr Author what does the extra PCB on the back actually do? GPU Reactor : Extra GPU Power for better overclocking stability http://event.msi.com/vga/lightning/r7970.html Thanks sam
March 20, 201213 yr its not too good clocker then classic model, maybe under LN2 will be better ... but i dont think so ... PS. i have it at home too ...
March 20, 201213 yr its not too good clocker then classic model, maybe under LN2 will be better ... but i dont think so ... PS. i have it at home too ... its not better than the reference 7970?
March 21, 201213 yr Author Great photos but just 20mhz difference? and vGPU seems abit more?! Thanks Olesius I think a bit rise... about 20mhz
March 21, 201213 yr Author Nice pictures! Can you check the ASIC Quality with GPU-Z. Thanks! Thanks for infom I will try
March 21, 201213 yr Would MSI like to comment on why the shape of the heatsink makes CF-X bridges a hassle to connect? Edited March 21, 201213 yr by K404
March 21, 201213 yr Crew We asked the same at CeBIT Kenny... I think they have got loads of those in stock and just adapt them to the PCB and parts underneath it... I hope the pot mounting will go flawless...
March 21, 201213 yr We asked the same at CeBIT Kenny... I think they have got loads of those in stock and just adapt them to the PCB and parts underneath it... I hope the pot mounting will go flawless... Not if you want to use a backplate...that little extra GPU power thingy would get crushed.
March 25, 201213 yr i have one BIG problem, no DVI output support Dual-link on this card, i cannot to connect 30" LCD, webpage of product confirms this EPIC FAIL! Dual Link: NA! WTF how can i to connect 2560x1600 panel? No 30" has DP now ...
March 26, 201213 yr i have one BIG problem, no DVI output support Dual-link on this card, i cannot to connect 30" LCD, webpage of product confirms this EPIC FAIL! Dual Link: NA! WTF how can i to connect 2560x1600 panel? No 30" has DP now ... Mini-DP to Dual Link DVI. Not too hard.
March 26, 201213 yr I was told just today that the cards were shipped and should be in shops one of these days (2 days max).
March 26, 201213 yr I was told just today that the cards were shipped and should be in shops one of these days (2 days max). Thanks!
March 27, 201213 yr Thanks! here we go my friend... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127670
March 27, 201213 yr thanks Mean Machine, i have to buy it in shop ... Second strange thing is Unlocked BIOS, i thought Unlocked (no powertune, no ocp, no ccc limits, no aps) in only LN2 BIOs, but it seems Original is unlocked too ... its good, but power consuption of card is brutal because no power tune ...
March 27, 201213 yr thanks Mean Machine, i have to buy it in shop ... Second strange thing is Unlocked BIOS, i thought Unlocked (no powertune, no ocp, no ccc limits, no aps) in only LN2 BIOs, but it seems Original is unlocked too ... its good, but power consuption of card is brutal because no power tune ... well in my experience with LN2 mode I can set VGPU more than 1.65 volt without any problem..so I think no more OCP....yess exactly power consumption very brutal ..I agree with that.
March 27, 201213 yr 7970 Lightning and DCII haven't convinced me yet! I mean that I haven't noticed anyone with huge clocks (elmor doesn't count once he is working for MSI). On the other side many ref. cards have scaled at 1600+ core.
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