** MSI 290X LIGHTNING IS NOW AVAILABLE!! **

[Gibbo]

Hi there


Many have waited a very long time for this card, and now here it is:-

MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning Edition 4096MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card @ £529.99 inc VAT

The MSI R9 290X Lightning is a genuine contender as a powerful gaming card. Not quantified by "for a Radeon", this thing is fast, full stop. Easy, and rewarding to overclock with a fantastic cooler and every option you could want. It's Brilliant. It's Rapid. It's Yellow. It's a worthy winner of our OC3D Gold Award and the best Radeon card on the market today.

Features:-
- Triple Level Signals: Show the real time GPU load by different colours
- TriFrozr Thermal Design: Triple PWM fans with independent control system on
- Pure Digital PWM Control: Digitally controlled GPU, Memory and VDDC.
- Twin BIOS: Seperated BIOS chips for regular use and LN2 overclocking.
- Enhanced Power: 12 GPU phases and 3 memory phases on a custom designed 12 layers PCB for amazing overclocking potential.
- Military Class 4 Components pass MIL-STD-810G certificatiomn for best stability and quality.
- Equipped with CopperMOS, Hi-C CAPS, New SFC and All Dark Solid CAPs.
- Triple Overvoltage: Total control with GPU, Memory and PLL voltage adjustment.
- Triple Temp Monitor: Real time monitoring of GPU, Memory and PLL Conditions.
- V-Check point: For direct and accurate read-out of GPU, memory and PLL voltage.

Specification:-
- Radeon R9 290X
- GPU: Hawaii XT
- Stream Processors: 2816
- ROPS: 64
- Core Speed: 1080MHz
- Memory Speed: 5000Mhz
- Memory interface: 512-Bit
- Memory capacity: 4096MB GDDR5
- PCI-Express X16 lane required
- 750W or greater PSU required
- Power Connectors: 2x 8-pin + 1x 6-pin required
- Warranty: 3yr
- Download PDF Presentation: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9kkxjuw2a0n421v/R9 290X LIGHTNING Infokit 1_0 - PDF Version.pdf


Only £529.99 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW







Check out the PDF presentation, it is very good!

 

[Jasseh]

That looks great, not sure if I could justify spending that much on a graphics card though

 

[8 Pack]

Sure you can!!

 

[WalderX]

Wow looks nice! Been waiting for this for ages but I just bought the Sapphire Tri-X!

 

[Jasseh]

Sure you can!!

Maybe if I wasn't saving for my wedding lol. I do need to buy a new graphics card soon though...

 

[WalderX]

Maybe if I wasn't saving for my wedding lol. I do need to buy a new graphics card soon though...

I'm saving for my wedding too! I feel your pain brother!

and by saving I of course mean slowly paying off my credit card

 

[ademcg]

Power Connectors: 2x 8-pin + 1x 6-pin required

 

[Dempsey22]

When is 8Pack gonna get 4 of these to bench

 

[varkanoid]

Do the fans leak ?

 

[8 Pack]

When is 8Pack gonna get 4 of these to bench

Soon

 

[Jasseh]

I'm saving for my wedding too! I feel your pain brother!

and by saving I of course mean slowly paying off my credit card

I refuse to get a credit card/loan, no plans to get myself into debt if I can avoid it.

I've set a monthly budget towards the wedding so maybe if I can work the graphics card in without affecting that... Although I should probably put any excess like that towards the wedding to save up faster lol.

 

[The Only Beardy]

That is a NICE card!!!!

 

[Jerry64]

Gibbo will you be doing a mini review of one of these like you have with other 290X and 290P GFX cards Please
PS I do want one of these but will wait for reviews first and when they are on a today only or a weekly deal

 

[reiyushin]

It's beautiful....I love my 780 lightning

(would swap it for this though....pls)

 

[Gibbo]

Gibbo will you be doing a mini review of one of these like you have with other 290X and 290P GFX cards Please
PS I do want one of these but will wait for reviews first and when they are on a today only or a weekly deal

Yes I shall be reviewing it on air as MSI have sent me one to review and test.

8 Pack also has 4-5 on the way for him to thrash!

 

[Silent_Scone]

That looks great, not sure if I could justify spending that much on a graphics card though

I think once you see what these cards can do, if you compare it to the 780Ti Classified the price makes a lot more sense. Assuming they do the numbers

 

[Jerry64]

Thanks Gibbo

On another note My Corsair AX850 packed up after 22 months sent back to Etailer which I brought it from only got a partial refund from them so would one of these run http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-014-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057 a MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning Edition with rig in sig?

 

[ndaar]

Thanks Gibbo

On another note My Corsair AX850 packed up after 22 months sent back to Etailer which I brought it from only got a partial refund from them so would one of these run http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-014-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057 a MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning Edition with rig in sig?

The specs page recommends a 750watt PSU. The one you linked is a gold rated psu and might cope but might be safer to get something with a little bit more punch or look to a different GPU.

 

[ndaar]

Thanks Gibbo

On another note My Corsair AX850 packed up after 22 months sent back to Etailer which I brought it from only got a partial refund from them so would one of these run http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-014-SF&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=2057 a MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning Edition with rig in sig?

IMO If I was spending that much on a GPU I would look to something with some more head room such as:

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1 x SuperFlower Leadex Platinum 1000W Fully Modular "80 Plus Platinum" Power Supply - White £149.99
Total : £159.59 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Reason I picked that one was it was a good price for the spec and while there are some 800-850 watt options for the price the 1000watts one seemed to make more sense to me and means the system wouldn't be as stressed.

 

[shadow_boxer]

Beast of a card. Would love one.