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7970 Lightning, worth the premium?

The most I could get is ~109 Hz with the adapter. Still pretty good. ;)

Naw, the Lightning only has single link DVI connectors. Card would have been 1000 times better if it had 4x mini-DP and 1x DL-DVI, or even just 6 mini-DP and make it an "Eyefinity 6" type card.

Oh and I just realize I couldn't go with the DCUII as when you use the DL-DVI port, it disables the 4th DP.
 
I realised after I bought it but I wasn't too fussed when I found yours and ToastyX's thread :)

HAHA yer I know right £450 premium card with 2 single link dvi-d and no dl-dvi *****.

Also why do you never post in benchmark threads?

O right, Iirc I read that in one of your discussions about the ROG Matrix.

Have all your catleap monitors been sold now?

EDIT: 12.7 Official Beta W7 http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=2937
 
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I wouldn't have payed £450 knowing I needed a £75 adaptor to get 120hz, it only became a viable purchase at £379, essentially making the adaptor cost £4.

All I will say about the Asus cards is warranty direct with Asus is supposed to be a real pain.
 
I knew the adapter was needed before I purchased the card but I didn't know it would be this expensive. Then again it's all still worth it if everything does go to plan for me.

Just did a full reinstall of windows and my idle CPU temps went down by 20C, not sure if sensor bug or my last install was really that messed up.

Will you be grabbing another lightning this week pgi947?

EDIT: I HAD A GAME PLAN AND I'M STICKING WITH IT
 
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Not this week no, I'm aiming for a second probably some time in september, then maybe a third by the end of the year. My money this week is going on either a 3820 or 3960X, decisions decisions.
 
the latter! :p

Now I'm having issues with my sliders in AB resetting to 0 urff

EDIT: going back to the unofficial 12.7 beta drivers.

Still resetting to 0 with the unofficial drivers
 
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theCrim said:
the latter! :p

Now I'm having issues with my sliders in AB resetting to 0 urff

EDIT: going back to the unofficial 12.7 beta drivers.

Still resetting to 0 with the unofficial drivers
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I get that but i just leave the unofficial overclocking mode set to zero and its fine, makes no odds to my clocks.
 
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the latter! :p

Now I'm having issues with my sliders in AB resetting to 0 urff

EDIT: going back to the unofficial 12.7 beta drivers.

Still resetting to 0 with the unofficial drivers
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That's what keeps happening to me. The frequency sliders snap to zero in unofficial overclock mode. Not sure why it is doing this nor how to fix it.

Niko from EK responded that he should have Lightning block pictures up tomorrow:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?281232-MSI-HD-7970-Lightning-water-block

Hopefully ready to purchase within a week or two.
 
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That's what keeps happening to me. The frequency sliders snap to zero in unofficial overclock mode. Not sure why it is doing this nor how to fix it.

Niko from EK responded that he should have Lightning block pictures up tomorrow:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?281232-MSI-HD-7970-Lightning-water-block

Hopefully ready to purchase within a week or two.
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Gonna be some happy peeps wth that news.


Seek UnofficialOverclockingEULA field and add following text:
I confirm that I am aware of unofficial overclocking limitations and fully understand that MSI will not provide me any support on it
Set UnofficialOverclockingMode to 1 to keep PowerPlay active (may not work on old ASICs), 2 to traditionally disable PowerPlay or to 0 to temporary disable unofficial overclocking path
Using the unofficial overclock method opens up more freedom in terms of voltages and clock ranges, it however also can open a can of worms in terms of stability or weird issues.

Have mine set to 0 and no issues, set to 1 and sliders goto 0

12.7 official beta w7, try this tom dont know if its any different to one already using.
http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=2937
 
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Try this for afterburner:

Uninstall afterburner completely
Uninstall amd drivers completely with atiman
Install ccc of choice, do not enable the ccc oc features
Install afterburner
Perform the xcl work around above
Enjoy :)

Super excited for these lightning blocks :D
 
I don't know whether installing SP1 or installing this so called 'hotfix' in the official 12.7 has caused this.

The -xcl or /xcl method doesn't work anymore for me. Won't start up when it's added to the shortcut.

I've done a full driver/msi ab uninstall but with driver sweeper in safe mode. I'l use the atiman uninstaller this time round

EDIT: Nope nothing not even after using atiman's uninstaller. Heres to hoping 2.2.3 fixes this!
 
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Odd, I'm now able to oc just fine in either BIOS.

Think I'm going to go with the 3820 and wait for IB-E. Use the left over cash for another ssd.
 
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You see any gains in the other BIOS?

Dats the plan!

  • 112 Pci 4.0 lane

  • Octo channel DDR5

  • At least a 60mb cache on each core

  • Half gig shared cache

^yum
 
just thought i'd have a go back on ln2 bios, with the switch flicked it will not boot, gets to windows splash and can hear the log in sound it makes and does not progress to password screen, not tried ln2 since 12.4 now on 12.7 official beta, anyone else had this?

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just put 12.4 back on and it works
 
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spoke too soon, within1 minute the screen was covered in greybrown/white vertical lines across the whole screen, rebooted entered password and just a blank kinda sky blue screen and nothing. corrupt bios???? if i flashed it would it void warranty??? if not could one of you post yours or give me download link, thanks
 
I'll dump the LN2 bios from my card for you tonight, should be at my pc in an hour or so.

Still no block pictures from EK :o

I hope they make enough of them, the majority of Lightning owners seem to want to put it under water :D
 
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