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No, that won't be 24 gauge. Look's like 28 gauge, maybe 26 depending on shielding thickness. But you don't need 24 gauge for anything less than 25 feet.
Totally, time to get rid of the adaptor and put it towards another lightning![]()
Should be anytime now tbh, prototypes have been made so its just a matter of waiting.
Looks like it will be early next week when my cpu arrives, motherboard is here and its STUNNING![]()
I'm looking at this card http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=GX-297-SP for my system. What is the general feeling towards this card on this forum?
I don't know how well the sapphire keeps cool compared to the lightning. Have you tried finding a Sapphire HD 7970 thread on here? In terms of output the sapphire has a DL-DVI port unlike the Lightning so you wouldn't have to use an adapter.
An MSI rep in a Nvidia 680 Lightning thread last week talked about chip binning and how the best chips were put into Lightnings and the next best into ASUS DUII cards but I don't know where sapphire falls into all that and I know that's the 680 but my assumption is the same occurs with the 7970 series.
In terms of performance there won't be much difference because most people don't play games or do general stuff with max clocks. I game at 1175/1750 but so far I've gotten my card to 1320/1800 for benching and that's on air.
Find a dedicated Sapphire HD 7970 thread and wait for some more opinions in this one![]()
An MSI rep in a Nvidia 680 Lightning thread last week talked about chip binning and how the best chips were put into Lightnings and the next best into ASUS DUII cards but I don't know where sapphire falls into all that and I know that's the 680 but my assumption is the same occurs with the 7970 series.