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7970 Lightning, worth the premium?

Haha you're a day late, someone gave it to me yesterday :p

Thanks anyway, very kind of you :)

Have a give-away thread like gregster did over the weekend :)
 
Yeah I saw that, it has the potential to work on a 7970 but in its current form due to the vrm mapping on the amt file it completely kills voltage control. I spent a good 5 hours or so over the weekend trying this and various other methods, still no joy, is it 1.4v too much to ask for? Imo the bios switch should have been sealed with a warranty void if removed sticker and leave the ln2 bios completely unlocked. Out of the box the ln2 bios does absolutely nothing.
 
pgi947 said:
Yeah I saw that, Imo the bios switch should have been sealed with a warranty void if removed sticker and leave the ln2 bios completely unlocked. Out of the box the ln2 bios does absolutely nothing.
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couldn't agree more, it was advertised as "totally unlocked",
it should have said Totally unlocked if your lucky enough to get After burner Extreme.
Maybe should have to register the cards serial, where you accept a disclaimer upon which you can dl the file.
 
lightning block on its way :)

has anyone ever tried the msi drivers for there card??? just been on there forums and there saying there optimized for there own cards.

pgi what are your core and vrm temps, idle and load, just need a ball park figure, thx mate
 
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Oh, I wasn't aware they were optimised??

Idle:
Core - ~24c usually a few degrees above ambient
Memory - 22c usually around ambient
VRM - 25c usually a degree or two above core

Load:
Core - ~40c
Memory - ~36c
VRM - ~43c
 
pgi947 said:
Oh, I wasn't aware they were optimised??

Idle:
Core - ~24c usually a few degrees above ambient
Memory - 22c usually around ambient
VRM - 25c usually a degree or two above core

Load:
Core - ~40c
Memory - ~36c
VRM - ~43c
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thx mate, nice temps, roll on the weekend ;)

quote from the forums
"Verified and optimized by MSI for MSI cards. Just try them"

latest x64 driver http://www.msi.com/service/download/driver-19262.html
 
Hmm I'll wait until they use the driver from 12.11 and see what they offer :)

Bare in mind my temps are using an obscene amount of radiator space, so don't get worried if your temps are a shade higher then what I get.
 
pgi947 said:
Hmm I'll wait until they use the driver from 12.11 and see what they offer :)

Bare in mind my temps are using an obscene amount of radiator space, so don't get worried if your temps are a shade higher then what I get.
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yeah i know just wanted something to work with, if i can get 'em 15c on top of yours i'd be well chuffed. got basically 500x80mm of rad so should be reasonable, i hope.
 
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