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7970 Lightning, worth the premium?

Mine didn't seem to make much difference :confused:

Might give it another go.

got another 10hz out of mine, think it only comes into play if you have the extreme version of afterburner hence "ln2" then its only truely unlocked, advertising gimmick really, it perhaps should have had 3 switches, air, water and ln2.
 
True that you will only get the best out of the LN2 bios with ABX, it should in theory at least give higher power limits.

AS for waterblocks voiding warranty, yes and no, if you fit a waterblock and physically damage the card in the process then yes warranty is gone, otherwise MSI are pretty cool with cooler removal. Had a waterblock fitted, fault un-related to waterblock fitting cropped up, card is currently with MSI for RMA ;)
 
True that you will only get the best out of the LN2 bios with ABX, it should in theory at least give higher power limits.

AS for waterblocks voiding warranty, yes and no, if you fit a waterblock and physically damage the card in the process then yes warranty is gone, otherwise MSI are pretty cool with cooler removal. Had a waterblock fitted, fault un-related to waterblock fitting cropped up, card is currently with MSI for RMA ;)

Whats the expected turn around period for your RMA start to finish, do you think?
 
I was told a maximum of 28 days, though its usually sorted in 7-10 days, it was sent last saturday so 5 working days so far, I'll be asking for an update probably on Tuesday :)
 
Well provided MSI issue a credit note to OcUK rather than ship a card to OcUK I'll be getting a 'BE' version which will boost to 1150mhz on stock volts :cool:

I'd like to think if it can boost 1150mhz on stock volts it should be able to handle 1300mhz+ on 1.35v.
 
Yeah 8 Pack, He is on MSI's benching team so well informed. I can handle a delay tbh, gives me time to start my epic 800D mod :D
 
X-Fire :cool:

Eventually anyway, saving some cash by opting to mod my 800D rather than going out and buying another case which is £300 saved to put towards other parts :)

I'll quite possibly end up with 3 cards and stick it out with IB-E until the HD9000 series is due sometime 2014, by then probably looking at HW-E too.
 
It was completely lifeless, no lights, no fans, no display, not really sure how or why it happened tbh but my RMA experience so far with OcUK+MSI has been brilliant :)
 
Sweeet!!! Block should be fine, all they changed was the chip to an xt and the bios.


Really really hope I can change up to one of these for my replacement card!!
 
If the rumor is to be believed these xt cores should give an easy 1300mhz+ in the correct conditions, a good clocker may even touch 1400mhz :o
 
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