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MSI 7970 Lightning BE

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One of my Lightning BE's died today. No lights on the card, tried in another pc and the same :( RMA request sent, hope it doesn't take too long to sort out. Only bought the card at the end of november and it's hardly been used.
 
On a second RMA with a Lightning. Turnaround is usually around 10 working days up to a max of 28, its usually pretty quick, odds are it'l arrive at OcUK and depart for Holland in the same day. The current RMA I have in place (cammys card) is now around about 4-5 weeks in but xmas/NY was slap bang in the middle of that.

OcUK must be getting used to putting 7970 Lightning's in for test and not seeing any signs of life.
 
I hope my other one lasts ok. This is the first time I have ever bought a top spec card, never had a problem with lower spec models.
 
Its not an MSI wide thing, I don't hear of many 680 Lightnings deciding to commit suicide overnight, yes we had the issue with the 7950's overheating, MSI stood up, took note, found a solution.

This just seems to be a 7970 Lightning thing.

I'll still buy MSI but they really really need to sort these issues out with a £400+ card.
 
gregster said:
MSI again :(

What the deuce are they doing?
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What I have been thinking lately is about the GPU chips that are getting used in these cards.

This also includes the Matrix Platinum 7970s.

I have noticed I can get quite good overclocks with mine but the problem is they need an awful lot of volts to do it. When I compare what volts I am using to other people with more standard 7970s to get the same oc, they are often using a lot less.

The point I am making is are Asus and MSI being less fussy about choosing what chips to go in these cards and just relying on brute force of volts to get the job done with possible reliability problems as well.
 
spoffle said:
If you're not overclocking it, it's a complete and utter waste to spend so much on an MSI lightning card.
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I'd not had time to o/c the graphics after fitting this second card. I fully intend to o/c my crossfire setup. I may have had the card 6 weeks but it's only had around 5 hours use due to being busy with other things.
 
pgi947 said:
Its not an MSI wide thing, I don't hear of many 680 Lightnings deciding to commit suicide overnight, yes we had the issue with the 7950's overheating, MSI stood up, took note, found a solution.

This just seems to be a 7970 Lightning thing.

I'll still buy MSI but they really really need to sort these issues out with a £400+ card.
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Same for me but I do see a lot of MSI cards having heat issues but maybe they are just standing out more because of the problem batch that OcUK had.

All the 7970 Lightnings I have seen on here have broken/failed but not seen any on the 680 side. OCN has tons of posts on the official 680 Lightning thread and everyone works well. Very strange... Just bad luck or something deeper?
 
Mine sits around 20c idle under water and not much more under load but the one that PGI is RMA for me was under water to and it died.

They are great clocking cards though and look fantastic.

Im thinking about a second water block and cross firing mine when its back from its little trip to Holland.
 
I'd buy MSI again in a flash. Any manufacturers can have a bout of problems but you know with MSI they'll do something about it when they isolate the issue and look after you as well.
 
Yep :)

EVGA did the same with a dodgy batch of 670's, admitted they had a faulty product on the market, let everyone know and threw in some free upgrades for the hassle.

I'd imagine XFX would deny all knowledge then ignore the warranty and offer you a £20 voucher :p
 
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