and say bye bye to any warranty possibly remaining and bye bye to any resale value if he breaks it in the process.
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and say bye bye to any warranty possibly remaining and bye bye to any resale value if he breaks it in the process.
That's insane. Msi dont seem to bin their cards that well
You'd have to be stupid to break your card in the process and some companies allow the cooler to be removed
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I have looked into it, the XFX 7970 doesn't easily allow an aftermarket cooler.
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Yeah, but the Lightning has pritty pritty lights!!!
Is that really all the Lightning can do, though?
I thought you could unlock the voltage with other software and get it up higher than any other 780?
I hear talk of things like 1306mhz core, 1650mhz mem on some of those OC databases...
Doesn't matter, the silicon lottery still applies and if you got a crappy core then you won't be able to take it further.
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It's made out of the very best components available (military grade) and in theory is as stable and reliable as possible.
I did chuck 300mV+ at it once to see what it's do on the core but I'm not really experienced enough to get the most out of it...
I've just bought another lightning anyway and 2 of them SLI'd will never need to be overclocked at all to destroy everything @1440p
I did chuck 300mV+ at it once to see what it's do on the core but I'm not really experienced enough to get the most out of it...
I've just bought another lightning anyway and 2 of them SLI'd will never need to be overclocked at all to destroy everything @1440p
So what did you do with your inno3d?It's made out of the very best components available (military grade) and in theory is as stable and reliable as possible.
I did chuck 300mV+ at it once to see what it's do on the core but I'm not really experienced enough to get the most out of it...
I've just bought another lightning anyway and 2 of them SLI'd will never need to be overclocked at all to destroy everything @1440p
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Sold it thinking the LTG would be better...
I went from a 7970 Matrix to a 780 classified and i found it to be a great upgrade. Well worth doing!
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Really? I went from 7970 to 780 and it was a sidegrade until I added a second. Both were really good clockers though
Yeah that's a shame but I hope the lightning can hold 1280mhz in games too.
The 7970 matrix gets so close to a stock 780 so its more of a side grade as the person below me says. But once another 780 is added and more volts get pushed through the awesome classified card no 7970s will ever catch up
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I can feel your pain and regret
There was slightly more to it...
I bought the Inno3d 780... Loved it... Watercooled it... Overclocked it... Everything was great
Saw the Lightning for sale on the MM with a waterblock... Perfect to SLI... lets go...
I didn't realize the LTG was HUUUUUGE and wouldn't fit in a loop with my Inno3D
Sold the Inno3D on the basis that the LTG is one hell of a card despite not being a huge OCer and I really didn't need SLI 780's @1080p...
Now I have 1440p so I've bought another LTG to match
The cores on these cards are good for much more than 1280... I'm sure of it... I did have a play with a voltage mod but I really didn't want to kill anything so I just left it at stock
Yup, completely stable at 1280/1627
I actually had 2 7970 Matrix cards for a while then went to a single then to a single 780.
I had a lot of issues trying to keep the 2 Matrix cards cool due to the 3 slot coolers being so close together and I never could get either of them to clock stably. I had a few driver issues too with artifacting at stock speeds.
My 780 experience was far smoother altogether it just worked and faster to boot!
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Nvidia > AMD*
Without trying to start a fist fight... I genuinely believe that for the vast majority it is true. Unless you're knowledgeable and willing enough to BIOS tweek, run Beta drivers etc then Nvidia wins.
Without trying to start a fist fight... I genuinely believe that for the vast majority it is true. Unless you're knowledgeable and willing enough to BIOS tweek, run Beta drivers etc then Nvidia wins.
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Because I'm being a bit naughty and hiding the money from the wife. I'm being a bit better as I'm going for the inno3d 780. If wife sees this money, I won't lol.