MSI LIGHTING 5870 LISTED - are you sitting?

[Hauk]

Newegg's got em, and they're damn proud obviously..

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-482-_-Product

WTF are you smokin Newegg? Sad. No need to mention that they're a retailer and can charge what they want. I get that. Still..

 

[alyarb]

yeah let me just spend $100 extra for the same frame buffer.

 

[Dark4ng3l]

Well I have a Hawk and it was well worth the price. If I had money i'd consider one of those. It probably overclocks like a champ.

 

[Hauk]

It's a beautiful card, but I'd be hard pressed to find a vanilla 5870 I couldn't take to 950+ in five minutes..

 

[Schmide]

Shipping kills it.

 

[Hauk]

Not happy to read this stuff..

"After I removed the cooler to take the photos, I wanted to go back to some more overclocking using additional voltage. I was shocked to see my temperatures up by ~25°C. After reassembling the cooler several times, and getting largely the same result, I took a closer look (added a sheet of paper to better illustrate the problem).

It seems that the mounting system of the cooler is not designed properly to apply enough pressure between GPU and heatsink. In the factory, a large chunk of thermal paste is applied, probably with some extra pressure, that hardens out and leaves good contact. With my own thermal paste I used a thin layer, probably too thin. Using more paste resulted in bad temperatures too, because the layer is too thick. Another sign that the contact is too weak is that you can rock the cooler back and forth by applying pressure to different sides of the cooler, which affects contact."

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/R5870_HD_5870_Lightning/32.html

 

[alyarb]

too bad. this overpriced card would be soooooooo tempting if it weren't for the MSI craftmanship i've come to know. lol@ schmide

 

[MarcVenice]

too bad. this overpriced card would be soooooooo tempting if it weren't for the MSI craftmanship i've come to know. lol@ schmide

Hrm, I've a Lightning in the office and I'll definately keep my eyes out for this.

The craftmanship you mention though, allows overclocks of 1100MHz and higher on air.

 

[RaistlinZ]

5 extra FPS isn't worth $100.00

 

[The Milkman]

Hrm, I've a Lightning in the office and I'll definately keep my eyes out for this.

The craftmanship you mention though, allows overclocks of 1100MHz and higher on air.

I would say it's a good design that allows a good OC despite crappy craftmanship.

 

[RussianSensation]

5 extra FPS isn't worth $100.00

Unless GTX480 is 5 fps faster than a stock 5870 and costs $599 :hmm:

But ya it's not worth it. There are other decent 5870s with aftermarket coolers including Sapphire Vapor X for $440:
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/Produc...dlist=celebros

and PowerColor 5870 for $410:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131336&cm_re=5870-_-14-131-336-_-Product

 

[cbn]

5 extra FPS isn't worth $100.00

For $100, I think we need to see triple slot cooler (in addition to custom PCB and power circuitry). 7 Gbps GDDR5 wouldn't hurt either.

 

[Daedalus685]

This smells so much like the kind of card that may as well come with a "Packaged in protective heat sink during shipping, remove before water cooling" sticker...

Though they really should have gone the extra step (that is gotten to the start line) to tension the springs correctly...

But for a $100 price premium I'm really shocked it doesn't have 2gb on it..

 

[thilanliyan]

Isn't this card more for extreme OCing (ie. LN2)?