MSI R7970 Lightning Review: AMD's HD 7970 Gets the Treatment

news · March 28, 2012

MSI has not sat upon their laurels it seems. They are taking an

aggressive approach to the new Lightning series of cards, and they

implement quite a few unique features that have not been seen on any

other product before. Now the question is did they pull it off?

Throwing more features at something does not necessarily equal

success. The increase in complexity of a design combined with other

unknowns with the new features could make it a failure. Just look at

the R5870 Lightning for proof. That particular card tread new ground,

but did so in a way that did not adequately differentiate itself from

reference HD 5870 designs. So what is new and how does it run? Let

us dig in!

Quote: "So am I in love with this card as much as the previous

Lightnings? No. This is due to the simple experience that I had. It

did not initially work as advertised, but it might simply be a less

than stellar example of the design. MSI appears to have done a nice

job on the design and functionality of the card. The cooling is

outstanding, the ability to drive six monitors is a plus, and the idea

behind the GPU Reactor is sound. This particular example just gave me

fits right off the bat."

Thanks for a post!!

Ryan Shrout

PC Perspective

rshrout ( -at -) pcper.com

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