Well the ASUS never came in to stock to buy and just got dethroned: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?279501-MSI-7970-Lightning-revealed. 4xmDP ports, dual slot, better OC and appears to be better cooler??? MSI FTW.
Looks really good. I'm currently still running an MSI R5870 Lightning and man, it is good. However, it was also
very expensive compared to other 5870's, so I wonder what the price on this thing will be.
MDP is huge for me, means I can keep and use my two mDP to DP cables that cost me like 75spacebucks. So even if a premium over ASUS its still probably cheaper.
Remember that not all people have mDP displays or cables, so you can't judge a card by looking at required accesoires custom to your rig.
Also with so many reports of the cooler on the ASUS being assembled wrong and cards overheating a dieing, I was really not looking forward to that being an issue, especialyl since ASUS would not acknowledge it.
The fact that Asus still hasn't acknowledged it buggs me. Anyway's, my supplier couldn't pinpoint an exact location here in Holland, so I have some time left to decide whether to go for the Asus or the MSI.
This new card might turn the whole thread around..
One question though: is there any difference between mDP and DP what so ever? Power usage, different signals, you name it. Because like 99% of problems in Eyefinity involve mDP ports or cables at some point, never DP. Can anyone shed some light on that?
Moose