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The Asus card runs really good. Had some BSOD´s, but after a fresh W7 install and a CMOS Clear everything was fine. The card doesn´t run hot and stays really quiet. Even under full load, the fans came to a max of 22% and the GPU temp did not rise above 54 degrees Celsius. Testing out some games at the moment. I really like it, although you should also consider the new 680 from Nvidia. It´s slightly cheaper, slightly faster, a lot hotter. It has 1 Displayport, 1 HDMI port and 2 DVI ports (one single-link, one dual-link). Maybe it can run three screens without tearing since HDMI and DVI are essentially the same, but you'd have to check out the Nvidia forum part if you want to be sure. All I can say is that I am very, very happy with this card. I will be writing a review/article about it when I have some spare time.

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Thanks for the update, glad to hear that things are running well for you.

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Hey, So I read the review of the Msi Lightning. It says the DVI ports are single link. I'm trying to run 5x1 Portrait 30"rs here. I'm not sure if it's just that it shares the TDMS clock between the the two DVI ports.

Would it be better for me to pick up this card?

I just know that these two cards exist, where as the sapphire 7970 Flex with 6GB of VRAM and 6 miniDP (what I really need) hasn't been seen physically.

Also, what's the main difference between DC2 and DC2T cards?

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Also, what's the main difference between DC2 and DC2T cards?

The DC2T is a higher clocked and higher binned model. Physically I believe they are the same, not 100% sure though.

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[quote]Also, what's the main difference between DC2 and DC2T cards?

The DC2T is a higher clocked and higher binned model. Physically I believe they are the same, not 100% sure though.

That is my understanding as well. End of day doesn't mean much really, often you can OC just as good as higher binned. Binning isn't the holy grail it once was. You can buy 10 cards and get 10 different OC, I hate reviews tha1t score based on OC, as unless you test 10, it isn't really a fair test.

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Hey, So I read the review of the Msi Lightning. It says the DVI ports are single link. I'm trying to run 5x1 Portrait 30"rs here. I'm not sure if it's just that it shares the TDMS clock between the the two DVI ports.

Would it be better for me to pick up this card??

It means each DVI has its own TDMS, to go above the 1920 res you require two chained TDMS. DVI was half baked rushed spec when the two consortuims coudl not agree on anything for HDMI, so it is a cosnumer TV spec not a computer spec. DVI was rushed to hold us over for DisplayPort. Not sure you can do 5 30's with the lightning. The ASUS has a full dual link DVI port.

Seems like the ASUS may be the better card for that setup, unless you hold out for a flex card. I have no idea of the sales of the original, so no idea on how likely a new one is. 7970 is powerful enough to run 6 screens, much more so then the 5870, so possible its coming. Been alot of rumors on it, just no hard facts.

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Exmortis Darkenblade aka "Scott"

These days you can find me:

Vanguard - Exmortis/Falcron/Treager/Goraag/Scrotal/Phailse - Telon Server

Asus P8Z68 Deluxe Gen3/Gskill 4x4 DDR3-1600cl7/i7-2600K/7970 Lightning/24x27x24 eyefinity/Corsair K90/Corsair AX850/Revo3 240/ocz Vertex 3 240/WD VelociRapter 600/Corsair 600T/Logitech 5450Z 5.1

The priest asked "Who are you?"

And the voice replied "Legion for we are many."

MSI lightning in stock with Newegg.ca. Mine is ordered, verified and now awaiting shipping (hopefully tomorrow).

I waited to post until my order was through. Sorry, but thats the way she be.

Should get it in a few days, hopefully by the weekend!!!

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These days you can find me:

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Asus P8Z68 Deluxe Gen3/Gskill 4x4 DDR3-1600cl7/i7-2600K/7970 Lightning/24x27x24 eyefinity/Corsair K90/Corsair AX850/Revo3 240/ocz Vertex 3 240/WD VelociRapter 600/Corsair 600T/Logitech 5450Z 5.1

The priest asked "Who are you?"

And the voice replied "Legion for we are many."

I'm having so problems with my GPU. I've been doing a lot of troubleshooting and now I'm almost certain it's my power supply. I'm going from 600 to 700 watts now, I'll get back to you when the problem is fixed. Excuse me for postponing my article.

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I'm having so problems with my GPU. I've been doing a lot of troubleshooting and now I'm almost certain it's my power supply. I'm going from 600 to 700 watts now, I'll get back to you when the problem is fixed. Excuse me for postponing my article.

I am sure you realize that 600 watts should be more then enough for a single gpu, so the amount of watts should not be the problem. Let me know if you need help troubleshooting?

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I am sure you realize that 600 watts should be more then enough for a single gpu, so the amount of watts should not be the problem. Let me know if you need help troubleshooting?

QFT!

but you never know! Maybe a problem inside the PSU? If not i'd say problem from MB!

I wonder how the OC potential of that Cards are. DCUII should do 1200mhz with Air!
I wonder how the MSI Lightning will do. With LN2 up to 1800mhz... But thats a special sample!

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