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I am waiting too. Your avatar looks great! I am anticipating BBQ season which is just around the corner!

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I am waiting too. Your avatar looks great! I am anticipating BBQ season which is just around the corner!

Around the corner? It is always BBQ season. I grill with snow on the ground.

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Corsair Air 540 | Asus Maximus VIII Formula | Intel 6700K @4.6 GHz | 32GB DDR4 3200
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB | EVGA GTX 980 Ti Classified | Creative Sound Blaster Z
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Zowie EC1-A | Logitech G15 | Razer Nostromo | Windows 10 Pro x64

I have given up on ASUS card, I am too afraid of issues with VRM long term. Not worth investing in a more expensive card, and have more issues then reference design.

I also do not want to have the "coil whine or click", seems every OEM went cheap on reference and imroperly insulated the coils and you can hear them, even youtube vids on some being that bad.

MSI has shown the new 7970 lightning but not released it. I also have no info other then rumors on the 6GB card, every bit on info I read shows 3GB only. MSI has not offically announced the new lighting, it uses a new revision of their TF cooler. I am now waiting, but my eyefinity is down now, I have 3xDP monitors and a DP port died on my exsisting 6970, and I need to use DP for my 24' "wings" as they are DP monitors, only my middle 27' has DVI.

I have terrible luck sometimes.

I will RMA the card when I replace it then sell it.

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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."

I think I am going to stay away from this card also. I found this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBwDvhnaUzA of the MSI Lightning. It looks pretty nice.

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Corsair Air 540 | Asus Maximus VIII Formula | Intel 6700K @4.6 GHz | 32GB DDR4 3200
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB | EVGA GTX 980 Ti Classified | Creative Sound Blaster Z
Sennheiser HD 598 SE | Zalman Zm-Mic1 | Corsair HX1000i | Dell U3415W | Dell U2715H
Zowie EC1-A | Logitech G15 | Razer Nostromo | Windows 10 Pro x64

I found the following thread on SIMHQ today that indicates TSMC may have shut down their 28nm production line about 3 weeks ago!

Quote: "Very roughly 3 weeks ago, it is rumored, TSMC shut down the 28nm production line(s). The cause is not known. TSMC is saying "all will be well"."

SEE: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/3534568/TSMC_Shuts_Down_28nm_Productio.html#Post3534568

SEE: http://semiaccurate.com/2012/03/07/tsmc-suddenly-halts-28nm-production/

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I think I am going to stay away from this card also. I found this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBwDvhnaUzA of the MSI Lightning. It looks pretty nice.

Yep looks really slick, it is my next card for sure.

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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."

I am considering it as well! I have all of my new PC parts except for the G-Card. I am tired of waiting for ASUS DC2T and reading about its issues. I want a single G-card with three identical monitor connections, preferably DisplayPort but Mini DisplayPort will do. I will have to buy adapters though.

The weather was great here in the Great White North today! Felt almost like spring. :)

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NEW SYSTEM: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme, Intel i7-3930K, ASUS Rampage IV Extreme, ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Corsair AX1200 PSU, Western Digital 2TB HDD, OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD, 3X Dell U2410, Corsair Obsidian 800D, Corsair H100 CPU cooler, Windows 7 Pro, Corsair Vengeance K90 keyboard, Logitech G9X mouse, 32 GB (8X4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws, ASUS DVD R/W & Blu-ray R/W, Thrustmaster T500RS Wheel & Pedals, Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog, Saitek Pro Flight Yoke & Instrument Panels, RailDriver

I placed an order for one ASUS HD7970-DC2T today at newegg.ca after receiving a notice it is now in stock. Order confirmation came in via email. It should ship within 24-48 hours. I hope I get a new improved version! :)

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NEW SYSTEM: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme, Intel i7-3930K, ASUS Rampage IV Extreme, ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Corsair AX1200 PSU, Western Digital 2TB HDD, OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD, 3X Dell U2410, Corsair Obsidian 800D, Corsair H100 CPU cooler, Windows 7 Pro, Corsair Vengeance K90 keyboard, Logitech G9X mouse, 32 GB (8X4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws, ASUS DVD R/W & Blu-ray R/W, Thrustmaster T500RS Wheel & Pedals, Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog, Saitek Pro Flight Yoke & Instrument Panels, RailDriver

I placed an order for one ASUS HD7970-DC2T today at newegg.ca after receiving a notice it is now in stock. Order confirmation came in via email. It should ship within 24-48 hours. I hope I get a new improved version! :)

Please report back once you get things up and running. I am curious what the VRM temps are I have seen reports in excess of 100C. Good luck.

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Corsair Air 540 | Asus Maximus VIII Formula | Intel 6700K @4.6 GHz | 32GB DDR4 3200
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB | EVGA GTX 980 Ti Classified | Creative Sound Blaster Z
Sennheiser HD 598 SE | Zalman Zm-Mic1 | Corsair HX1000i | Dell U3415W | Dell U2715H
Zowie EC1-A | Logitech G15 | Razer Nostromo | Windows 10 Pro x64

Will do. The out of stock notice went up about 3 hours after the notification came to me. I was very lucky to get my order submitted and accepted. Now I hope I am lucky enough to get a good version of this G-card.

I also picked up my new Hyundai Santa Fe today! My wife and I both like it a lot over our 9 year old Montana van. Plan to keep it for the next 10 years. :)

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NEW SYSTEM: ASUS Rampage IV Extreme, Intel i7-3930K, ASUS Rampage IV Extreme, ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Corsair AX1200 PSU, Western Digital 2TB HDD, OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD, 3X Dell U2410, Corsair Obsidian 800D, Corsair H100 CPU cooler, Windows 7 Pro, Corsair Vengeance K90 keyboard, Logitech G9X mouse, 32 GB (8X4GB) G.Skill Ripjaws, ASUS DVD R/W & Blu-ray R/W, Thrustmaster T500RS Wheel & Pedals, Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog, Saitek Pro Flight Yoke & Instrument Panels, RailDriver