Testseek.com have collected 79 expert reviews of the MSI Radeon HD 7970 R7970 Lightning 3GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 90%. Scroll down and see all reviews for MSI Radeon HD 7970 R7970 Lightning 3GB GDDR5 PCIe.
June 2012
(90%)
79 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Abstract: Since the inception of the MSI Lightning brand it's been a favourite with enthusiasts. Higher frequencies, better cooling and best-in-class power delivery, what's not to like?This is the best performance AMD card on the market. The Lightning 7970...
Abstract: MSI to unveil 10th Anniversary GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Lightning But before that happens - A Trip Down memory laneAt Computex 2019 starting in a week or two, MSI will release a 10th Anniversary Lightning edition of their graphics cards. Ten years of releasing...
ASUS makes some really nifty cards. The DirectCU II products compare very favorably to the other non-reference designs from MSI, Galaxy, and others. These are nice products that do not break the bank, but are clearly ahead of reference designs in cooling,...
Abstract: Producing a unique graphics card with not just pre-overclocked frequencies and an original cooler, but also with a custom PCB, enhanced power system and extended functionality is a matter of corporate pride. Such products do not enjoy high demand becau...
Large performance increase, Overclocked out of the box, Lots of additional OC headroom left, Four mini-DisplayPort outputs, Quiet in idle, Software voltage control & monitoring, Easy access to voltage monitoring points, Dual BIOS, Support for PCI-Express
No support for Dual-link DVI, Very noisy fan in 3D, Huge power consumption, High price, GPU reactor eats into upper slot space
MSI's Radeon HD 7970 Lightning is a beautfully engineered custom implementation of the AMD HD 7970. It shows what can be achieved when focusing on pure performance and overclocking potential. Thanks to the increased clock speeds out of the box the HD 7...
The MSI R7970 Lighting is a well designed video card that is faster than any other Radeon HD 7970 out of the box and it still has a ton of overclocking headroom left in it! ...
Final Words & Conclusion MSI designed a terrific card with the new Lightning. If you want something really special, look no further. It has it all, the looks, the very nice factory overclock, the (relatively) low power consumption, downright excellen...
I really became impressed by MSI video cards when the Super-Pipe GTX 285 was released all those years ago. Last year's batch of Lightning cards impressed me even more. I was waiting to be blown away by this year's example. Perhaps I was expecting too much...
Ultimate GPU overclocking, Very Good packaging, Excellent cooling performance and looks, Very Quiet,
No Dual Link DVI Support, Power Hungry
First let's get the bad news out of the way.By not including a DualLink DVI port MSI have abandoned those who use a large monitor. We would be happy to overlook this if an included Active DVI-Displayport adapter was included in the package but sadly i...
MSI's Radeon HD 7970 Lightning is an engineering masterpiece as Lightning cards have always been For normal users out of the box the card will offer 8 % more performance over the stock clocked HD 7970 For extreme overclockers the real potential of this c...
