MSI R5870 Lightning review

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MSI R5870 Lightning

First up, the photo-shoot. Okay, this is the part where we move away from the technical stuff for a minute and move on to the product photo-shoot followed by initial tests on heat, power consumption and noise levels.

MSI R5870 Lightning

We'll start off with the packaging and bundle, MSI's bundle software wise is a little sober really. You need to seek the extra's in the hardware itself. You'll receive:

  • One Radeon HD 5870 Lightning editionĀ  with 1024MB GDDR5 memory
  • DVI to VGA Dongle x 1
  • Crossfire bridge x 1
  • Manual
  • Driver CD
  • Voltage monitor point extenders x 3
  • 6 to 8-pin PEG power connector converters x 2
  • HDMI cable
  • AfterBurner Overclock software

MSI R5870 Lightning

So as you can see, here we have the Radeon HD 5870 as supplied by MSI. Such a lovely card to look at really.

MSI R5870 Lightning

Nice black PCB, cool looking cooler with two 80mm fans and some nice connectivity -- gold plated.

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