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Ride the Lightning - MSI R5870 Lightning
Launch SRP: S$679
Crysis Warhead & Far Cry 2 Results
Crysis Warhead & Far Cry 2 Results
On Crysis Warhead, the 50MHz bump on the MSI R5870 Lightning gave it a minor lead over a stock Radeon HD 5870. Against the Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X, there was nary a difference.
Far Cry 2 served up the some surprises. While the MSI R5870 Lightning was faster than a stock Radeon HD 5870, both cards (Catalyst 10.2) were slightly slower than the Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X (Catalyst 9.10). But it has to be said that the difference is negligible.
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The Verdict
The Good
Loads of high-end features
Effective cooler
Impressive overclocking performance
The Bad
Memory overclocking is poor.
Stock clock speeds are a tad conservative.
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