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Ride the Lightning - MSI R5870 Lightning

By Kenny Yeo - 25 Feb 2010
Launch SRP: S$679

3DMark Vantage Results

3DMark Vantage Results

Predictably, the MSI R5870 Lightning was the top performer on Vantage, but its scores were only about 1-3% higher than that of a stock Radeon HD 5870. The Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X, which is running on older Catalyst 9.10 driver pack, could not even outperform a stock Radeon HD 5870, which shows just how much the tremendous improvements the latest driver package from ATI can give. Still, this is just a synthetic benchmark, and it'll be interesting to see if things continue to remain this way.

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9.0
  • Performance 9
  • Features 9.5
  • Value 9
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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