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MSI Radeon HD 6970 Lightning 2 GB Review
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AMD's Radeon HD 6970 has been on the market for quite a while now. Recently we have seen an influx of new custom designs from many AIBs that build on the foundation laid out by the HD 6970 reference version but improve on points like overclocking, features or cooling.
MSI's Radeon HD 6970 Lightning is the company's flagship HD 6970 designed with gamers and overclockers in mind. Being offered at $370, the MSI HD 6970 Lightning is only marginally more expensive than the reference design which will help to make it attractive to buyers who would usually go with a cheap reference design.
| Radeon HD 6870 | Radeon HD 5870 | Radeon HD 6950 | GeForce GTX 570 | GeForce GTX 480 | Radeon HD 6970 | MSI HD 6970 Lightning | GeForce GTX 580 | Radeon HD 5970 | |
| Shader units | 1120 | 1600 | 1408 | 480 | 480 | 1536 | 1536 | 512 | 2x 1600 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 | 32 | 40 | 48 | 32 | 32 | 48 | 2x 32 |
| GPU | Barts | Cypress | Cayman | GF110 | GF100 | Cayman | Cayman | GF110 | 2x Cypress |
| Transistors | 1700M | 2154M | 2640M | 3000M | 3200M | 2640M | 2640M | 3000M | 2x 2154M |
| Memory Size | 1024 MB | 1024 MB | 2048 MB | 1280 MB | 1536 MB | 2048 MB | 2048 MB | 1536 MB | 2x 1024 MB |
| Memory Bus Width | 256 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 320 bit | 384 bit | 256 bit | 256 bit | 384 bit | 2x 256 bit |
| Core Clock | 900 MHz | 850 MHz | 800 MHz | 732 MHz | 700 MHz | 880 MHz | 940 MHz | 772 MHz | 725 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 1050 MHz | 1200 MHz | 1250 MHz | 950 MHz | 924 MHz | 1375 MHz | 1375 MHz | 1002 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Price | $220 | $270 | $290 | $350 | $400 | $360 | $370 | $500 | $580 |
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