Podcast #156 - AMD FirePro V7900 and V5900, MSI R6970 Lightning, Intel i7-990x and more!
Subject: Editorial, General Tech | May 26, 2011 - 02:04 PM | Ken Addison
Tagged: R6970, podcast, nvidia, Intel, firepro, amd, 990x, 990fx
PC Perspective Podcast #156- 5/26/2011
This week we talk about the AMD FirePro V7900 and V5900, MSI R6970 Lightning, Intel i7-990x,Viewer questions and more!
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Program Schedule:
- 0:00:45 Introduction
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- 0:01:45 AMD FirePro V7900 and V5900 Professional Graphics Review
- 0:05:25 MSI R6970 Lightning Review: A Supercharged AMD Radeon HD 6970
- 0:16:35 This Podcast is brought to you by MSI
Computer , and their all new Sandy Bridge Motherboards! - 0:17:20 Intel Core i7-990X Gulftown Processor and DX58SO2 Motherboard Review
- 0:22:30 NVIDIA GTX 560 Review Coming soon
- 0:24:36 Cray Announces AMD Bulldozer CPU and NVIDIA Tesla GPU Supercomputer Capable of 50 Petaflops
- 0:27:38 Sneak Peak at the MSI 990FXA-GD65
- 0:30:13 ASUS Sabertooth Motherboard Supporting 990FX Chipset Pictured
- 0:32:33 Email from Jeff about Bulldozer leaks
- 0:36:00 Revisiting quad-gpus and the Law of Diminishing Returns
- 0:39:58 Leaking Llano and Bulldozer prices
- 0:43:57 Corsair Hydro H80 and H100 Water Coolers On The Horizon
- 0:46:30 Email from Bernie about desktop standby mode
- 0:51:05 Email from Jesse about overclocking temps
- 0:53:40 Hardware / Software Pick of the Week
- Ryan: Lucid Virtu - its working
- Jeremy: Remember Action Quake? How 'bout a little Action Half Life 2, still less buggy than your average commercial release and better supported.
- Josh: DiRT 3: Love it.
- 0:59:30 THIS JUST IN: Asus ROG Matrix GeForce GTX 580 Graphics Card Details Leaked
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- 1:02:00 Closing
MSI R6970 Lightning: High Speed, Low Drag
MSI has been on a tear as of late with their video card offerings. The Twin Frozr II and III series have all received positive reviews, people seem to be buying their products, and the company has taken some interesting turns in how they handle overall design and differentiation in a very crowded graphics marketplace. This did not happen overnight, and MSI has been a driving force in how the video card business has developed.
Perhaps a company’s reputation is best summed up by what the competition has to say about them. I remember well back in 1999 when Tyan was first considering going into the video card business. Apparently they were going to release a NVIDIA TnT-2 based card to the marketplace, and attempt to work their way upwards with more offerings. This particular project was nixed by management. A few years later Tyan attempted the graphics business again, but this time with some ATI Radeon 9000 series of cards. Their biggest seller was their 9200 cards, but they also offered their Tachyone 9700 Pro. In talking with Tyan about where they were, the marketing guy simply looked at me and said, “You know, if we had pursued graphics back in 1999 we might be in the same position that MSI is in now.”
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