Product comparison · 2 gpus

MSI R5830 TWIN FROZR II vs MSI R5870 Lightning

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Comparison of R5830 TWIN FROZR II, R5870 Lightning
21 specifications	A MSI R5830 TWIN FROZR II View product	B MSI R5870 Lightning View product
Processor1 differ
Maximum resolution	2560 x 1600 pixels	2560 x 1600 pixels
Processor frequencyDiffers	800 MHz	900 MHz
Graphics card RAMDAC	400 MHz	400 MHz
Memory1 differ
Discrete graphics card memory	1 GB	1 GB
Graphics card memory type	GDDR5	GDDR5
Memory bus	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speedDiffers	4000 MHz	4800 MHz
Ports & interfaces1 differ
Interface type	PCI Express 2.1	PCI Express 2.1
DVI-I ports quantityKnown for one	1	Unknown — not stated by the source
HDMI version	1.3	1.3
TV-outKnown for one	No	Unknown — not stated by the source
VGA (D-Sub) ports quantityDiffers	1	2
Performanceidentical
DirectX version	11	11
OpenGL version	3.2	3.2
HDCPKnown for one	Yes	Unknown — not stated by the source
Designidentical
Cooling type	Active	Active
Weight & dimensions2 differ
LengthDiffers	257 mm	277 mm
Depth	36 mm	36 mm
HeightDiffers	106 mm	126 mm
Other featuresidentical
Mac compatibility	No	No
HDMI	Yes	Yes

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