1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:06,160 This video is brought to you by the Corsair Vengeance K70 and K95. These 2 00:00:04,400 --> 00:00:09,360 fully mechanical keyboards are designed for performance gaming. Visit 3 00:00:07,759 --> 00:00:13,120 Corsair.com/Vengeance gaming to learn more. Tell me something. 4 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:16,880 Am I the only one who gets confused by AMD's naming scheme? Do you know how 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:20,640 many times I've had to reshoot part of a video because I was like, today we're 6 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:25,680 going to be having a look at the 7970 versus the 7790 or the 7770 or the 799. 7 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:31,920 I mean, they're all there's only two numbers that change. They should just 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:36,399 call him like the, you know, rejuvenator 9 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:38,879 and like the like the the the the 10 00:00:36,399 --> 00:00:43,600 Bushmaster or like things like that. They should have names like pocket 11 00:00:40,239 --> 00:00:46,719 knives. Anyway, this is the 7790, which 12 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:49,120 is slightly better than the 7770, but 13 00:00:46,719 --> 00:00:52,640 not nearly as good as the 7970. This is one from MSI. It is an overclocked 14 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:58,480 graphics card, which basically means that it comes with a higher default clock speed than a stock one from 15 00:00:56,719 --> 00:01:04,239 directly from AMD would if you could buy something like that and the year wasn't 16 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:06,000 sort of 2006. Um, it has 1 gig of GDDR5, 17 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:09,360 although this GPU is available with more memory, and I might recommend stepping 18 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:14,640 up to the 2 gig one if it doesn't cost that much more. It's uh PCI Express 3.0, 19 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:20,799 DirectX11. It supports AMD Infinity, all those good things. And here we are. So, 20 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:24,880 we've got a piece of foam here that keeps it in place. We've got a graphics 21 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:29,280 card here that puts your games in their place. And we've got a couple of little 22 00:01:27,439 --> 00:01:33,040 adapters. I remember when graphics cards used to have a lot of different stuff in 23 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:37,360 the packages. And honestly, I don't really miss those days because nowadays 24 00:01:35,439 --> 00:01:43,119 they come with exactly what you need and not a whole lot more. Now, this card is 25 00:01:40,479 --> 00:01:48,960 not based on exactly the same core as the 7770 and the 7750. And it's also not 26 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:54,240 based on the same core as the 7850 and the 7870. In fact, the rumor on the 27 00:01:51,439 --> 00:01:59,280 street is that this would have been an 8000 series card if things had gone 28 00:01:57,360 --> 00:02:04,000 slightly differently for it and it would have been more like a replacement for a 29 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:08,560 7770 as a next generation architecture. And it kind of aligns with that rumor in 30 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:12,640 terms of the performance. Although I can neither confirm nor deny whether that 31 00:02:10,640 --> 00:02:17,120 was ever true or not because quite frankly I actually don't know. So, there 32 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:20,560 you go. I don't even know why I bothered talking about that. MSI includes little 33 00:02:18,959 --> 00:02:26,480 dust covers on all of the connectors. So, you don't have to worry about any kind of corrosion or like um you know, 34 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:29,840 biohazardous leeches 35 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:32,879 eating the connectors while it's in transit or whatever else could possibly 36 00:02:31,440 --> 00:02:36,400 happen to a DVI connector while it's sitting in a box. Uh, it also gives you 37 00:02:34,800 --> 00:02:39,599 if you're ever storing the card, like if you want to keep it on like a trophy 38 00:02:38,319 --> 00:02:43,440 shelf, like if you want a tournament with this card and you wanted to like 39 00:02:41,599 --> 00:02:46,239 put it somewhere and keep it on display, then you could cover up the connectors 40 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:51,599 so that they don't get covered in dust or something like that. You know what? Why don't I just stay focused from now 41 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:56,560 on? So, we've got a 100 mm cooling fan that uses MSI's propeller blades. So, 42 00:02:54,560 --> 00:03:00,000 you can tell from the uh the tip on there. So, these are designed to push a 43 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:03,519 little bit more air flow than standard blades. Remember, cooling graphics cards 44 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:08,400 is a bit of a challenge because of the form factors that are necessary. This is 45 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:12,239 a two slot card and so you often end up using thin fans that aren't really able 46 00:03:10,159 --> 00:03:15,680 to do much in terms of static pressure. You also often end up with very dense 47 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:19,680 fin arrangements. So, it's incredibly important to design a fan that is able 48 00:03:17,599 --> 00:03:24,000 to deliver ample pressure in order to push air through these fins and actually 49 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:27,840 cool the GPU as well as the other components of the card itself. The 50 00:03:25,599 --> 00:03:31,200 shroud is plastic, but it has kind of a nice look to it. MSI has really done a 51 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:34,720 great job with their styling over the last few years. So, there's a solid 52 00:03:32,799 --> 00:03:38,560 aluminum block here that is attached to some aluminum fins up here. And then 53 00:03:37,040 --> 00:03:42,480 there are two heat pipes that appear to be direct touch heat pipes. So, those 54 00:03:40,319 --> 00:03:46,879 are contacting the GPU core directly. And they then carry heat out to the 55 00:03:44,239 --> 00:03:50,080 aluminum fin arrangement here as well as here. Now, you can see into the back of 56 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:55,840 the card there's some components that look like they're going to get some incidental cooling from the fan itself 57 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:59,120 as well as your single six pin PCI Express connector. Then over here we've 58 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:02,720 got another heat sink that's attached directly to the PCB. That's going to be 59 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:06,799 for your VRM. So they're actually bringing power into the board at the 60 00:04:04,319 --> 00:04:10,879 back and then turning it into the different voltages that the board itself 61 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:14,480 can use that the chips on board can use right over here. So that's some sort of 62 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:18,959 fancy routing, but it's not the first time we've seen this, particularly on 63 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:24,560 these shorter length PCI Express cards. So you can see the card itself isn't 64 00:04:20,799 --> 00:04:26,080 much longer than a PCI Express slot. And 65 00:04:24,560 --> 00:04:31,040 I think that's pretty much all there is to say about that. Okay. Cooler. Yep. On 66 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:35,280 the back, we find we're going to be exhausting some of the air outside the 67 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:37,919 case, but like most custom cooled cards, this one exhausts most of the air inside 68 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:42,720 the case. So, make sure you have adequate ventilation. Two DVI ports and 69 00:04:40,479 --> 00:04:47,280 HDMI and DisplayPort ports ensure that this card is able to support AMD's 70 00:04:44,560 --> 00:04:50,560 iinity. So, that means multiple displays, and they really do have the 71 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:54,800 best driver support for this guys. If you want a game across multiple 72 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:58,800 displays, it's probably a good idea to grab an AMD card. However, don't buy 73 00:04:57,120 --> 00:05:02,240 this one. If you're going to buy this one, buy the 2 gig version because even 74 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:06,400 older games once you start playing at extremely high resolutions stand a 75 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:09,759 pretty good chance of utilizing all of that video memory that they have 76 00:05:07,919 --> 00:05:13,360 available to them. 1 gig is really not going to be enough for you there. It 77 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:16,160 does support Crossfire. So, there's a single Crossfire connector on the top of 78 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,759 the card, meaning it's going to be compatible with two-way configurations. 79 00:05:18,479 --> 00:05:23,199 And this is something that I haven't really seen on an MSI card before, but 80 00:05:21,759 --> 00:05:27,759 it looks like they don't want you removing that stock CPU cooler. So, your 81 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:32,400 warranty will be void on this card if you remove that and take off the cooler. 82 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:36,080 However, it should be noted that these low-end cards, particularly the 83 00:05:34,080 --> 00:05:39,680 aftermarket PCB ones, are usually not compatible with liquid coolers anyway, 84 00:05:37,840 --> 00:05:44,240 particularly full cover ones. And if you're going to spend the money on a liquid cooler, a full cover blocks 100 85 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:48,880 bucks plus. So, I wouldn't be doing it on a card that doesn't cost that much 86 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:51,680 more than $1 to $170. 87 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:54,240 So, there that's my tech tip of the day. Don't forget to subscribe to Lana's Tech 88 00:05:53,039 --> 00:06:01,360 Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. And don't forget to check out my review of this card, 89 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:05,120 MSI's 7790C, 90 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:05,120 which is also on my channel.