WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:06.160 This video is brought to you by the Corsair Vengeance K70 and K95. These 00:00:04.400 --> 00:00:09.360 fully mechanical keyboards are designed for performance gaming. Visit 00:00:07.759 --> 00:00:13.120 Corsair.com/Vengeance gaming to learn more. Tell me something. 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 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 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. 00:00:24.240 --> 00:00:31.920 I mean, they're all there's only two numbers that change. They should just 00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:36.399 call him like the, you know, rejuvenator 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:38.879 and like the like the the the the 00:00:36.399 --> 00:00:43.600 Bushmaster or like things like that. They should have names like pocket 00:00:40.239 --> 00:00:46.719 knives. Anyway, this is the 7790, which 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:49.120 is slightly better than the 7770, but 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:52.640 not nearly as good as the 7970. This is one from MSI. It is an overclocked 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 00:00:56.719 --> 00:01:04.239 directly from AMD would if you could buy something like that and the year wasn't 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:06.000 sort of 2006. Um, it has 1 gig of GDDR5, 00:01:04.239 --> 00:01:09.360 although this GPU is available with more memory, and I might recommend stepping 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, 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:20.799 DirectX11. It supports AMD Infinity, all those good things. And here we are. So, 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 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 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:33.040 adapters. I remember when graphics cards used to have a lot of different stuff in 00:01:30.880 --> 00:01:37.360 the packages. And honestly, I don't really miss those days because nowadays 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 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 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 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:59.280 street is that this would have been an 8000 series card if things had gone 00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:04.000 slightly differently for it and it would have been more like a replacement for a 00:02:01.520 --> 00:02:08.560 7770 as a next generation architecture. And it kind of aligns with that rumor in 00:02:07.040 --> 00:02:12.640 terms of the performance. Although I can neither confirm nor deny whether that 00:02:10.640 --> 00:02:17.120 was ever true or not because quite frankly I actually don't know. So, there 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:20.560 you go. I don't even know why I bothered talking about that. MSI includes little 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, 00:02:24.720 --> 00:02:29.840 biohazardous leeches 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:32.879 eating the connectors while it's in transit or whatever else could possibly 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 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 00:02:38.319 --> 00:02:43.440 shelf, like if you want a tournament with this card and you wanted to like 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:46.239 put it somewhere and keep it on display, then you could cover up the connectors 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 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, 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 00:02:58.480 --> 00:03:03.519 little bit more air flow than standard blades. Remember, cooling graphics cards 00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:08.400 is a bit of a challenge because of the form factors that are necessary. This is 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 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:15.680 to do much in terms of static pressure. You also often end up with very dense 00:03:14.000 --> 00:03:19.680 fin arrangements. So, it's incredibly important to design a fan that is able 00:03:17.599 --> 00:03:24.000 to deliver ample pressure in order to push air through these fins and actually 00:03:22.080 --> 00:03:27.840 cool the GPU as well as the other components of the card itself. The 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 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:34.720 great job with their styling over the last few years. So, there's a solid 00:03:32.799 --> 00:03:38.560 aluminum block here that is attached to some aluminum fins up here. And then 00:03:37.040 --> 00:03:42.480 there are two heat pipes that appear to be direct touch heat pipes. So, those 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:46.879 are contacting the GPU core directly. And they then carry heat out to the 00:03:44.239 --> 00:03:50.080 aluminum fin arrangement here as well as here. Now, you can see into the back of 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 00:03:53.440 --> 00:03:59.120 as well as your single six pin PCI Express connector. Then over here we've 00:03:57.760 --> 00:04:02.720 got another heat sink that's attached directly to the PCB. That's going to be 00:04:01.040 --> 00:04:06.799 for your VRM. So they're actually bringing power into the board at the 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:10.879 back and then turning it into the different voltages that the board itself 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 00:04:13.040 --> 00:04:18.959 fancy routing, but it's not the first time we've seen this, particularly on 00:04:16.560 --> 00:04:24.560 these shorter length PCI Express cards. So you can see the card itself isn't 00:04:20.799 --> 00:04:26.080 much longer than a PCI Express slot. And 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 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:35.280 the back, we find we're going to be exhausting some of the air outside the 00:04:32.880 --> 00:04:37.919 case, but like most custom cooled cards, this one exhausts most of the air inside 00:04:36.880 --> 00:04:42.720 the case. So, make sure you have adequate ventilation. Two DVI ports and 00:04:40.479 --> 00:04:47.280 HDMI and DisplayPort ports ensure that this card is able to support AMD's 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:50.560 iinity. So, that means multiple displays, and they really do have the 00:04:48.800 --> 00:04:54.800 best driver support for this guys. If you want a game across multiple 00:04:52.560 --> 00:04:58.800 displays, it's probably a good idea to grab an AMD card. However, don't buy 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 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:06.400 older games once you start playing at extremely high resolutions stand a 00:05:04.080 --> 00:05:09.759 pretty good chance of utilizing all of that video memory that they have 00:05:07.919 --> 00:05:13.360 available to them. 1 gig is really not going to be enough for you there. It 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:16.160 does support Crossfire. So, there's a single Crossfire connector on the top of 00:05:14.960 --> 00:05:19.759 the card, meaning it's going to be compatible with two-way configurations. 00:05:18.479 --> 00:05:23.199 And this is something that I haven't really seen on an MSI card before, but 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:27.759 it looks like they don't want you removing that stock CPU cooler. So, your 00:05:25.520 --> 00:05:32.400 warranty will be void on this card if you remove that and take off the cooler. 00:05:30.400 --> 00:05:36.080 However, it should be noted that these low-end cards, particularly the 00:05:34.080 --> 00:05:39.680 aftermarket PCB ones, are usually not compatible with liquid coolers anyway, 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 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 00:05:45.840 --> 00:05:51.680 more than $1 to $170. 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 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, 00:05:58.320 --> 00:06:05.120 MSI's 7790C, 00:06:01.360 --> 00:06:05.120 which is also on my channel.