- Dec 15, 2014
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When I bought my first MSI lighting R9 290X it was pretty simple as that was all I found. now there are those LE cards floating around, and they look just like the normal ones. I want a normal MSI lighting as in the Higher class one ( faster factory clocks passes MSI tests and binned) as I need it to keep up with my current card. the word on the street it that the LE cards are not binned, and hence I am unwilling to risk a silicon lottery. I managed to get my core to 1375 easily and I want that to be the case for this card too.
The issue I am finding, is that there seems to be no way to tell the two apart without plugging one in.
As I am trying to save money, I am browsing ebay, and finding one that is listed as an LE, but the owner then notes that they ran out of LE cards and now are selling regular lightning cards for the same price. Now if this is true I have struck gold, but I would like to know if there is any way to spot the difference, as there is a return window, but I would like to be able to return it as fast as possible should it be a LE card.
Summing things up, can you tell the difference between LE and normal without plugging one in?
Is there anything in the box that will say it is an LE? anything on the outside of the box?
Thank you for your time.
Update: any one own a LE? anything different on it? it sounds like the LE cards have a much larger silicon lottery, and that is why I am am willing to spend more for a normal lightning.
The issue I am finding, is that there seems to be no way to tell the two apart without plugging one in.
As I am trying to save money, I am browsing ebay, and finding one that is listed as an LE, but the owner then notes that they ran out of LE cards and now are selling regular lightning cards for the same price. Now if this is true I have struck gold, but I would like to know if there is any way to spot the difference, as there is a return window, but I would like to be able to return it as fast as possible should it be a LE card.
Summing things up, can you tell the difference between LE and normal without plugging one in?
Is there anything in the box that will say it is an LE? anything on the outside of the box?
Thank you for your time.
Update: any one own a LE? anything different on it? it sounds like the LE cards have a much larger silicon lottery, and that is why I am am willing to spend more for a normal lightning.
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