GTX 470 AND MSI Eclipse SLI

hi,
I got a msi eclipse sli  mobo and i going to upgrade my sapphire hd 4870 512mb to a gtx 470.
but why should i buy an msi gtx 470, does the card make a special connection with the mobo so it performs better than when i would put in an EVGA card ??

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but why should i buy an msi gtx 470
Probably because it is cool to have as much MSI Components in the system as possible (it is a corporate identity kind of thing). 
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does the card make a special connection with the mobo
Not really.
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so it performs better than when i would put in an EVGA card
The performance depends on the cards specs.  If the MSI Version has better specifications (more memory, slightly overclocked etc.), it may perform better than the EVGA Card.  If the cards are identical there is no reason to believe that one would be faster then the other.

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    Starting a new thread to avoid totally hijacking another thread talking about almost the same symptoms here.
    My original post:
    Quote from: Smoke on 05-April-09, 12:43:21
    I get this same situation.. except the event viewer doesnt state anything.
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    Quote from: AaronYuri on 05-April-09, 12:56:57
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    Quote from: Smoke on 05-April-09, 20:46:53
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    Quote from: NovJoe on 05-April-09, 23:37:33
    smoke,
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    IOH temps are as I said, around 80 at startup but rise to at least 87 under load, but not really much further that Ive seen.
    CPU temps are very low with the dual-fan TRUE 120 heatsink. I havet seen it go above 35C with a reasonably heavy processing load. Usually sits about 0-2C above ambient at most when idle.
    System temps get to about 40 under load, or around 27-35 under regular usage, but Im not quite sure what thats measuring the temp of on the board.
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    ok, should I label this possibly as solved?
    I followed MSI's advice and checked through on drivers. Ive got totally up to date drivers, but nvidia just put out a .5  driver update (i mean, its increased the driver version by .50) and so I updated to that. I still got a sft reboot on testing, so no real joy.
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    3) I did try to swap out the ssd last night, but the system kept soft rebooting while installing the OS on the spin drive. SO I gave up. Seems the ssd isnt a drawback under the new bios tho (assuming it even was a cause earlier).
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  • Is there a big difference between MSI K8N SLI and MSI K8N SLI Platinum motherboa

    i am a bit tight on budget, so I was wondering if I should get the MSI K8N SLI motherboard instead of the MSI K8N SLI Platinum motherboard (my previous choice),.......what do u guys say ?

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    Hello !
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  • MSI Eclipse SLI don't detect X-FI on vista x64 sp2, but XP detect it right

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  • Does MSI ECLIPSE SLI SUPPORT

    Hi
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    i want to know is my mobo MSI ELCIPSE SLI support intel new processer Corei7 2600K or not?
    No. The i7 2xxx series are 1155 socket & the X58's are 1366.

  • MOVED: SLI won't stay available on MSI Eclipse SLI mobo with 2 EVGA GTX 280s

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  • MSI Eclipse SLI and OCZ Reaper 1866MHz memory OC

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    Quote from: sp4wners on 15-September-09, 23:25:30
    Also if I want to overclock my CPU should I change something on that switch on the motherboard? I think it's called CPU_CLK1 the red one with white switches.
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    I tried to set them at 1600MHz 8-8-8-28 (crash) 9-9-9-28 (crash) :/ And I need some help with CPU.
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    Quote from: sp4wners on 15-September-09, 23:25:30
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  • Msi eclipse sli 7520 voltage problem above 25x

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