Wednesday, April 18th 2012
MSI Radeon HD 7870 HAWK Edition Pictured
MSI is working on a bleeding-edge Radeon HD 7870 graphics card that is both factory-overclocked, and has room for more overclocking. Called the MSI R7870 HAWK, pictured below, the card uses custom-design PCB and cooling by MSI. The PCB is augmented with a revamped VRM that takes advantage of MSI's GPU Reactor module (which conditions power), the PCB also features consolidated voltage measurement points. It draws power from two 6-pin PCIe power connectors. The cooler is MSI's TwinFrozr 4, similar in design to the one featured on R7970 Lightning, albeit slightly smaller, and with less-loud dash of blue color. Although not specifically known, the card is expected to come with factory overclocked speeds, with additional overclocking headroom. More details are awaited.
Sources:
Guru3D (link died), PCGH
12 Comments on MSI Radeon HD 7870 HAWK Edition Pictured
PD: didn't see the whole pic xD
Can't wait for the lightning version!
We'll see if it gets replaced with the 7870 Hawk when the reviews come out :D
Lightning is reserved for the "enthusiast" GPUs i.e. Fastest single GPU
Hawk is aimed at "Performance" GPUs (think AMD 5770/6870 and NVIDIA 460/560) No, actually .. Russia :)