MSI R7870 Hawk

The MSI R7870 HAWK which features the Twin Frozr IV heatsink, a custom designed PCB and uses the GPU-Reactor overclocking module for an addition power supply. The card features a 100% Non-reference PCB design equipped with MSI’s Unlocked Digital Power VRM and Military Class III Components. MSI also fits the Twin Frozr IV heatsink on top of the card which is the latest entry in the Twin Frozr lineup. This cooler was previously on the 7970 lightning. Specs wise, The card pretty much retains the reference  2GB GDDR5 (256-bit) memory and comes with 1x DVI, 1x HDMI and 2 Display ports while power is fed through dual 6-Pin connector. Considering this a non-reference model, Factory overclocks on the memory and core are expected to be included. For overclocking enthusiasts, there are V-check points with which you can check the voltages of the GPU, memory or VDDCI through a multimeter and overclocking support through MSI’s afterburner app is included. This card also has capabilities of the GPU reactor. A small overclocking module which  increases current volume by 88%, reduces power supply noise by 13% acting as a mini power supply which allows for better stability while overclocking.

Source: Wccftech

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Tech update for 11/1/2012

Last week was cebit 2012. first in line is EVGA finally announced their Classified SR-X motherboard, this is a dual Xeon LGA 2011 motherboard. it has 7 pcie slots capable of 4 way SLI and CrossfireX. it also has a dual 6 phase PWM and has 12 DDR3 dimm slots.

Source: Techpowerup


MSI shown their full lineup of ivy bridge based motherboards. for now the MSI Z77-AGD80 is the most high end board they can offer. these motherboards feature military class iii components certified with MIL-STD-810G, OC Genie II, Clck Bios II and PCI Express 3.0

one of the killer features of the MSI Z77A-GD80 is the fact that there is a thunderbolt port which has transfer speeds of up to 10 Gb/s and can also be a display out

The thunderbolt port is below the D-Sub connector

Source: Techpowerup, Techpowerup via Hardwareinfo

Meet the Asrock Extreme 11, this motherboard is the best board Asrock can give on the X79 chipset. this board has a 16+2 power phase design and a pair of 8 pin 12v power connector. has dual ehternet ports as well as molex power for PCI express lanes. this board has two PLX chips. 14 sata ports; 4 of them are sata 3, 6Gb/s. this board has 2 internal usb 3.0 headers with  a total of 8 usb 3.0 ports including the ones at the rear I/O.

Source: Vr-Zone

Finally is the MSI R7970 Lightning edition. this may just be the best card out there. this card not only performs fast but also has a very sleek look to it. this card has military class III components, 2048 Shader Units, a 384-bit memory interface, 3 GB of GDDR5 VRAM, Eyefinity 6 support, plus two DVI and four mini DisplayPort outputs.

The cutout behind the backplate is for the Reactor core

 Source: Techpowerup

 Stay tuned for another update about Asus Lineup of intel 7 series chipset