MSI Radeon HD 7870 HAWK 2GB GGDR5 PCIe

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Pros:

Factory Overclocked to 1100MHz, GPU Reactor for more Current Volume and Less Ripple, Military Grade Components, Voltage Leads for VDDCI, GPU, and Memory, Outstanding Overclock Potential, CrossFire Support.
Good performance increase, Overclocked out of the box, Some additional OC headroom left, Quiet in idle, Easy access to voltage monitoring points, Dual BIOS, Native fullsize HDMI output, Adds support for PCIExpress 3.0 and DirectX 11.1, Support for multiple independent audio streams...

Cons:

Fan gets Noisy at 100%
Noisy under load, Price too high to be competitive, Increased power consumption, GPU reactor eats into upper slot space, CCC Overdrive memory limits too low

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Last revision on April 30, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Factory Overclocked to 1100MHz, GPU Reactor for more Current Volume and Less Ripple, Military Grade Components, Voltage Leads for VDDCI, GPU, and Memory, Outstanding Overclock Potential, CrossFire Support
Good performance increase, Overclocked out of the box, Some additional OC headroom left, Quiet in idle, Easy access to voltage monitoring points, Dual BIOS, Native fullsize HDMI output, Adds support for PCIExpress 3.0 and DirectX 11.1, Support for multiple independent audio streams

Reviewers Didn't Like

Fan gets Noisy at 100%
Noisy under load, Price too high to be competitive, Increased power consumption, GPU reactor eats into upper slot space, CCC Overdrive memory limits too low

Expert reviews and ratings

IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to...

By Benchmark Reviews on June 12, 2012

AMD did a good job with their Radeon HD 7870. MSI's HD 7870 HAWK builds on that foundation and tries to create an overclocker's SKU that provides maximum performance and overclocking potential.Thanks to the 100 MHz overclock out of the box, the HD...

By techPowerUp! on May 01, 2012

The $300 to $400 range of video cards has become quite crowded as of late. If we can remember way back to March when AMD introduced their HD 7800 series of cards, and later that month we saw NVIDIA release their GTX 680 card. Even though NVIDIA...

By PCPer on July 19, 2012

Let's put some wrapping and a nice little bow on top of this review shall we? I really have to admit there isn't much to complain about with this card at all. If you forced me to say something bad about it I would have to say the Twin Frozr IV fans get...

By overclockers.com on May 16, 2012

With the arrival of a new high-end GPU, hardware enthusiasts immediately look forward to a MSI Lightning graphics card based on the new chip. That card, the R7970 Lightning, has been on the market for a couple of months now. Last week the manufacturer...

By uk.hardware.info on May 08, 2012

Final Words & Conclusion I always like what MSI does with their special edition graphics cards. Series like the Lightning, the HAWK... they are all killer cards. The R7870 in particular however I find to be exquisite... The PCB design and color...

By Guru of 3D on May 01, 2012

Hemos sometido a numerosas pruebas la MSI HD 7870 Hawk, y después de haber visto todo su potencial se ha de decir que hemos quedado realmente satisfechos. Comenzando por la gráfica en sí, nos ha gustado mucho su diseño, una tarjeta muy atractiva con...

By Sabios del PC on July 09, 2012

MSI nos presenta su tarjeta personalizada y diseñada por Massman para los especialistas en Overclock, se trata de nada más ni nada menos que de la MSI R7870 Hawk.Recuerden pónganse los cinturones, que el vuelo va a comenzar!!Producto cedido...

By profesionalreview.com on September 03, 2012

Mit der auf 1,1 GHz getakteten HD 7870 Hawk bietet MSI immerhin 10% Mehrtakt gegenüber dem Referenzmodell und gleichzeitig einen neuen TwinFrozr-Kühler mit recht interessanter Optik. Ob sich diese Frischzellenkur lohnt, soll unser Kurztest klären. ...

By Tom's Hardware on July 25, 2012

Desde MSI nos llega la todopoderosa R7870 HAWK , una gráfica que hará las delicias de los gamers más exigentes por su gran capacidad de overclocking. Hablamos pues de una AMD Radeon HD 7870 refinada por MSI con un sistema de refrigeración Twin Frozr IV ....

By elchapuzasinformatico.com on May 30, 2012

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