The well-known in IT-maker Company MSI announced about appearance of new videoadapter based on GPU Tahiti XT chipset. Its diversity from the other Radeon HD 7970 can be seen with the naked eye, instead of an air cooler practically the entire surface of the PCB is covered with waterblock brand EK. It differs markedly from the original version, since it is designed specifically for the MSI R7970 Lightning model. Relation of adapter to the Lightning series is easily determined by the inscription at the interface connector PCI-E 3.0 x16, as well as non-standard set of video outputs (2x DVI, 4x Mini DisplayPort) and configuration of additional power connectors (2x PCI-E Power 8-pin).



Obviously, the accelerator is positioned as the Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition and has a nominal frequency of at least 1050 MHz. Will MSI risk, like Sapphire did, and provide the card with 6 GB of memory? Probably not. The «advanced» composition of the printed circuit board and water block of full coverage …

Enthusiasts may welcome the latest family of NZXT CPU liquid cooling systems, called Kraken M. The 120 mm NZXT Kraken M22 model has become the first sample of this series.



Speaking about the novelty we ought to distinguish the presence of two separate RGB backlighting channels (the NZXT logo and the water block rim are illuminated), manageable via the CAM brand software, which provides additional opportunities for outer appearance personalization.

 

The construction of NZXT Kraken M22 includes a water block of the 65 х 65 х 48 mm size with the copper base and the pump integrated (rotary speed equals 3,000 rpm), alongside with the aluminium heatsink (152 х 120 х 32 mm) with the 120 mm Aer P120 fan preinstalled. The device possesses 400 mm nylon-weave covered rubber tubes. The propeller can rotate at the 500–2000 rpm velocity, originating up to 21–36 dBA of noise.

 
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HIS is projecting to gladden all fans of highly efficient graphics cards with an indigenous design by introducing R9 280 IceQ X2 OC adapter. The new-comer differentiates itself primarily by a gold-shining coating and a factory overclocking. It is based on R9 280 Tahiti Pro GPU with dynamically heightened clock frequencies: 847 MHz/953 MHz (nominal/dynamic) against 827 MHz/933 MHz found in an etalon adapter from AMD.



HIS R9 280 IceQ X2 OC boasts 3 GB of GDDR5 video memory with 384-bit interface. It runs at the nominal 1250 MHz frequency, speeding up to an efficient index of 5.0 GHz frequency. Memory bandwidth makes up 240 Gb/sec. The integrated GPU features 1792 stream processors, 112 TMUs and 32 ROPs.


The card accommodates a couple of mini-DisplayPort video ports, as well as one HDMI and one DVI-I ports. This facilitates for the creation of multi-screen configurations. With the purpose to ensure the best image quality when working with exacting applications, the …