Miracles from the sky: MSI 5870 Lightning and MSI 5850 Cyclone
CES news is next episode, this time with MSI’s new high-end, very fine-tuned modified video cards.
While there is huge interest in NVIDIA with Fermi at CES, interesting innovations are also emerging on the Radeon line. Examples include the two redesigned high-end ATI cards, the R5870 Lightning and R5850 Cyclone, and the designer and constructor is MSI. It’s been quite a while now since the 5800 series came out, with more and more manufacturers expected to come up with custom solutions like MSI.
Going back to the cards: the physical build of both models used components that also met military industry standards (Hi-C capacitors, iron core coils, solid electrolytic capacitors), the memory is still 1GB GDDR5. The R5850's Cyclone GPU includes a 1440 stream processor, which is kept cool by a two-slot cooling solution equipped with an 8 cm fan, the R5870 naturally has 1600 shades for cooling and the Twin Frozr II uses a dual-fan dual SuperPipe for cooling. solution is responsible.
The redesigned Radeon HD 5870 is powered by a 12-phase power supply, has V-check points for easy measurements, has an elevated printed circuit board, and requires two 8-pin PCI Express power connectors to operate (the reference model can accommodate two 6-pin), providing extra power to the for aggressive tuning. Both MSI Radeons will arrive with factory-raised clocks within a few weeks, the exact values and purchase prices are not yet known.
