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MSI R6870 Hawk
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AMD Radeon HD 6870
Affordable Barts card built for mainstream 1080p gaming.
TeraScale 240nm151 W1 GB GDDR5
Released October 22, 2010MSRP $240
Performance
Base Clock900 MHz
Boost Clock900 MHz
Memory
Memory1 GB GDDR5
Bandwidth134 GB/s
Power
TDP151 W
Recommended PSU500 W
Form
Slot Width2 slots
Length240 mm
Interface2.1
Outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x Mini DisplayPort
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AMD Radeon HD 6870
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Graphics Card
Release DateOctober 22, 2010
SeriesHD 6000
Generation-
Predecessor Gen-
Successor Gen-
Launch Price$240
Bus Interface2.1
GPU Bus16
Slot Width2 slots
Length240 mm
RaytracingNot Supported
Graphics Processor
GPU NameBarts XT
ArchitectureTeraScale 2
FoundryTSMC
Process Size40nm
Outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x Mini DisplayPort
Clock Speeds and Power
Base Clock900 MHz
Boost Clock900 MHz
TDP151 W
Suggested PSU500 W
Power Connectors2x 6-pin
Memory & Rendering
Memory Clock1,050 MHz
Memory Size1 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5
Memory Bus256 bit
Memory Bandwidth134 GB/s
TMUS56
Shading Units1,120
ROPS32
Compute Units14
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