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Looks 940-950 is the max going by online reviews, which TBH is not bad at all.
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*****UK FIRST - Just Arrived MSI HAWK Super-OC 1000MHz Core Cards!*****
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It became pointless the moment the price tag got to above £200...
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On a plus the cooler looks really good
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I know, youde have to be out of your mind buying one of these for £223 when you can but a 470 for the same price lol maybe if you dont of a decent psu but even then aregular one will do similur clocks.
(typin on ps3)
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This is why this card is pointless imo,when the 470 is heavily overclocked its the winner
470 same price as hawk 460, 470 is faster both on stock. Both can be overclocked with 470 having a bigger room for it seen as 950 is average ceiling for hawks and I believe at such high overclock power consumption is equal to 470.
I think msi got overexcited with the hole 460's selling like hotcackes.
I think msi got overexcited with the hole 460's selling like hotcackes.
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But not guaranteed 
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They can, and I saw these on a certain guy called Linus's channel. And I really wouldn't mind of of these
Linus only did unboxing of the card, none tests were provided by him.
Bull****, have a read through 460s owners' thread, most seem to do 840-870 with voltage increases.
If you don't have a PSU able to power up a stock 470, don't even bother with overclocking the 460. A guy did a review of MSI Cyclone in these Forums and there are many reviews out there to prove that power consumption doubles with overclocking, no power savings for anyone who does voltage tweaks.
True, much more than a 5850 and stock for stock they're not comparable, overclocking-wise even 950MHz on core is "only" 40% overclock over a stock core. Plus the price matches a 470 which is ridiculous.
But not guaranteed
But it says 1GHz on the box
It's a very good card indeed, just not priced right. You can have two 460s 768MB for its price...
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To be fair MSI are not marketing the card with a possible 1000 core.
http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=130&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=2152
http://eu.msi.com/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=130&cat2_no=&cat3_no=&prod_no=2152
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You're right it looks like OCUK is trying to do their marketing for them.
Misleading title to the thread.
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1000MHz would be nice though.
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Well... I've ordered one!
And "yes" I know that I can't justify it when I could get a 470 for this price. But then again, if I wanted a 3KW fan heater, I would buy one (somewhat tongue in cheek here I have to say). And that most standard 460's clock pretty well anyway.
As the owner of a 260 GTX I most probably don't even need it for what I'm playing at the moment. But what the hell, I've had the BFG 260 GTX OC for the best part of 2 years now (appearing at a MM near you soon I suspect) and as it's my birthday in a month or so time... on the principle of "no pockets in a shroud" I pressed that "order it now" button.
Lets be honest folks... Whenever did "common sense" come into upgrading a PC? I shudder to think how much money I've "wasted" on PC components in the last 25 years + (yep... I'm that old).
I'll be VERY interested to see how this baby goes. Mind you, if I can't get 950MHz on the core without much hassle, then it might well be going back. As while getting 1 gig truly stable (anyone mention OCCT !?) is maybe going to be a bit hit and miss, from the revues I've read so far ... I think it's only fair to expect a fairly decent overclock. Just a shame at this money, that MSI do not appear to have cherry picked the GPU (well I can't find any mention that they have).
TBC as they say.
We live in interesting times.
PS. Certainly makes the Cyclone version look rather over priced.
PPS. Before trying to push this too far, I might take the precaution of switching my PSU into single rail mode.
And "yes" I know that I can't justify it when I could get a 470 for this price. But then again, if I wanted a 3KW fan heater, I would buy one (somewhat tongue in cheek here I have to say). And that most standard 460's clock pretty well anyway.
As the owner of a 260 GTX I most probably don't even need it for what I'm playing at the moment. But what the hell, I've had the BFG 260 GTX OC for the best part of 2 years now (appearing at a MM near you soon I suspect) and as it's my birthday in a month or so time... on the principle of "no pockets in a shroud" I pressed that "order it now" button.
Lets be honest folks... Whenever did "common sense" come into upgrading a PC? I shudder to think how much money I've "wasted" on PC components in the last 25 years + (yep... I'm that old).
I'll be VERY interested to see how this baby goes. Mind you, if I can't get 950MHz on the core without much hassle, then it might well be going back. As while getting 1 gig truly stable (anyone mention OCCT !?) is maybe going to be a bit hit and miss, from the revues I've read so far ... I think it's only fair to expect a fairly decent overclock. Just a shame at this money, that MSI do not appear to have cherry picked the GPU (well I can't find any mention that they have).
TBC as they say.
We live in interesting times.
PS. Certainly makes the Cyclone version look rather over priced.
PPS. Before trying to push this too far, I might take the precaution of switching my PSU into single rail mode.
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