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MSI Radeon HD 5870 Lightning (part number R5870 Lightning) Graphics Processing Unit for desktop market segment is based on ATI Radeon HD 5870, and built on 40 nm manufacturing process. The cards graphics frequency is 900 MHz. Furthermore, it has 1600 stream processors, 80 texture units, as well as 32 color ROPs. The Radeon HD 5870 Lightning embeds 1 GB of GDDR5 memory. Since the memory is clocked at 1.2 GHz, and utilizes 256 bit bus, the effective memory bandwidth is 153.6 GB/s. The GPU supports PCI Express 2.1 interface, and needs 2 slots on the motherboard. This model requires up to 188 Watt of power, which is the same as on the reference design.
More detailed specifications of the MSI Radeon HD 5870 Lightning graphics card you will find below.