MSI Radeon R9 280X and R9 270X HAWK Pictured

There's something really interesting about release dates: they don't tend to stick, as I have learned about the availability date for AMD's R9/R7 video cards. Video cards like the ones MSI is customizing.

The folks at VideoCardz were kind enough to post a picture of them. And by “them” I mean the Radeon R9 280X Gaming and Radeon R9 270X HAWK graphics adapters. The photo comes from a PDF intended for distributors and retailers. Apparently, there will be two variants of the R9 280X Gaming, one with reference clocks and one with factory overclocking.

Meanwhile, the R9 270X HAWK will only be overclocked, and quite a lot too. The biggest overclock MSI has ever managed actually, if I'm reading things right. Too bad we have no numbers.