One of the cards that many of you have been awaiting is the MSI R9 290X Lightning. MSI has it on display at CES. The card has a MSI triple-fan solution and clearly is a triple-slot design. The MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning PCB features a 15+3+2 phase VRM that draws power from a trio of power connectors, which is a first for single-GPU graphics cards. 

MSI has not disclosed just yet when the card is to bee released, but a little birdy told me .. it won't be long. The MSI R9 290X Lightning is Hawaii XT GPU based, and that means a 2816 Stream Core GPU with 64 ROPs. Memory is the standard 4GB GDDR5 memory running over a 512-bit wide bus.

It has two 8-pin connectors, and a 6-pin -- yup three power connectors. Some other features include Triple Level Signals (load level LED indicators), Military Class 4 components, enhanced power design (Digital PWM) and TWIN Bios.

Display connectors include DVI connectors, and the usual DisplayPort and HDMI. The photo's are courtesy of Anandtech (see source link).

MSI R9 290X Lightning spotted at CES