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While we do not have anyone on the floor of CeBIT this year, manufacturers are showcasing several new products worth mentioning between now and Computex in June.&nbsp; MSI has sent over their EU contingent with a few new interesting products worth a mention and came back to us with an image deck.&nbsp; First up is the next in the line of mini-ITX sized graphics cards: the R9 270X Gaming ITX:</p>
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As with the GTX ITX cards we have seen from ASUS and MSI, MSI has transplanted the idea into the AMD range on the latest R9 2xx series.&nbsp; The GPU will feature a 1000 MHz core frequency, with 1050 MHz boost, along with 6GB GDDR5 (!?). &nbsp;The card in the image that says 6144 MB, which feels incorrect &ndash; MSI has some high memory capacity cards (4GB GTX 630 for example) but 6GB does seem like overkill.&nbsp; The card will have DisplayPort, HDMI 1.4 and dual DVI-I ports.&nbsp; Length for these cards is limited to 17cm, compliant with mITX specifications.</p>
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Also on display are some images of upcoming Intel motherboards.&nbsp; These might be related to the release of the Haswell CPU refresh we reported on recently:</p>
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There is not much to see &ndash; these motherboards must be in the final design stages before mass production.&nbsp; There are clearly M.2 slots on all the motherboards, suggesting the move away from mSATA based connectivity.&nbsp; It is hard to say if these are powered by one PCIe lane or two. &nbsp;There are a few ASMedia controllers dotted around, which look to be additional USB 3.0 ports or hubs. &nbsp;I have asked MSI for higher definition images and will update if we get some!</p>
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Source: MSI</p>
<div>Gallery: CeBIT 2014: MSI Shows New Intel Motherboards, R9 270X Gaming ITX<div></div></div></p><p align="center"><img src='http://dynamic1.anandtech.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=24&cb=322158384&n=a1f2f01f' border='0' alt='' /></p>

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