The introduction of the next generation of graphics cards, the 7000 series, the Radeon HD 7970, which the striker should be noted, would early of January 9, 2012 to december 22, 2011. Also, more specifications of the card become known.
According to previous publications is the Radeon HD 7000-series, the 28nm-produced, new generation video cards from AMD, on January 9, introduced. That launch date would be three weeks early; the Radeon HD 7970 should already be on the 22nd of december to be introduced. That gives videokaartfabrikanten all the freedom to work on the CES in Las Vegas plenty of cards with the new gpu on board.
The Radeon HD 7970 would be about 2048 alu’s and 32 rop’s, and at 925MHz clocked. Via a 384bit-memory bus is 3GB of gddr5 memory is addressed and the map would be 3.5 tflops compute. The new card would be, compared to its predecessor, the HD 6970, roughly 50 percent better score on the field of tessellation. The power would be 300W amounts, but idle down to just 3W.
The referentieontwerp from AMD for the HD 7970 is also known. The card gets a new cooler, which is quieter and cooler, but retains the black-and-red design of the 6000 series. Is the map suitable for singleslot versions. The ports, a single dvi port, one hdmi port and two mini-displayports, sit in the lower slot of the card; in air-cooled cards, the second slot primarily a grid. Water cooled cards with a single slot.
