With AMD’s recent release of the AMD Radeon HD 6970, the gaming world is again revolutionized. This new piece of hardware is the top of the line in video cards. It boasts some incredible specifications and features that would have been unfathomable a few years earlier.
Some of these specs include:
UP to 880MHz Engine Clock
2GB GDDR5 Memory
1375MHz Memory Clock (5.5 Gbps GDDR5)
High Speed 256-bit GDDR5 memory interface
PCI Express 2.1 x16 bus interface
Impressive statistics for a video card that retails at around $369. An equally capable NVidia card, the GeForce GTX 570, can range from $400 to $450.
And with amazing features including:
“Eye-Definition” graphics
DirectX 11 Support
Up to 24x multi-sample and super-sample anti-aliasing
modes
AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology
AMD HD3D technology
Blu-ray 3D support
AMD CrossFireX™ multi-GPU technology (Dual, triple
or quad-GPU scaling)
HDMI 1.4a with Stereoscopic 3D
Integrated HD audio controller
AMD Catalyst™ graphics and HD video configuration
software
The AMD Radeon HD 6970 will be hard to surpass as the dominate graphics out on the market today.
