AMD Unveils The Radeon HD 6950 And HD 6970 Graphic Cards
Today, AMD has unveiled its next generation high-end graphics card the HD 6970 and HD 6950. Both these cards are the first to be based on the new Cayman architecture. The core of the HD 6950 runs at 800MHz and packs in 1408 stream processors along with 88 texture units and 32 ROPs. The 2GB GDDR5 memory of the GPU is running at 1.25GHz.
The elder sibling of the HD 6950 the HD 6970 packs in 1536 stream processors, 96 texture units and 32 ROPs. The core of the GPU is clocked at 880 MHz while the 2GB GDDR5 memory runs at 1.375 GHz. Both the cards have a 256-bit memory bus width. The cards also support AMD’s EyeInfinity technology.
The HD 6950 and the HD 6970 go on sale starting from today from third parties like Power Color, Sapphire and XFX. AMD has priced both these cards very competitively at only $299 and $369 for the HD 6950 and the HD 6970 respectively.
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Mistake!
“The core of the HD 6950 runs at 800MHz and packs in 1408 stream processors along with 88 texture units and 32 ROPs. The 2GB GDDR5 memory of the GPU is running at 1.25GHz.”
“The elder sibling of the HD 6970 – the HD 6950 packs in 1536 stream processors, 96 texture units and 32 ROPs. The core of the GPU is clocked at 880 MHz while the 2GB GDDR5 memory runs at 1.375 GHz.”
In both you have specified the tech specs for HD6950 :P It should be “The elder sibling of the HD 6950 – the HD6970 packs in 1536…”
Thanks for pointing out the mistake Udit! :)