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AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition Specification

    GPU

    Manufacturer: AMD

    Specs status: Official

    GPU Series: Radeon HD 7000

    GPU Model: Tahiti XT2

    Fabrication Process: 28nm

    Compute Units: 32

    Stream Processors: 2048

    TMUs:128

    ROPs:32

    CARD

    Dimensions (inches): 11 / 4.2 / Dual-slot

    Display Outputs: 1 / 0 / 1 / 0 / 2 / 0

    SUPPORT

    Bus Support: PCI-E 3.0 x16

    DirectX Support: 11

    OpenGL Support: 4.2

    CLOCKS

    Core Clock: 1000 MHz

    Boost Clock: 1050 MHz

    Memory Clock: 1500 MHz

    Effective Memory Clock: 6000 MHz

    MEMORY

    Memory Size: 3072 MB

    Memory Type: GDDR5

    Memory Bus Type: 384-bit

    Memory Bandwidth: 288 GB/sec

    POWER

    Power Draw 250 W / – W

    Min Required PSU: 550 W

    Power Connectors: 1 x 8-pin / 1 x 6-pin

    Temperature: – C / 78 C / 39 C

    Noise Level: 42 dBA / 37 dBA

    PERFORMANCE

    3DMark11 Score P9200

    3DMark Vantage

    RELEASE

    Release Date: June 22th 2012

    Launch Price: $499

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