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Launch Dates:

^{AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series}
AMD Radeon 6990 Launch = REVIEWS | RELEASED!
AMD Radeon 6970 Launch = REVIEWS | RELEASED!
AMD Radeon 6950 Launch = REVIEWS | RELEASED!

^{AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series}
AMD Radeon 6870 Launch = REVIEWS | RELEASED!
AMD Radeon 6850 Launch = REVIEWS | RELEASED!

^{AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series}
AMD Radeon 6790 Launch = REVIEWS | RELEASED!
AMD Radeon 6770 Launch = RELEASED!
AMD Radeon 6750 Launch = RELEASED!
AMD Radeon 6670 Launch = RELEASED!
AMD Radeon 6570 Launch = RELEASED!
AMD Radeon 6450 Launch = REVIEWS | RELEASED!


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AMD Radeon 6990:



• Core Clock: 830MHz
• Process: 40nm
• Memory Capacity: 4GB (2GB X 2)
• Memory Clock: 5000MHz
• Memory Type: GDDR5
• Memory Interface: 512-bit (256-bit X 2)
• Unified Stream Processors: 3072 (1536 X 2)
• Standard DirectX Version: 11.0
• Display Connectors: 1x DVI, 4x Mini DisplayPort (MiniDP)
• Power Connector(s): Two 8-Pin PCI-E Connectors


AMD Radeon 6970:



• Core Clock: 880MHz
• Process: 40nm
• Memory Capacity: 2GB
• Memory Clock: 5500MHz
• Memory Type: GDDR5
• Memory Interface: 256-bit
• Unified Stream Processors: 1536
• Standard DirectX Version: 11.0
• Display Connectors: 2x DVI, 2x Mini DisplayPort (MiniDP), 1x HDMI
• Power Connector(s): One 6-Pin and one 8-Pin PCI-E Connector


AMD Radeon 6950:



• Core Clock: 800MHz
• Process: 40nm
• Memory Capacity: 2GB
• Memory Clock: 5000MHz
• Memory Type: GDDR5
• Memory Interface: 256-bit
• Unified Stream Processors: 1408
• Standard DirectX Version: 11.0
• Display Connectors: 2x DVI, 2x Mini DisplayPort (MiniDP), 1x HDMI
• Power Connector(s): Two 6-Pin PCI-E Connectors


AMD Radeon 6870:



• Core Clock: 900MHz
• Process: 40nm
• Memory Capacity: 1GB
• Memory Clock: 4200MHz
• Memory Type: GDDR5
• Memory Interface: 256-bit
• Unified Stream Processors: 1120
• Standard DirectX Version: 11.0
• Display Connectors: 2x DVI, 2x Mini DisplayPort (MiniDP), 1x HDMI
• Power Connector(s): Two 6-Pin PCI-E Connectors



AMD Radeon 6850:



• Core Clock: 775MHz
• Process: 40nm
• Memory Capacity: 1GB
• Memory Clock: 4000MHz
• Memory Type: GDDR5
• Memory Interface: 256-bit
• Unified Stream Processors: 960
• Standard DirectX Version: 11.0
• Display Connectors: 2x DVI, 2x Mini DisplayPort (MiniDP), 1x HDMI (Can vary between manufacturers)
• Power Connector(s): One 6-Pin PCI-E Connector

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AMD Radeon HD 6990 Slide Deck http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=12928549&postcount=7408
Press shots AMD Radeon HD 6990 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=12924906&postcount=7389
AMD Radeon HD 6990 "Antilles" Sneek Peek http://www.hardocp.com/article/2011/02/26/amd_radeon_hd_6990_antilles_sneek_peek
AMD Asia Pacific Fusion Tech Day (6990) http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=12810277#post12810277
AMD Radeon HD 6990 "Antilles" caught on camera http://www.nordichardware.com/news/...deon-hd-6990-qantillesq-caught-on-camera.html
AMD Radeon HD 6950 to HD 6970 Mod http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/overclocking/vidcard/159
AMD Radeon HD 6970 Pictures Leaked http://vr-zone.com/articles/amd-radeon-hd-6970-pictures-leaked/10461.html
AMD Radeon HD 6970 priced $450; releasing December 15th http://vr-zone.com/articles/report-amd-radeon-hd-6970-priced-450-releasing-december-15th/10442.html
AMD HD 6950 works at 800MHz http://fudzilla.com/graphics/item/21175-amd-hd-6950-works-at-800mhz
Cayman is a 2.64 billion transistor chip http://fudzilla.com/graphics/item/21171-cayman-is-a-264-billion-transistor-chip
Radeon HD 6970 runs at 880MHz http://fudzilla.com/graphics/item/21155-radeon-hd-6970-runs-at-880mhz
Architecture up for Radeon HD 6970 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=12574751&postcount=4379
Radeon HD 6970 Launch May Face Delays http://www.techpowerup.com/134120/Radeon-HD-6970-Launch-May-Face-Delays.html
AMD Radeon HD 6970 Pictured: http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=12506960&postcount=3884
AMD Radeon HD 6970 already benchmarked? http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=27110
Guru3D benchmarks leaked, review goes up early http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=12445452&postcount=2420
More Slides Leaked, Complete Spec's and Details http://www.computerbase.de/news/har...-bilder-informationen-und-preise-zur-hd-6800/
Radeon HD 6870, 6850 Press Photo's break cover http://techreport.com/discussions.x/19829
AMD Radeon HD 6850 and 6870 Video Card Preview http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1444/1/
XFX Radeon HH68XX Series Internal Slides Leaked http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=12425148&postcount=1682
Cayman PRO is 6950, XT is 6970 http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/item/20513-cayman-pro-is-6950-xt-is-6970
HD 6850 gets 50MHz faster, 775MHz is the clock http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/item/20514-hd-6850-gets-50mhz-faster-775mhz-is-the-clock
XFX Radeon HD 6870 Smiles for the Camera http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=12418722&postcount=1524
Radeon HD 6870 card captured in the nude http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=12418722&postcount=1524
Radeon HD 6850 & HD 6870 get listed, real clocks confirmed? http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=12418722&postcount=1524
22nd October launch for AMD Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850; retail availability expected http://vr-zone.com/articles/22nd-oc...-6850-retail-availability-expected/10065.html
Radone HD6850 Pictured, Plus 3DMark Vantage 6870/6850 Performance Scores http://www.xfastest.com/cms/tid-52081/
Radeon 6000 series naming and possible rename: http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/2294/rebrand6000.jpg
Radeon 6850 Performance & Price Information http://hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1552585
AMD Radeon HD 6870 pictured, can control five monitors http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/...paign=Feed:+tcmagazine+(Techconnect+Magazine)
AMD Radeon HD 6000 Card Pictured http://vr-zone.com/articles/amd-radeon-hd-6000-card-pictured/10018.html
AMD Radeon HD 6870 and 6850 launches on October 18th http://www.nordichardware.com/news/...d-6870-and-6850-launches-on-october-18th.html
HD 6000 series Actually on track? http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/item/20331-hd-6000-series-reportedly-pushed-back-to-november
AMD to delay the launch of Radeon HD 6000 series http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100927PD228.html
AMD's 6870 coming in November http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/09/24/amds-6870-coming-november
Radeon HD 6000 launch in late October http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/item/20275-radeon-hd-6000-launch-in-late-october
AMD Barts XT (HD 6770) faster than HD 5850 http://vr-zone.com/articles/-rumour-amd-barts-xt-hd-6770-faster-than-hd-5850/9931.html
AMD Radeon HD 6700 Specification Chart leaked http://vr-zone.com/articles/-rumour-amd-radeon-hd-6700-specification-chart-leaked/9936.html
AMD's upcoming "Barts" XT card pixellized http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/graphics/graphics/amd-barts-xt-card-pixellized
Codename Cayman XT Sample Pictured http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=12270844&postcount=583
Radeon HD 6700 Series rumored to use 256-bit memory bus http://en.hardspell.com/doc/enshowcont.asp?id=7781
Launch date and details of HD6000 Series? http://translate.google.com/transla...termin-und-weitere-details-der-hd6000er-serie
AMD to release Radeon HD 6800 in early 2011; mainstream HD 6000 in Q4 2010 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=12255000&postcount=449
Unigine Tessellation, GPU-Z, Crysis possible leaked benchmarks http://we.pcinlife.com/thread-1500103-1-1.html
Radeon HD 6970 "Antilles" launches in December http://www.nordichardware.com/news/...-hd-6970-qantillesq-launches-in-december.html
ATI Radeon HD 6000 Series Release Schedule, first iteration in October http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=12232931&postcount=247
GPU Naming schemes leaked from 10.8 Catalyst release http://www.rage3d.com/board/showthread.php?p=1336350116#post1336350116
ATI Preps New Dual-Chip Flagship Graphics Card http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/...Dual_Chip_Flagship_Graphics_Card_Rumours.html
Launching mid-range first and then high end parts late 2010 http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showpost.php?p=12224981&postcount=191
ATI Southern Islands / HD 6000 to release in November http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20100811PD223.html
AMD Radeon HD 6870 benchmark performance predicted http://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/faith/amd-radeon-hd-6870-benchmark-performance/
ATI HD 6000 Series will launch is Q4 2010 http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/..._ATI_s_Southern_Islands_to_Show_Up_in_Q4.html
Launches at the end of October, beginning of November http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1443880&postcount=845
ATI's Southern Islands tapes out http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/04/21/atis-southern-islands-tapes-out/

 

Wow that is a lot sooner that I expected, will be very interesting to see what improvements they make. I'm hoping that they focus on tessellation as really this is where Nvidia have them soundly beat (gaming wise). Regardless when these are released HD5870's are going to be flying all over Shop n Swap, CF for me!

 

Awesome!

Not that I need a new graphics card, but still excited

EDIT: That article is actually quite old

 

ATI's Southern Islands tapes out

Source: http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/04/21/atis-southern-islands-tapes-out/

 

not really great news for the market that nvidia is not doing so great and ati on a roll... we need more competition.

 

wooooooooo red rumor mill has started up bring on the speculations and predictions again

 

I'm guessing the refresh will be Southern Islands, hybrid of their next gen and current gen cards.

I so need to replace this 4870...

 

More incredibly biased reporting from Charlie

But good news that ATI could get a new generation out. Although i will be waiting for the 28nm parts instead of 40nm to get excited about.

 

Gay, i was looking at buying a 5870 before the end of next month... now i might wait lol.

 

Why? It's at least several months and they won't be that much faster (hybrid design with a few tweaks)

 

And still 40nm, it'll be just like a 4870 to a 4890 and won't hit till at least end of this year.

Better off getting 5870 now and then wating till 2011 for 28nm next gen stuff.

 

So is this likely to be just a shrink and tweaks of current tech rather than a full fledged sequel? More a 5890 than a 6870.

 

It's not a shrink, it's still 40nm so it's just a tweak....nothing much to see here for current 5870 users. Next gen will be 28nm probably coming end 2011.

 

I refer something moderately fast with heat sink instead of extremely fast with a 1kg heat sink+a vacuum cleaner attached. What is the fastest ATI with heat sink only at the moment?

 

The 5870 Vapor-X is cool, VERY quiet, fast and surprisingly light.

 

Do you mean passively cooled or just quiet?

 

If you genuinely want Heatsink only the POWERCOLOR SCS3 AX5750 or POWERCOLOR Go! Green AX5750 are the fastest 5xxx series I've seen with a passive cooler.

Links below:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131300&cm_re=5750-_-14-131-300-_-Product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131346&cm_re=5750-_-14-131-346-_-Product

I couldn't find the powercolor 5750 (in OZ) when I wanted a passively cooled 5xxx so ended up buying a Gigabyte 5450. I'm going to swap that out for a 5770 anyway as the 5770 is silent in my opinion and runs cooler.

If it's silence you want the stock fan on the egg cooler 5770 is very quiet (I have one) and the Vapor-X 5870 is inaudible.

Back on topic. Hooray for this thread!!!!

I want to read about a 5890 or a 6870 right now please Mr Digital Monkey.

 

cause i havent focused on any gfx launch where new gen is on the same fab, how much will the improvement of these cards suffer because of the lack of a new fab? can we expect the same kind of increases that we normally get with a new gen?

 

Probably be something like going from the 4870 to the 4890, same fab, big performance increase

 

That wasn't a big increase in reality..so i wouldn’t use the word “major” when comparing performance of those two cards.

These new revised GPU's are meant to bring an increase in performance, better tessellation, UVD3 for 3d blu-ray playback support and I’m sure some other minor tweaks here and there.