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Long known for its value products, Powercolor has been one of AMD's longest serving and most loyal partners. Over the past 12 months, they have also invested heavily in product design – especially coolers. Today we continue our coverage of AMD's Radeon HD 6900 series launch, looking next at the PowerColor HD6970 graphics card. Let's put this card under the KitGuru Labs microscope and see what makes it tick.
If you just purchased a new three screen setup or wanted an upgrade for your HD5800 series card, does this new card provide the boost you need? Today we test the Powercolor HD6970 across a wide array of games and benchmarks … our goal is to give you enough information to make an informed decision.
| Product | PowerColor HD6970 |
| Core Clock speed | 880mhz |
| Primitive Rate |
2 prim/clk
|
| Shader Architecture |
VLIW4
|
| Stream Processors |
24 SIMD/1536 ALU
|
| Texture Units | 96 |
| ROPs/Z-Stencil | 32/128 |
| Frame Buffer | 2GB GDDR5 |
| Memory Width/Speed | 256 bit, 5.5 Gbps |
| Power Connectors | 8 pin & 6 pin |
| Display Outputs | 2xDVI + 2x mDP + HDMI |
