HIS AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 Review : Introduction , Features & Specifications (1/24)

...สวัสดีครับ สำหรับวันนี้ผมก็มีกราฟฟิคการ์ดที่ใช้ชิปรุ่นเรือธงของ AMD ในขณะนี้อย่าง Cayman HD 6970 มานำเสนอนะครับ ซึ่งในคราวนี้จะมากันในแบรนด์ชื่อดังอย่าง HIS ที่หลายๆคนน่าจะรู้จักกันดี และในการทดสอบคราวนี้ผมก็จะใช้ไดรเวอร์ล่าสุด Catalyst 11.1a Hotfix ที่พึ่งออกเมื่อวันที่ 26 มกราคมที่ผ่านมาในการทดสอบเพื่อรีดประสิทธิภาพความแรงจากเดิมในคราวที่แล้วให้มากขึ้น แถมด้วยใช้โปรแกรมลากอย่าง MSI Afterburner 2.1.0 BETA 6 ที่รองรับการเพิ่มไฟเลี้ยงให้กับการ์ดรุ่นนี้แล้ว มาช่วยในการโอเวอร์คล็อคด้วย แบบนี้ท่าจะมันส์แน่นอนครับเพราะว่าเพิ่มไฟเลี้ยงได้แล้ว และก่อนอื่นไปชมรายละเอียดต่างๆทางด้านเทคนิคของตัวการ์ดรุ่นนี้แบรนด์นี้กันก่อนนะครับ

Overview

Get Immersed with AMD Eyefinity Technology

• Featuring 2GB of high-speed GDDR5 memory, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series is primed to enable ultra high-res multimonitor gaming.
• Expand your favorite games across up to 4 displays with AMD Eyefinity technology for an incredibly expansive field of view.
• See more of the battle than ever before with up to 4 simultaneous displays enabling an intense “wrap around” experience to put you right into the game.
• Get the freedom and flexibility to upgrade. This modular solution enables you to add additional displays as you need them.
• Get more done. Put your productivity into overdrive and let up to 4 displays put all the information you need right before your eyes.
• Don’t choose between play and work. Let up to 4 displays help you enjoy games, movies and the web at the same time.

Get Amazing EyeDefinition Graphics with Direct® 11 Technology

• Be ready to crush the competition in the hottest DirectX® 11-capable games with a new and advanced architecture featuring full DirectX® 11 support and scalable geometry processing.
• Featuring a new and advanced architecture with scalable geometry processing, the AMD Radeon HD™ 6900 Series is purpose-built to dominate your games.
• Maximum efficiency. Maximum performance. AMD PowerTune technology in the AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series puts exceptionally intelligent power management under your control.
• With unbelievable frame rates and flawless graphics, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series is the ultimate solution for serious gamers.
• Raise the bar for beautifully smooth image quality with Enhanced Quality Anti-Aliasing (EQAA) on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series.
• With dual advanced programmable tessellation engines, the AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series delivers more than twice the geometry processing performance of the previous generation.
• Play your favorite games in full stereo 3D, and get incredibly rich and interactive gameplay with AMD HD3D technology.

Speed Up Applications and Enjoy Brilliant Video with AMD EyeSpeed Technology

• Unleash the most demanding applications with AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology. Do more, faster.
• Supports double precision floating point arithmetic to handle computationally intense workloads.
• Perfect your online and Blu-ray video experiences with a new level of smooth visual quality with AMD EyeSpeed visual acceleration technology.
• Experience Blu-ray 3D as it was intended with AMD HD3D technology.
• Take advantage of AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series graphics’ Dolby TrueHD and 3D HDTV support to create that theatre-quality experience.

Put out Stunning Visual and Unrivaled Audio Experience with HD3D Technology

• Stereo 3D display/glasses support
• Stereo 3D gaming
• Blu-ray™ 3D support
• 3rd Party stereo 3D middleware software support
• Launching with AMD Radeon™ 6900 Series GPUs

HD 6900 Features and Benefits

Features	Benefits
Microsoft® DirectX® 11 Support	Get intense gaming performance and unrivalled image quality with stunning 3D visual effects, realistic lighting and lifelike imagery, driven by a new and advanced DirectX® 11-capable architecture with scalable geometry processing.
AMD Eyefinity Technology	Enjoy the ultimate immersive gaming experience with AMD's Eyefinity multi-display capabilities
AMD Advanced Parallel Processing technology	Accelerate the most demanding applications for improved performance
Advanced GDDR5 Memory Technology	Delivers more speed and higher bandwidth
AMD CrossFireX™ Technology	Increase your gaming performance with AMD CrossFireX™ Technology
3rd Generation TeraScale Engine	Provides increased processing power for the latest games and accelerated applications
40nm Process Technology	Provides enhanced processor performance while using less power and better transistor efficiency than previous generation technology
Accelerated Video Transcoding	Helps improve video transcoding performance
Display Flexibility	More flexibility with maximum connectivity for the latest display technologies
HDMI 1.4	Helps ensure you get the full Blu-ray and PVR experience from your PC
Dolly®TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio Support	Get a fully immersive high-definition audio experience with the latest Blu-ray movies
AMD PowerPlay™ Technology	Power draw scales according to activity so when GPU activity is low, the power draw is minimal
Enhanced Unified Video Decoder (UVD) 3	Watch the hottest Blu-ray movies, online video and other HD content beyond 1080p with low power and low noise with GPU acceleration and enhanced Unified Video Decoder (UVD) 3 features

The Power of HIS

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HIS PRODUCTS ADVANTAGE

• HIS delivers Faster, Cooler, Quieter plus the best quality product!
• Professional customer service and technical support

What's in the box

• HIS Graphics Card
• CrossFireX^TM Bridge
• 2x Power Cable
• DVI-VGA Adapter
• Install CD with Multilingual User Guide
• Quick Installation Guide
• HIS Power Up Label

Specification

Model Name	HIS 6970 Fan 2GB GDDR5 PCI-E HDMI/2xDVI/2xDP
Chipset	Radeon HD 6970 PCIe Series
ASIC	RadeonTM HD 6970 GPU
Manu. Process (Micron)	40nm
Memory Size (MB)	2048
Memory Type	GDDR5
Engine CLK (MHz)	880Mhz
Memory CLK (Gbps)	5.5Gbps
Memory Interface (bit)	256
Power Supply Requirement	550 Watt or greater power
Max. Resolution	2560*1600 (Single Display)
Bus Interface	PCI Express x16
Mini Display Port	Yes
HDMI	Yes
DVI	Upper Single-link DVI-D + Bottom Dual-link DVI-I
VGA	No

HD 6970 System Requirement

• PCI Express ® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot with 2 slots space available on the motherboard
• 550 Watt or greater power supply with one 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connector and one 150W 8-pin PCI Expresss® power connector recommended
• Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
• Minimum 1GB of system memory
• Installation software requires CD-ROM drive, a keyboard, a mouse, and a display
• DVD playback requires DVD drive and a DVD
• Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive and a Blu-ray disc
• For an AMD CrossFireX™ system, a second AMD Radeon™ HD 6900 Series graphics card, an AMD CrossFireX™ Ready motherboard and one AMD CrossFireX™ Bridge Interconnect cable is required

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Model Name	GeForce GTX 460	GeForce GTX 460	Radeon HD 6850	GeForce GTX 560	Radeon HD 5850	GeForce GTX 470	Radeon HD 6870	Radeon HD 5870	Radeon HD 6950	GeForce GTX 480	GeForce GTX 570	Radeon HD 6970	GeForce GTX 580	Radeon HD 5970
Shader units	336	336	960	384	1440	448	1120	1600	1408	480	480	1536	512	2x 1600
ROPs	24	32	32	32	32	40	32	32	32	48	40	32	48	2x 32
GPU	GF104	GF104	Barts	GF114	Cypress	GF100	Barts	Cypress	Cayman	GF100	GF110	Cayman	GF110	2x Cypress
Transistors	1950M	1950M	1700M	1950M	2154M	3200M	1700M	2154M	2640M	3200M	3000M	2640M	3000M	2x 2154M
Memory Size	768 MB	1024 MB	1024 MB	1024 MB	1024 MB	1280 MB	1024 MB	1024 MB	2048 MB	1536 MB	1280 MB	2048 MB	1536 MB	2x 1024 MB
Memory Bus Width	192 bit	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	320 bit	256 bit	256 bit	256 bit	384 bit	320 bit	256 bit	384 bit	2x 256 bit
Core Clock	675 MHz	675 MHz	775 MHz	822 MHz	725 MHz	607 MHz	900 MHz	850 MHz	800 MHz	700 MHz	732 MHz	880 MHz	772 MHz	725 MHz
Memory Clock	900 MHz	900 MHz	1000 MHz	1000 MHz	1000 MHz	837 MHz	1050 MHz	1200 MHz	1250 MHz	924 MHz	950 MHz	1375 MHz	1002 MHz	1000 MHz
Price	$160	$200	$180	$249	$260	$260	$240	$360	$300	$450	$350	$370	$500	$580

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