Items tagged with DX11.1

by Marco Chiappetta - Thu, Dec 22, 2011

AMD Radeon HD 7970: 28nm Tahiti GPU Review

We have been hearing about AMD’s “Southern Island” family of graphics processors for quite some time. Even during briefings for the Northern Island series of products which ultimately became the Radeon HD 6000 series, news about Southern Islands was already trickling out. Rumors about these parts have been rampant for what seems like ages, but now, just in time to get all you hardcore gamers fired up this holiday season, AMD is officially taking the wraps of Southern Islands. More specifically, today AMD is announcing their latest flagship single-GPU, the Radeon HD 7970. As you may suspect, if you paid attention to Eric Demer’s excellent keynote address... Read more...

by Dave Altavilla - Thu, Dec 22, 2011

AMD Radeon HD 7970 - New 3D Graphics Performance King Takes Throne

We have been hearing about AMD’s “Southern Island” family of graphics processors for quite some time. Even during briefings for the Northern Island series of products which ultimately became the Radeon HD 6000 series, news about Southern Islands was already trickling out. Rumors about these parts have been rampant for what seems like ages, but now, just in time to get all you hardcore gamers fired up this holiday season, AMD is officially taking the wraps of Southern Islands. More specifically, today AMD is announcing their latest flagship single-GPU, the Radeon HD 7970. The Tahiti GPU is outfitted with 2,048 stream processors with a 925MHz engine clock, featuring AMD’s... Read more...