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Graphics AMD Radeon HD 8970 GHz, 8950, 8870 Specs

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by lxrysprtmscl, 23 Mar 2013.

  1. lxrysprtmscl

    lxrysprtmscl Minimodder

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    While on the hunt for my next GPU, I decided to check on rumors release dates and specifications for the next generation of GPUs. Don't want to drop the money when a price drop could be around the corner. Most search results turned up old articles and speculative specs, but one search result was gold. I found PDF documents on the HD 8970 GHz, HD 8950, and HD 8870.

    enjoy.
     
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  2. damien c

    damien c Mad FPS Gamer

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    They are basically rebranded 7000 series cards for OEM's only IIRC and not going to be available to normal consumers from retailers.

    Cannot remember where I saw it but it was a while ago.
     
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  3. Psyance

    Psyance What's a Dremel?

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    These are just a refresh for the oem's, as such, identical to the 7xxx retail cards.
    Too slow :blush: please see post above :lol:
     
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  4. atc95

    atc95 I have the upgrade bug!

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    At least the 8870 has 3gb of ram now, and the clock speed is a bit better.
     
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  5. Psyance

    Psyance What's a Dremel?

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    Did not know they were changing specs, believed it to be a pure refresh, learn something new! +rep :thumb:
     
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  6. narwen

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    the pdf says 8870 has 2gb of gddr5 not 3gb. the 8870 has been running at 1ghz for a while now.
     
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  7. lxrysprtmscl

    lxrysprtmscl Minimodder

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    corrected. good eye.
     
    lxrysprtmscl, 23 Mar 2013
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  8. Guest-44432

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    I think there was a article back along on bit-tech that said that. :)
     
    Guest-44432, 24 Mar 2013
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  9. Harlequin

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    Harlequin, 24 Mar 2013
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