MSI
MSI R6970 Lightning
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AMD Radeon HD 6970
High-performance TeraScale card for 1080p gaming.
TeraScale 340nm250 W2 GB GDDR5
Released December 15, 2010MSRP $370
Performance
Base Clock880 MHz
Boost Clock880 MHz
Memory
Memory2 GB GDDR5
Bandwidth176 GB/s
Power
TDP250 W
Recommended PSU600 W
Form
Slot Width2 slots
Length267 mm
Interface2.1
Outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x Mini DisplayPort
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AMD Radeon HD 6970
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Graphics Card
Release DateDecember 15, 2010
SeriesHD 6000
Generation-
Predecessor Gen-
Successor Gen-
Launch Price$370
Bus Interface2.1
GPU Bus16
Slot Width2 slots
Length267 mm
RaytracingNot Supported
Graphics Processor
GPU NameCayman XT
ArchitectureTeraScale 3
FoundryTSMC
Process Size40nm
Outputs2x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x Mini DisplayPort
Clock Speeds and Power
Base Clock880 MHz
Boost Clock880 MHz
TDP250 W
Suggested PSU600 W
Power Connectors1x 6-pin, 1x 8-pin
Memory & Rendering
Memory Clock1,375 MHz
Memory Size2 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5
Memory Bus256 bit
Memory Bandwidth176 GB/s
TMUS96
Shading Units1,536
ROPS32
Compute Units24
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