MSI
MSI R7970 Lightning
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AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
Factory-overclocked flagship card for high-end 1440p gaming.
GCN 1.028nm250 W3 GB GDDR5
Released June 22, 2012MSRP $500
Performance
Base Clock1,000 MHz
Boost Clock1,050 MHz
Memory
Memory3 GB GDDR5
Bandwidth288 GB/s
Power
TDP250 W
Recommended PSU600 W
Form
Slot Width2 slots
Length275 mm
Interface3.0
Outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x Mini DisplayPort
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AMD Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
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Graphics Card
Release DateJune 22, 2012
SeriesHD 7000
Generation-
Predecessor Gen-
Successor Gen-
Launch Price$500
Bus Interface3.0
GPU Bus16
Slot Width2 slots
Length275 mm
RaytracingNot Supported
Graphics Processor
GPU NameTahiti XT2
ArchitectureGCN 1.0
FoundryTSMC
Process Size28nm
Outputs1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x Mini DisplayPort
Clock Speeds and Power
Base Clock1,000 MHz
Boost Clock1,050 MHz
TDP250 W
Suggested PSU600 W
Power Connectors1x 6-pin, 1x 8-pin
Memory & Rendering
Memory Clock1,500 MHz
Memory Size3 GB
Memory TypeGDDR5
Memory Bus384 bit
Memory Bandwidth288 GB/s
TMUS128
Shading Units2,048
ROPS32
Compute Units32
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