If you follow the market for iron, you probably know that the palm belongs to the issues of graphics-chip GeForce GTX 580. Nevertheless, with this card successfully butting, and so the port is not far behind once the flagship mill AMD – Radeon HD 5970, built on the two chips Cypress. Meet the new leader of the market – AMD Radeon HD 6990. This is the most powerful solution in terms of graphics at the moment.

Radeon HD 6990 is based on two chips Cayman, has 4GB of onboard graphics memory GDDR5, 3.072 stream processors, 64 ROP and the kernel, running on the basis of 830Mgts. Due to the dual bios, enthusiasts can raise this frequency to 880Mgts, and if it fails – revert to factory settings. In the presence of support up to 5 monitors mode Eyefinity (on one card).

Such power requires no less powerful recharge. At the peak load HD 6990 eats 370W (in dispersal – all 450W) power and not less noisy relish. The cooling system is built on the technology map Vapor Chamber Cooling and is designed to remove up to 450W of heat.

For the most powerful graphics solution for today overseas asking $ 699. Smile and wave. And waiting for a solution based on nVidia as the GTX 590.

Source: Engadget.com, HotHrdware.com