AMD Radeon HD 6990M videocard review

Radeon HD 6990M videocard released by AMD; release date: 12 July 2011. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on TeraScale 2 microarchitecture codenamed Blackcomb.

Core clock speed - 715 MHz. Texture fill rate - 40.0 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 1120. Floating-point performance - 1,601.6 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 40 nm. Transistors count - 1,700 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 100 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Maximum RAM amount - 2 GB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 3600 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 115.2 GB / s. Shared memory - 0.

Games performance

1. Dirt Showdown (2012)
2. Diablo III (2012)
3. Mass Effect 3 (2012)
4. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
5. Battlefield 3 (2011)
6. Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

7. StarCraft 2 (2010)
8. Metro 2033 (2010)
9. Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)
10. Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)
11. Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)
12. World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Dirt Showdown (2012)

Low, 1024x768	81.40
Medium, 1366x768	62.70
High, 1366x768	60.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	35.70

Diablo III (2012)

Low, 1024x768	210.20
Medium, 1366x768	145.00
High, 1366x768	97.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	73.00

Mass Effect 3 (2012)

Low, 1280x720	60.00
High, 1366x768	59.40
Ultra, 1920x1080	56.40

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)

Low, 1280x720	56.10
Medium, 1366x768	52.30
High, 1366x768	43.70
Ultra, 1920x1080	34.30

Battlefield 3 (2011)

Low, 1024x768	93.50
Medium, 1366x768	66.60
High, 1366x768	52.10
Ultra, 1920x1080	21.90

Deus Ex Human Revolution (2011)

Low, 1024x768	205.70
High, 1366x768	110.60
Ultra, 1920x1080	50.60

StarCraft 2 (2010)

Low, 1024x768	338.10
Medium, 1360x768	113.30
High, 1360x768	88.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	63.50

Metro 2033 (2010)

Low, 800x600	139.70
Medium, 1360x768	86.00
High, 1600x900	54.00
Ultra, 1920x1080	19.60

Trackmania Nations Forever (2008)

Ultra, 1920x1080

68.50

Supreme Commander - FA Bench (2007)

Ultra, 1920x1080

54.10

Crysis - GPU Benchmark (2007)

High, 1024x768	94.50
Ultra, 1920x1080	30.70

World in Conflict - Benchmark (2007)

Ultra, 1920x1080

51.00

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale 2
Code name	Blackcomb
Launch date	12 July 2011
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Core clock speed	715 MHz
Floating-point performance	1,601.6 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	40 nm
Pipelines	1120
Texture fill rate	40.0 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	100 Watt
Transistor count	1,700 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	MXM-B (3.0)
Laptop size	large
Supplementary power connectors	None
API support
DirectX	11.2 (11_0)
OpenGL	4.4
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	115.2 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	3600 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0