AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire videocard review

Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire videocard released by AMD; release date: 1 May 2012. The videocard is designed for laptop-computers and based on GCN microarchitecture codenamed Neptune CF.

Core clock speed - 850 MHz. Boost clock speed - 900 MHz. Pipelines - 2560. Manufacturing process technology - 28 nm. Power consumption (TDP) - 200 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR5. Memory bus width - 2x 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 4800 MHz. Shared memory - 0.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	GCN
Code name	Neptune CF
Launch date	1 May 2012
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	900 MHz
Core clock speed	850 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm
Pipelines	2560
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	200 Watt

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Laptop size	large
API support
DirectX	11.1
Memory
Memory bus width	2x 256 Bit
Memory clock speed	4800 MHz
Memory type	GDDR5
Shared memory	0