First picture of AMD's upcoming Pitcairn 28nm chip based Radeon HD7800 Series GPU has been surfaced online at PCINLIFE Forums.
Not much can be seen since both cards are packed in a plastic cover. The cards are reported to be the HD7870 which features the Pitcairn XT chip. A black PCB can be seen while the card features a simple reference design with Red/Black Theme color, A Blower fan and most probably two 6 pin connectors. No other details were give away due to NDA with AMD.
Specs of both Pitcairn cards can be seen below:
AMD Radeon HD 7870
- 1408 Stream Processors
- Code Name: Pitcairn XT
- 2GB Memory Buffer
- Release Date: March 2012
- Price: 299 $
AMD Radeon HD 7850
- 1280 Stream Processors
- Code Name: Pitcairn Pro
- 2GB Frame Buffer
- Release Date: February 2012
- Price: 249 $
Further details on AMD HD7800 Series below:
AMD Radeon HD7800 “Pitcairn XT/Pro” Specifications Leaked
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