Gigabyte is preparing a new Passively cooled variant of the Radeon HD 6770 Graphics card which would feature the Silent Cell Heatsink. Expected to be available on Computex 2011, The card would be aimed towards Media PC users who want a silent working environment without compromising on performance. The card codenamed GV-R677SL-1GD features a large aluminium heatsink array over covering the PCB equipped with multiple copper heatpipes to carry away heat from the contact surface. The card is based on the re branded 40Nm Juniper XT Core.
Powered by a single 6 Pin connector, The card features 2oz copper PCB which uses high quality Japanese manufactured solid capacitors and components. The card supports DX11 and features 1GB GDDR5 memory along a 128-bit wide memory interface. A total of 800 stream processors are located on the card, GPU Core clock is maintained at 850MHz and 4800Mhz on memory. Display adapters include HDMI 1.4a, DisplayPort and DVI connector. The card will first be available in Europe for a price of 130EUR.
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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