AMD launches the Radeon 8970M, its new(ish) notebook graphics flagship

Attention mobile graphics fiends: AMD says its claiming the crown for the “world’s fastest notebook graphics card” with its newly unveiled Radeon HD 8970M.

The new GPU is targeted at desktop replacement gaming laptops, and it will be first found in the MSI GX70 gaming laptop, which starts at $1,100.

The Radeon HD 8970M GPU is powered by AMD’s Graphics Core Next (GCN) architecture, built on a 28nm processor, and sports AMD's Enduro optimized power consumption technology for enhanced battery life. The GPU can power a 4K (four times the full HD resolution) display, or—if you have the ports—up to six traditional displays.

The 8970M GPU combines 1280 stream processors with a clock speed of 850 MHz (or 900 MHz with boost), which gives it a precision computer power of 2.3 TFLOPS. The GPU's memory speed is clocked at 1.2GHz. Basically, the new chip sports the same specs as its 7970M predecessor, but tosses in a new 900MHz clock boost.

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Source: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2038788/amd-launches-the-radeon-8790m-its-new-ish-notebook-graphics-flagship.html#tk.rss_laptopcomputers

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