AMD launched today the first two video cards from their newest Radeon HD 6900 series: Radeon HD 6970 and HD 6950.

The Radeon HD 6970 works internally at 880 MHz, has 2 GB of GDDR5 running at 5,500 MHz QDR through a 256-bit interface, features 1,536 processors, 96 texture units, two DVI, one HDMI, and two mini DisplayPort connectors. It comes with a recommended price tag of USD 369.

The Radeon HD 6950 works internally at 800 MHz, has 2 GB of GDDR5 running at 5,000 MHz QDR through a 256-bit interface, features 1,408 processors, 88 texture units, two DVI, one HDMI, and two mini DisplayPort connectors. It has a suggested price of USD 299.

Several manufacturers have launched models based on these new video cards from AMD, as you can see in the list below.

• ASUS
• Club 3D
• Diamond Multimedia
• Gigabyte
• HIS
• MSI
• PowerColor
• Sapphire
• XFX