Gigabyte Radeon HD 6970 WindForce 3X

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 03/10/2011 12:40 PM | source: | 0 comment(s)

There's yet another WindForce 3X model coming from Gigabyte, this time the Radeon HD 6970 will get the tripple treat. The cooler uses three heatpipes, a vapor chamber and three PWM fans. The itself card comes with 2GB GDDR5 clocked at 5500MHz and the core features is slightly overclocked to 900MHz, an increase of 20MHz compared to the reference model.

Outputs include dual-DVI, HDMI and one DisplayPort, and the card is expected to be bundled with a 1.8m long HDMI cable with gold-plated connectors. Pricing and availability is unknown.

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