AMD 7000 specs release, WOW

[Timman_24]

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news...itectures.aspx

Pulled from anandtech forums:

HD7970 ( Tahiti XT )
Core's 2048 operate at 1GHz clock
3GB of GDDR5 memory at 5.5GHz
Memory Bandwidth 264GB/s
Memory Bus Width 384-bits
Texture Units 128
ROPs 64
Manufacturing Process TSMC 28nm
Price $449

HD7950 ( Tahiti Pro )
Core's 1920 operate at 900MHz clock
3GB of GDDR5 memory at 5.0GHz
Memory Bandwidth 240GB/s
Memory Bus Width 384-bits
Texture Units 120
ROPs 60
Manufacturing Process TSMC 28nm
Price $349

HD7990 ( New Zealand ) HD7970 X2 Double all specs "March Realease"
6GB of GDDR5 memory at 5.5GHz
Price $699.

For Comparison's sake here's last gens specs

HD6970
Core's 1536 operate at 880MHz clock
2GB of GDDR5 memory at 5.5GHz
Memory Bandwidth 176GB/s
Memory Bus Width 256-bits
Texture Units 96
ROPs 32
Manufacturing Process TSMC 40nm
Price $369 ( on release )

Wow, talk about a major step foward!

3GB ram, 384-bit bus, memory bandwidth like the hoover dam, insane shader count with clocks to match.

The 7950 looks to be 30% faster than the top of the line current gen card and should crap all over the 580GTX for 150 less. The 7970 is going to kill. I can't wait to see temperature and power consumption!

Supposedly they will release in Dec and be available by early Jan!