MSI Leaks Roadmap – AMD Radeon HD 7800 & 7700 Series Cards Coming Soon
If you don’t feel like paying $549 for the AMD Radeon HD 7970 video card and the $449 price tag on the Radeon HD 7950 is still too much, you might be in luck shortly. It appears that AMD will be releasing the more affordable Radeon HD 7700 & 7800 series cards later this quarter. MSI appears to have leaked out information confirming this yesterday by publishing the companies Radeon HD 7000 series roadmap! The roadmap includes launch dates of AMD Radeon HD 7750/7770 cards (Cape Verde) and the Radeon HD 7850/7870 cards (Pitcairn). It looks like the AMD Radeon HD 7750 and 7770 will be launching in just two weeks and will be under $150. You have to love roadmap leaks!
According to the roadmap, HD7750 and HD7770 will be available on February 15. Both cards will have 1 GB of GDDR5 memory, and from previous reports we also know that the boards will have 900 MHz core frequency, 896 and 832 stream processors, and 56 and 52 texture units. The HD 7770 will be priced at $149, and HD 7750 will be $10 cheaper. In March AMD will release HD 7850 and HD 7870 GPUs, both featuring 2 GB of RAM. The 78×0 series will have core and memory frequencies, comparable to 77×0 series, however they will pack from 1280 (HD 7850) to 1408 (HD 7870) stream processors, and from 80 to 88 texture units. HD7870 will retail for $299, and HD7850 will be $249. The roadmap doesn’t have launch date for HD 7990 card. Based on older reports, this dual-GPU card may launch in March 2012, and it will cost $849.
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