AMD Radeon HD 6990 Video Card Pictured – Antilles Soon??
AMD’s Matt Skynner was caught on camera showing off an unannounced dual-core AMD graphics card believed to be the Radeon HD 6990 at an AMD Fusion APU launch. Rumor has it that this card has 4GB of GDDR5 memory and has dual-DVI and three Mini DisplayPort outputs. The dual-slot card is rumored to consume 30W or power at idle and just under 300W under full load. This card also goes by the codename “Antilles” and should be pretty powerful. It should also be noted that this card is using a new fan design that is supposed to help cool this beast down! No word on the launch date for the Radeon HD 6990, but we can assume it is very soon since AMD is showing off real cards.
The dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990, codenamed “Antilles”, makes use of two 40 nm “Cayman” GPU, which powers the single-GPU HD 6950 and HD 6970. The core configuration of Cayman in Antilles is not known. The card itself keeps up with the product styling that all Radeon HD 6000 series carry, it’s about as long as the HD 5970. This time, AMD is toying with a revolutionary new cooler design that makes use of a cylindrical blower (like ones used in air-curtains, on a much smaller scale) to draw air from the rear portion of the cooler, and circulate through the complex vapor-chamber enhanced heatsink inside. In other words, the card lacks a fan intake hole where it’s typically located, but the rear portion serves that purpose. Power is drawn in from two 8-pin PCI-E power connectors. AMD is expected to release the new enthusiast graphics card in this quarter.
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