{"id":8121,"date":"2010-10-20T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-20T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"amd-radeon-hd6000-series-details-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/8121-amd-radeon-hd6000-series-details-revealed","title":{"rendered":"AMD Radeon HD6000 series details revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday AMD revealed the details for their next-generation of graphics cards, the HD 6000 series. The information was shared under a strict non-disclosure agreement, which was to ensure that the details were not published before this coming Friday.<\/p>\n<p>We were holding on snugly to the top-secret information until the embargo date, but it seems that the presentation has already been leaked on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chiphell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">chiphell.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The leaked presentation gives detailed specs of the upcoming cards.<\/p>\n<p>As it turns out, the new cards are clocked slightly differently to what was indicated in the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/7837-AMD-6000-specs-leaked.html \" target=\"_self\">leak which appeared<\/a>&nbsp;earlier &nbsp;this month.<\/p>\n<p>AMD has confirmed that the HD 6870 and HD 6850 will not be aimed at the high-performance market, but will instead look to offer solid mid-range performance at low prices.<\/p>\n<p>According to a previous leak, the HD 6850 is expected to be faster than the HD 5830, and according to the most recent leak, it will retail for around US$180 (R1 260). Realisitically, we can expect the cards to sell locally for about R1 500.<\/p>\n<p>The HD 6870 is a bit more exciting, and will supposedly be faster than the HD 5850, and will sell for $250 (R1 750), or around R2 000 locally. The HD 5850 goes for around R3 000, so if the HD 6870 is faster and cheaper, then it will offer excellent value for money.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>AMD will launch their true high-end cards later this year &#8211; the HD 6900 series. These will supposedly come in the form of the HD 6950 and HD 6970. There will also be a monster dual-core variant; the HD 6990. These will be the cards to watch for the performance enthusiasts. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/HD6870_248542716.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"AMD Radeon HD 6870\" title=\"AMD Radeon HD 6870\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/HD_6850_426836229.jpeg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"AMD Radeon HD 6850\" title=\"AMD Radeon HD 6850\" width=\"600\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Discuss the <a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/8747-AMD-Radeon-HD6000-series-information-leaked\" target=\"_self\" title=\"AMD Radeon HD6000 series details\">AMD Radeon HD6000 series details<\/a> on the MyGaming forum.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8121 gallery-columns-0 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/8121-amd-radeon-hd6000-series-details-revealed\/attachment\/hd_6850_426836229-jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/HD_6850_426836229-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/8121-amd-radeon-hd6000-series-details-revealed\/attachment\/hd_58702_797047436-jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/HD_58702_797047436-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/hardware\/8121-amd-radeon-hd6000-series-details-revealed\/attachment\/hd6870_248542716-jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/HD6870_248542716-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HD 6850 and HD 6870 details leaked<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}