AMD Radeon™ HD 7870 GPU Feature Summary:

• GDDR5 memory interface
• PCI Express® 3.0 x16 bus interface
• “EyeDefinition” graphics
  • Second generation graphics with full DirectX® 11.1 support
    • DirectX 11.1
    • Programmable hardware tessellation unit
    • Accelerated Multi-threading
    • HDR texture compression
    • Order-independent transparency
  • Image quality enhancement technology
• AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology(1)
• AMD EyeSpeed visual acceleration (3)
  • AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology
    • OpenCL Support
    • Accelerated video encoding, transcoding, and upscaling (2)
  • UVD 3 dedicated video playback accelerator
  • Enhanced Video Quality features
    • Advanced post-processing and scaling
    • Dynamic contrast enhancement and color correction
    • Brighter whites processing (Blue Stretch)
    • Independent video gamma control
    • Dynamic video range control
  • AMD HD3D technology
    • Stereoscopic 3D display / glasses support
    • Blu-ray 3D support
    • Stereoscopic 3D gaming
    • 3rd party Stereoscopic 3D middleware software support
  • AMD CrossFireX™ multi-GPU technology (5)
    • Dual GPU scaling3
  • Cutting-edge integrated display support
    • Integrated dual-link DVI output with HDCP
    • Integrated DisplayPort 1.2 output
    • Integrated HDMI 1.4a with support for stereoscopic 3D
  • Integrated HD audio controller
    • Output protected high bit rate 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI with no additional cables required
    • Support AC-3, AAC, Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio formats
  • AMD PowerPlay™ power management technology
    • Dynamic power management with low power idle state
    • Ultra-low power state support for multi-GPU configurations
  • AMD Catalyst™ graphics and HD video configuration software
    • Certified drivers for Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP
    • AMD Catalyst™ Control Center – AMD Catalyst™ software application and user interface for setup, configuration, and accessing features of ATI Radeon products
    • Unified Graphics display driver – AMD Catalyst™ software enabling other PC programs and devices to use advanced graphics, video, and features of AMD Radeon™ products

AMD Radeon™ HD 7870 System Requirements

• PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
• 500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for AMD CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
• Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
• Minimum 1GB of system memory
• Installation software requires CD-ROM drive, a keyboard, a mouse and a display
• DVD playback requires DVD drive and a DVD
• Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive and Blu-ray disc
• For an AMD CrossFireX™ system, a second AMD Radeon™ HD 7870 Series Graphics card, an AMD CrossFireX™ ready motherboard and one AMD CrossFireX™ Bridge Interconnect cable is required