Detailed Features Listing

Detailed Features Listing
AMD Radeon™ HD 8870 GPU Feature Summary (OEM)
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1000MHz Engine Clock
2GB GDDR5 Memory
1200MHz Memory Clock (4.8 Gbps GDDR5)
153.6GB/s memory bandwidth (maximum)
2.56 TFLOPS Single Precision compute power
GCN Architecture1
o 20 Compute Units (1280 Stream Processors)
o 80 Texture Units
o 128 Z/Stencil ROP Units
o 32 Color ROP Units
o Dual Geometry Engines
o Dual Asynchronous Compute Engines (ACE)
256-bit GDDR5 memory interface
PCI Express 3.0 x16 bus interface2
DirectX® 11.1-capable graphics
OpenGL 4.2 support
Partially Resident Textures (PRT)
o Ultra-high resolution texture streaming technology
Image quality enhancement technology
o Up to 24x multi-sample and super-sample anti-aliasing
o Adaptive anti-aliasing
o Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA)
o Enhanced Quality Anti-Aliasing (EQAA)
o DirectX® 9/10/11 Supersample Anti-Aliasing (SSAA)
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Requires AMD Catalyst™ 12.2 or later
o 16x angle independent anisotropic texture filtering
AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology3
o Up to 6 displays supported
o Independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls, and video overlays
o Display grouping
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Combine multiple displays to behave like a single large display
o Discrete Digital Multi-Point Audio (DDMA)
AMD App Acceleration4
o Supports OpenCL™ 1.2, DirectCompute 11 & Microsoft C++ AMP
o Double Precision Floating Point
o Unified Video Decoder (UVD)
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H.264
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VC-1
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MPEG-2 (SD & HD)
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MVC (Blu-ray 3D)
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MPEG-4 Part 2 (DivX/Xvid)
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Adobe Flash
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DXVA 1.0 & 2.0 support
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WMV HD
o Video Codec Engine (VCE)
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Multi-stream hardware H.264 encoder
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Full-fixed mode: 1080p @ 60 FPS encoding
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Hybrid mode: Stream Processor-assisted encoding
o Enhanced Video Quality features
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Advanced post-processing and scaling
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Deblocking
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Denoising
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Automatic deinterlacing
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Mosquito noise reduction
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Edge enhancement
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3:2 pulldown detection
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Advanced video color correction
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Brighter whites processing (Blue Stretch)
AMD Radeon™ HD 8870 Graphics [OEM ONLY]
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Independent video gamma control
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Flesh tone correction
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Color vibrance control
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Dynamic contrast
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Dynamic video range control
AMD HD3D technology5
o Stereoscopic 3D display/glasses support
o Blu-ray 3D support
o Stereoscopic 3D gaming
o 3rd party Stereoscopic 3D middleware software support
AMD CrossFire™ multi-GPU technology6
o Supports dual-GPU performance scaling
Cutting-edge integrated display support
o DisplayPort 1.2
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Max resolution: 4096x2160 per display
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Multi-Stream Transport
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21.6 Gbps bandwidth
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High bit-rate audio
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Quad HD/4k video support
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1080p60 Stereoscopic 3D
o HDMI® (With 4k, 3D, 3GHz, Deep Color and x.v.Color™)
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Max resolution: 4096x2160
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1600p60 Stereoscopic 3D
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Quad HD/4k video support
o Dual-link DVI with HDCP
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Max resolution: 2560x1600
o VGA
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Max resolution: 2048x1536
Integrated HD audio controller
o Output protected high bit rate 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI with no additional cables required
o Supports AC-3, AAC, Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio formats
AMD PowerPlay™ power management technology7
o Automatic power management with low power idle states
AMD PowerTune technology7
o Intelligent TDP management technology
o Dynamic clockspeed/performance enhancement for games
AMD ZeroCore Power technology7
o Ultra-low idle power when the connected display is in power saving mode
o Efficient low power mode for desktop work
o Secondary GPUs in an AMD CrossFire™ technology configuration power down when unneeded
AMD Catalyst™ graphics and HD video configuration software
o Software support for Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8.
o AMD Catalyst™ Control Center - AMD Catalyst™ software application and user interface for setup,
configuration, and accessing features of AMD Radeon products.
o 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 8870 Graphics [OEM ONLY]
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Additional Information
Additional hardware (e.g. Blu-ray drive, HD or 10-bit monitor, TV tuner) and/or software (e.g. multimedia applications) are required for the
full enablement of some features. Not all features may be supported on all components or systems - check with your component or system
manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies.
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The GCN Architecture and its associated features (PCI Express® 3.0, AMD ZeroCore Power technology, DDM Audio, and 28nm
production) are exclusive to the AMD Radeon™ HD 8900, HD 8800, HD 8700, HD 8670, HD 8570, HD 7900, HD 7800 and HD 7700
Series Graphics.
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Utilization of PCI Express 3.0 bandwidth requires a mainboard equipped with a PCI Express 3.0 PHY. Not all mainboards feature this
technology – check with your component or system manufacturer for specific model capabilities.
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AMD Eyefinity technology supports up to six DisplayPort™ monitors on an enabled graphics card. Supported display quantity, type
and resolution vary by model and board design; confirm specifications with manufacturer before purchase. To enable more than two
displays, or multiple displays from a single output, additional hardware such as DisplayPort-ready monitors or DisplayPort 1.2 MSTenabled hubs may be required. Maximum two active adapters supported. See www.amd.com/eyefinityfaq for full details.
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AMD App Acceleration is a set of technologies designed to improve video quality and enhance application performance. Full
enablement of some features requires support for OpenCL™, DirectCompute or DirectX® Video Acceleration (DXVA) (including AMD’s
Universal Video Decoder (UVD)). Not all products have all features and full enablement of some capabilities and may require
complementary products.
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AMD HD3D is a technology designed to enable stereoscopic 3D support in games, movies and/or photos. Requires 3D stereo drivers,
glasses, and display. Not all features may be supported on all components or systems – check with your component or system
manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies. A list of supported stereoscopic 3D hardware is available at
http://www.amd.com/HD3D.
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AMD CrossFire™ technology requires an AMD CrossFire Ready motherboard, an AMD CrossFire™ Bridge Interconnect (for each
additional graphics card) and may require a specialized power supply.
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AMD PowerPlay. AMD PowerTune, AMD ZeroCore and other AMD power management technologies are a family of technologies
offered with certain AMD Radeon™ graphics products, which are designed to intelligently manage GPU power consumption in
response to certain GPU load conditions. Not all products feature all technologies—check with your component or system
manufacturer for specific model capabilities.
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combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, and DirectX are registered
trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions. PCI Express is a registered trademark of PCI-SIG. Other names
are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.
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