AMD Releases the AMD 3rd-Generation Radeon HD 6800 Series and Catalyst 10.10 Drivers!

Posted on October 25, 2010 at 7:51 pm by Donna Warren

AMD has released its latest video card designed exclusively for gamers. The new 6800 series builds on the 2nd Generation award winning technology features such as Microsoft DirectX® 11-capable architecture, best-in-class energy efficiency and AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology. The new card will be available from etailers immediately.

According to Craig Owens, marketing director, EA, “One of the great advantages of PC gaming is the rapid pace at which the experiences evolve and improve, and the AMD Radeon™ HD 6800 series delivers on the promise of DirectX® 11 gaming with significantly improved visuals and enhanced performance. With Medal of Honor, EA is pushing the boundaries of gaming technology to deliver a whole new online experience, and it only makes sense that we leverage the latest DirectX® 11 technology supported by AMD Radeon™ graphics cards to deliver an amazing experience for gamers.”

The latest features available with the addition of the new Catalyst 10.10 drivers include:

  • Second-generation DirectX® 11enabled chip designed to deliver more than 30 percent greater gaming performance
  • Advances in power management technology that delivers the best-in-class energy efficiency
  • All-new morphological anti-aliasing compatible with DirectX® 9, DirectX® 10, or DirectX® 11 applications with improved anisotropic filtering in single card or in multi-card AMD CrossFireX™ configurations
  • The card is supported by a dozen add-in-board companies, including ASUS, Club 3D, Diamond Multimedia, Force3D, GIGABYTE, HIS (Hightech Information Systems), MSI, PowerColor, SAPPHIRE Technology, VisionTek and XFX
  • Support for both DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI 1.4a, providing PC users with expanded options for multi-monitor configurations
  • New DisplayPort audio features
  • AMD HD3D technology provides support for Blu-ray 3D and Stereo 3D Gaming Compatibility. You’ll also need Blu-ray 3D software, a 3D supported display and 3D Stereoscopic glasses
  • AMD Accelerated Parallel Processing (APP) technology with video acceleration for WMV HD video content under Windows 7
  • Support both DirectCompute and OpenCL™ standards

All I can say is WAY TO GO GUYS!

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