Kurzfassung: AMD further extends its dominance by launching the AMD Radeon˜™ HD 7700 Series Graphics Cards; delivers its fourth revolutionary 28nm graphics card in under three months AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the arrival of its AMD Radeon˜™ HD 7770 ...

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AMD further extends its dominance by launching the AMD Radeon˜™ HD 7700 Series Graphics Cards; delivers its fourth revolutionary 28nm graphics card in under three months

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the arrival of its AMD Radeon˜™ HD 7770 GHz Edition and HD 7750 graphics cards. The AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition is the first graphics card equipped with a reference engine clock that breaks the one gigahertz barrier – making it the world’s first 1GHz GPU. When coupled with AMD’s GCN Architecture, the AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition offers incredible, best-in-class entertainment experiences that every gamer deserves. The AMD Radeon HD 7750 is a superior performance-level graphics card that doesn’t require its own separate power connector and provides exceptional gaming experiences under 75 watts.

"We were first to 40nm, first to 28nm and now we offer the world’s first GPU at 1GHz; this is a milestone for the graphics industry,” said Matt Skynner, corporate vice president and general manager, GPU Division, AMD. "AMD continues to deliver superior performance, rich features and world-class power efficiency – we never stop innovating.”

Like the award winning AMD Radeon˜™ HD 7900 Series, the AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series is armed and ready to follow its 28nm predecessors by capturing the hearts of gamers. It features AMD’s new Graphics Core Next (GCN) Architecture for spectacular performance and efficiency, and comes equipped with leading-edge technology like PCI Express® 3.0, incredibly efficient AMD ZeroCore Power, PowerTune, AMD Eyefinity 2.0 and AMD App technologies.1-5 With top-notch features from the AMD Radeon˜™ HD 7900 Series, the AMD Radeon HD 7700 series offer the world’s most advanced graphics – for everyone. The graphics cards are available today via retailers and e-tailers worldwide, with select models of the AMD Radeon HD 7770 GHz Edition 1GB starting at USD$159 SEP, and the AMD Radeon HD 7750 1GB starting at USD$109 SEP.

The AMD Radeon˜™ HD 7700 series GPUs will be available worldwide from add-in-board partners including Sapphire, Powercolor, HIS, XFX, ASUS, Gigabyte, and MSI.

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