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AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2

The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is a high-end dual-GPU graphics card for laptops, released in 2009.

The AMD Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2 is a dual-GPU graphics card for laptops, released on January 9, 2009. It is based on the TeraScale architecture and uses two RV770 GPU chips fabricated on a 55 nm process. Each GPU features 800 shading units, for a total of 1600 shading units across the card. The core clock speed is 550 MHz. The card is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory on a 512-bit memory bus, providing a memory bandwidth of 179.2 GB/s. It supports DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL 3.3. The bus interface is PCIe ×16 2.0. Additional features include UVD2 for video decoding and PowerPlay 7.0 for power management. This card was designed for high-performance gaming laptops and workstations requiring dual-GPU capabilities.

Specifications

Architecture unverified TeraScale
GPU chip unverified RV770
Process node unverified 55 nm
Shading units unverified 1600
Base clock unverified 550 MHz
Memory size unverified 2 GB
Memory type unverified GDDR5
Memory bus unverified 512 bit
Memory bandwidth unverified 179.2 GB/s
Bus interface unverified PCIe ×16 2.0
DirectX support unverified 10.1
OpenGL support unverified 3.3
Release date unverified 2009-01-09
Release year unverified 2009
Notes unverified UVD2, PowerPlay 7.0Dual GPU solution