Radeon HD 5970

The Radeon HD 5970 is a high-end dual-GPU graphics card released by AMD on November 18, 2009. It features two Cypress GPU chips (codenamed Hemlock) on a single board, utilizing the TeraScale 2 architecture built on a 40 nm process. The card has 1600 shading units in total, with a base clock of 725 MHz. It is equipped with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory across a 256-bit bus, delivering a memory bandwidth of 256 GB/s. The card supports DirectX 11.0 and OpenGL 4.5, and connects via a PCIe 2.1 x16 interface. With a board power (TDP) of 294 W, it was launched at an MSRP of 599 USD. This card was designed for enthusiasts and multi-monitor setups, often paired with high-end CPUs and power supplies of the era.