


For key details to appear we still have to wait till end of Q1 2013. There was previously some confusion with the Radeon HD 8000M and Radeon HD 8000 desktop GPUs codenames which was made clear a few weeks ago.Ĭurrently, we have only a few details of the GPU specifications the Sea Islands cards hold which can be found here. It should be noted that the Radeon HD 8950 is based on the Curacao chipset which would also power the Radeon HD 8970 flagship GPU.
AMD CATALYST 13.1 DRIVER DOWNLOAD SERIES
AMD679A.1 = “AMD Radeon HD 8900 Series (OEM)”Īs you ca note, the Radeon HD 8950 along with the Radeon HD 8760, Radeon HD 8470 and the recently launche ASUS ARES II GPU have also been listed within the drivers.You can see the listing below (Full GPU Compatibility list is available here):
AMD CATALYST 13.1 DRIVER DOWNLOAD DRIVERS
It should be noted that the Radeon HD 8950 listed within the drivers doesn't seem to be an OEM part since the 'Radeon HD 8800' and 'Radeon HD 8900' are mentioned aside with the "OEM" label. Videocardz was able to get some details on the Radeon HD 8950 and a few other HD 8000 series cards which leaked inside the Catalyst 13.1 WHQL Driver. However, AMD also has plans to launch its proper Sea Islands based Radeon HD 8000 series for desktops too in Q2 2013. AMD Radeon HD 8950 Leaked in Catalyst 13.1 Driver The entire Radeon HD 7000 series lineup was rebadged and given the HD 8000 series branding for OEM PCs. At this year's CES, AMD announced its Radeon HD 8000M Mobile GPUs and also the Radeon HD 8000 Desktop parts which came out to be rebadge of HD 7000 series for OEM's.
