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Messaging Brief Document

2012 AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series Graphics

AMD Confidential–NDA Required

February 2012

2012 AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series Graphics Messaging Brief [FINAL+HDMI UPDATE] AMD CONFIDENTIAL–NDA Required. 02/29/2012 2

Utilization Whether you’re

a member of an AMD regional marketing team,

an AMD OEM marketing professional

an AMD AIB partner, or

A marketing and/or sales professional who develops materials to promote AMD graphics processors, this brief will help you better convey to

audiences the benefits of AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series graphics.

Within these pages, you’ll find brand guidelines, including proper nomenclature, as well as an approved messaging framework you may use to

convey or contrast appropriate product features and benefits. Regions are encouraged to translate the templates into the local language

Follow these guidelines to help create your own brand ideas and executions, and help ensure that your messaging remains clear and consistent —

regardless of your market and/or region.

NOTE: This document contains product descriptions, features and performance results for graphics cards based on AMD’s standard

reference design for the AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series.

If you manufacture, sell, market or distribute implementations which vary from the above description and as a result do not meet and/or support the

performance, technologies and/or features described in this document, you agree to disclose any such limitations to your customers and/or end

users. You acknowledge and agree that AMD shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of any kind related in any way to either: (i) such

disclosure; or (ii) your failure to make such disclosure.

NDA/Embargo Lift: Please refer to AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series Graphics Launch Guidelines for details.

The contents of this document are the property and confidential information of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., and are subject to the terms of your

non-disclosure agreement with AMD. If, for any reason, you do not have a non-disclosure agreement with AMD, you agree to protect the contents of

this document by using the same degree of care, but no less than a reasonable degree of care, to prevent the unauthorized use, dissemination, or

disclosure of it as you use to protect your own confidential information. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not access or read this

document, and return the document to AMD.


Contents

How to Use This Document

The AMD Radeon™ HD 7700, 7800 and 7900 Series Graphics

Consumer Value Proposition

Message Pillars

AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series Graphics Pillar Messaging

Secondary Messages and Support Points

AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series Graphics Specifications

Product Family Branding

Product Guidelines

Features, Functions, and Benefits

Trademark and Legal Text

Disclaimers

Trademark & Legal Text


AMD Product Positioning and Value Proposition

On the following pages you will find the promotional messaging resources needed to market AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series graphics. These messaging blocks can be used as provided or as a first step in creating customized messages specific to

your needs.

AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series GPUs1 Family Value Prop & Pillars EXCLUSIVELY for AMD Radeon™ HD 7700, HD 7800, HD 7900 Series Graphics

Engineered to be the world’s most advanced graphics cards, AMD Radeon™ HD 7700, HD 7800 and 7900 Series GPUs feature the

award-winning GCN Architecture for spectacular performance and efficiency. Equipped with the latest technologies, such as PCI

Express® 3.0 and the incredibly efficient AMD ZeroCore Power technology, gamers should never settle for anything less.4,7

Family Tagline: ―Never Settle.‖

Perfected: Step up to the world’s most advanced graphics with the GCN Architecture, an award-winning 28nm chip engineered to

enable an exceptional DirectX® 11.1 experience, today and tomorrow. Expanded: It’s time to broaden your horizons. Tap into the full potential of your GPU by gaming on more than three displays with

AMD Eyefinity technology “2.0”.2

Unrivalled: The future of computing is here. Get more than unbelievably beautiful HD video with AMD App Acceleration, get

unprecedented performance in everything from browsers to video editors.3


AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series GPUs1: Family Pillar Copy (Long Form) EXCLUSIVELY for AMD Radeon™ HD 7700, HD 7800, HD 7900 Series Graphics

Key Messages

and Support

Points

Use the grid below to obtain segmented audience messages for integration into a variety of printed and/or electronic

marketing material for AMD Radeon™ HD 7700, HD 7800, HD 7900 Series GPUs.

AMD Eyefinity Technology “2.0” GCN Architecture AMD App Acceleration

Expanded Perfected Unrivalled

It’s time to broaden your horizons. Tap into the full potential of your

GPU by gaming on up to 6 displays with AMD Eyefinity technology.2

AMD Eyefinity technology is here to deliver the unfair advantage you

deserve. With new modes and features, like 5x1 landscape, AMD

HD3D technology and universal bezel compensation, the world’s best multi-

display gaming technology just got better.2

Please see GPU-specific messaging

in the next section

Step up to the world’s most advanced graphics with the GCN

Architecture, an award-winning 28nm chip engineered to enable an

exceptional DirectX® 11.1 experience, today and tomorrow.

Built to perform as the world’s most advanced graphics, the GCN

Architecture is the industry’s first 28nm GPU design. Packed with unprecedented

technologies, such as PCI Express 3.0 and the ultra-efficient AMD ZeroCore Power technology, this is the hardware

that gamers deserve.4,7

AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series GPUs are powered by the award-winning GCN Architecture, a 28nm chip designed to provide next-generation features and performance for all your favorite games and applications.1

The performance you need, the technology

The future of computing is here.

Get more than unbelievably

beautiful HD video with AMD App

Acceleration, get unprecedented

performance in everything from

browsers to video editors.2

With advanced video features like color

correction, image sharpening and noise

removal, AMD App Acceleration sets the

bar for beautiful movies. And when it’s

time to multi-task, the optimized GCN

Architecture is more than ready to

make quick work of everyday

applications.3

AMD HD Media Accelerator provides optimized playback and quality that can enhance colors, reduce noise and sharpen the picture in your favorite movies and

videos.3


you deserve: the AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series GPUs offer full support for DirectX® 11.1 with the revolutionary 28nm GCN

Architecture—your games and apps have never had it this good.1

Raise the settings, increase your resolution, and annihilate your competition. Experience the latest DirectX® 11.1 games as they were

intended on the revolutionary AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series, based on the stunning 28nm GCN Architecture.1

Designed for DirectX® 11.1, the radically

new GCN Architecture in AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series GPUs was built to power the

next generation of games and applications.1

High def? No problem. AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series GPUs were engineered to give you stunning detail with excellent performance in the hottest DirectX® 11.1 games.

For additional messaging, please refer to the Microsoft DirectX® 11.1 technology messaging brief: PID# 49099A on http://adam.amd.com

With AMD App Acceleration, use the raw power of an AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series GPU to accelerate your web browser, office

applications, and more. Offload your tasks from your CPU to your GPU. Do more and do it faster.3

Experience superior video encoding

performance in some of today’s best video

editors thanks to AMD App Acceleration and an AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series GPU.2,8

AMD App Acceleration uses the compute power of your AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series GPU to accelerate everything from streaming HD video, to watching 3D Blu-ray.

It has been designed to enable that ―theater

quality‖ experience with your favorite content.3,5

AMD App Acceleration uses the power of your AMD Radeon™ HD 7000 Series GPU to power today’s most popular applications. From web browsers and video editing, to productivity and office applications, AMD App

Acceleration is designed to allow you to do more, faster.3

For additional messaging, please refer to the AMD App

Acceleration messaging brief: PID# 49097A on

http://adam.amd.com


AMD Radeon™ HD 7870 GHz Edition-Specific Positioning and Copy

SHORT: Serious gaming starts here.

LONG: The AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series is the upgrade gamers deserve. Based on the award-winning GCN Architecture,

these cards are engineered for supremacy with the industry’s very first 28nm GPU design. Packed with incredible features,

such as support for PCI Express 3.0, the ultra-efficient AMD ZeroCore Power technology and gaming at resolutions up to

7680x3200 with AMD Eyefinity technology, serious gaming starts here.1,3,6

AMD Eyefinity technology “2.0” GCN Architecture AMD App Acceleration

N/A

NOTE: Messaging referencing a

1GHz clockspeed must be used in

your material if and only if your

product’s engine clock meets or

exceeds 1GHz. SKUs >1GHz must

modify this messaging to match the

shipping engine clock if necessary.

The gigahertz barrier has been broken.

Armed with a stunning 1GHz GPU based

on the revolutionary GCN Architecture,

the AMD Radeon™ HD 7870 GHz Edition

is quite simply engineered to reign

supreme.

Clocked to a blistering 1GHz, the AMD

Radeon™ HD 7870 GHz Edition GPU

offers more than the world’s most

advanced graphics: it offers the

incredible performance every gamer

deserves.

N/A


AMD Radeon™ HD 7850-Specific Positioning and Copy

SHORT: Serious gaming starts here.

LONG: The AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series is the upgrade gamers deserve. Based on the award-winning GCN Architecture,

these cards are engineered for supremacy with the industry’s very first 28nm GPU design. Packed with incredible features,

such as support for PCI Express 3.0, the ultra-efficient AMD ZeroCore Power technology and gaming at resolutions up to

7680x3200 with AMD Eyefinity technology, serious gaming starts here.1,3,6

AMD Eyefinity technology “2.0” GCN Architecture AMD App Acceleration

N/A N/A N/A


Secondary Messages and Support Points

Secondary

Messages and

Support Points

On the following page you will find ―secondary‖ messaging to help market additional technology and/or features of

AMD Radeon™ Graphics cards. These messaging blocks can be used for integration into a variety of printed and/or

electronic marketing materials.

Secondary Message 1

AMD HD3D technology

Play your favorite games in full stereo 3D, and get incredibly rich and interactive gameplay with AMD HD3D technology.5

Now featuring DisplayPort 1.2 and HDMI® (with 3D), the AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series is more than ready for lightning-fast stereo 3D

gaming in stunning HD quality.5

Watch your 3D Blu-Ray movies in vivid color and rich detail using AMD HD3D technology.5

Enjoy beautiful stereo 3D content on a wide variety 3D HDTVs, 3D projectors and 3D monitors thanks to AMD HD3D technology.5

Convert your 2D photos and videos to 3D using the award-winning AMD HD3D technology to enhance your playback experience.5

For more information on this technology please reference our AMD HD3D Technology Messaging Brief: Product ID (PID): 49098A

Secondary Message 2

AMD CrossFire™ technology You deserve to play the world’s most demanding games at the highest resolutions and maximum detail settings. AMD CrossFire™ technology

can help you get there with exceptional performance scaling with a second GPU.6

PCI Express 3.0 is here, and the AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series is ready. Get superior performance with multi-GPU configurations thanks to

unprecedented bandwidth and AMD CrossFire™ technology.6,7

Never settle for medium. Crank the settings and experience your favorite games in uncompromising detail with AMD CrossFire™ technology.6

Get advanced AMD CrossFire™ support for the latest games with AMD Catalyst™ Software Suite Application Profiles.6

With outstanding performance scaling, a system equipped with AMD CrossFire™ technology system keeps you fragging while everyone else is

reaching for an upgrade.6

For additional messaging, please refer to the AMD CrossFire™ technology brand brief under PID# 49227A on http://adam.amd.com


Secondary Message 3

Power Technologies

AMD PowerPlay™ technology delivers high performance when needed and conserves power when the demand on the graphics processor is

low.4

AMD PowerTune technology enables intelligent power monitoring in the AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series GPUs to enable higher clock speeds and

better performance in your favorite games.4

AMD ZeroCore Power technology allows your AMD Radeon™ GPU to consume virtually no power when in idle state. It even shuts down

additional GPUs in AMD CrossFire™ technology mode to consume less when they’re not in use.4


Detailed Features Listing

AMD Radeon™ HD 7870 GHz Edition Feature Summary

1000MHz Engine Clock

2GB GDDR5 Memory 1200MHz Memory Clock (4.8 Gbps GDDR5) 153.6GB/s memory bandwidth (maximum) 2.56 TFLOPS Single Precision compute power GCN Architecture

o 20 Compute Units (1280 Stream Processors) o 80 Texture Units

o 128 Z/Stencil ROP Units o 32 Color ROP Units o Dual Geometry Engines o Dual Asynchronous Compute Engines (ACE)

128-bit GDDR5 memory interface PCI Express 3.0 x16 bus interface

DirectX® 11.1-capable graphics OpenGL 4.2 support Partially Resident Textures (PRT)

o Ultra-high resolution texture streaming technology Image quality enhancement technology

o Up to 24x multi-sample and super-sample anti-aliasing

o Adaptive anti-aliasing

o Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA) o Enhanced Quality Anti-Aliasing (EQAA) o DirectX® 9/10/11 Supersample Anti-Aliasing (SSAA)

Requires AMD Catalyst™ 12.2 or later o 16x angle independent anisotropic texture filtering

AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology2 o Up to 6 displays supported

o Independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls, and video overlays o Display grouping

Combine multiple displays to behave like a single large display o Discrete Digital Multi-Point Audio (DDMA)

AMD App Acceleration3

o Supports OpenCL™ 1.2, DirectCompute 11 & Microsoft C++ AMP

o Double Precision Floating Point o AMD HD Media Accelerator

Unified Video Decoder (UVD) H.264 VC-1 MPEG-2 (SD & HD) MVC (Blu-ray 3D)

MPEG-4 Part 2 (DivX/Xvid) Adobe Flash


DXVA 1.0 & 2.0 support WMV HD

Video Codec Engine (VCE) Multi-stream hardware H.264 encoder

Full-fixed mode: 1080p @ 60 FPS encoding Hybrid mode: Stream Processor-assisted encoding

Enhanced Video Quality features Advanced post-processing and scaling

o Deblocking o Denoising o Automatic deinterlacing

o Mosquito noise reduction o Edge enhancement o 3:2 pulldown detection

Advanced video color correction o Brighter whites processing (Blue Stretch)

o Independent video gamma control

o Flesh tone correction o Color vibrance control o Dynamic contrast o Dynamic video range control

AMD HD3D technology5 o Stereoscopic 3D display/glasses support o Blu-ray 3D support

o Stereoscopic 3D gaming o 3rd party Stereoscopic 3D middleware software support

AMD CrossFire™ multi-GPU technology6 o Supports dual-GPU performance scaling

Cutting-edge integrated display support o DisplayPort 1.2

Max resolution: 4096x2160 per display

Multi-Stream Transport 21.6 Gbps bandwidth High bit-rate audio Quad HD/4k video support 1080p60 Stereoscopic 3D

o HDMI® (With 4k, 3D, 3GHz, Deep Color and x.v.Color™)

Max resolution: 4096x2160 1600p60 Stereoscopic 3D Quad HD/4k video support

o Dual-link DVI with HDCP Max resolution: 2560x1600

o VGA Max resolution: 2048x1536

Integrated HD audio controller o Output protected high bit rate 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI with no additional cables required o Supports AC-3, AAC, Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio formats

AMD PowerPlay™ power management technology4 o Automatic power management with low power idle states

AMD PowerTune technology4


o Intelligent TDP management technology o Dynamic clockspeed/performance enhancement for games

AMD ZeroCore Power technology4 o Ultra-low idle power when the connected display is in power saving mode

o Efficient low power mode for desktop work o Secondary GPUs in an AMD CrossFire™ technology configuration power down when unneeded

AMD Catalyst™ graphics and HD video configuration software o Software support for Windows 7 and Windows Vista o AMD Catalyst™ Control Center - AMD Catalyst™ software application and user interface for setup, configuration, and accessing features of AMD

Radeon products. o Unified Graphics display driver - AMD Catalyst™ software enabling other PC programs and devices to use advanced graphics, video, and features of

AMD Radeon™ products.


AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 Feature Summary

860MHz Engine Clock

2GB GDDR5 Memory 1200MHz Memory Clock (4.8 Gbps GDDR5)

153.6GB/s memory bandwidth (maximum) 2.56 TFLOPS Single Precision compute power GCN Architecture

o 16 Compute Units (1024 Stream Processors) o 64 Texture Units o 128 Z/Stencil ROP Units o 32 Color ROP Units

o Dual Geometry Engines o Dual Asynchronous Compute Engines (ACE)

128-bit GDDR5 memory interface

PCI Express 3.0 x16 bus interface DirectX® 11.1-capable graphics OpenGL 4.2 support Partially Resident Textures (PRT)

o Ultra-high resolution texture streaming technology Image quality enhancement technology

o Up to 24x multi-sample and super-sample anti-aliasing o Adaptive anti-aliasing o Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA) o Enhanced Quality Anti-Aliasing (EQAA)

o DirectX® 9/10/11 Supersample Anti-Aliasing (SSAA) Requires AMD Catalyst™ 12.2 or later

o 16x angle independent anisotropic texture filtering AMD Eyefinity multi-display technology2

o Up to 6 displays supported o Independent resolutions, refresh rates, color controls, and video overlays o Display grouping

Combine multiple displays to behave like a single large display o Discrete Digital Multi-Point Audio (DDMA)

AMD App Acceleration3 o Supports OpenCL™ 1.2, DirectCompute 11 & Microsoft C++ AMP o Double Precision Floating Point o AMD HD Media Accelerator

Unified Video Decoder (UVD)

H.264

VC-1 MPEG-2 (SD & HD) MVC (Blu-ray 3D) MPEG-4 Part 2 (DivX/Xvid) Adobe Flash

DXVA 1.0 & 2.0 support WMV HD

Video Codec Engine (VCE) Multi-stream hardware H.264 encoder Full-fixed mode: 1080p @ 60 FPS encoding


Hybrid mode: Stream Processor-assisted encoding Enhanced Video Quality features

Advanced post-processing and scaling o Deblocking

o Denoising o Automatic deinterlacing o Mosquito noise reduction o Edge enhancement o 3:2 pulldown detection

Advanced video color correction o Brighter whites processing (Blue Stretch)

o Independent video gamma control o Flesh tone correction o Color vibrance control o Dynamic contrast o Dynamic video range control

AMD HD3D technology5

o Stereoscopic 3D display/glasses support o Blu-ray 3D support o Stereoscopic 3D gaming o 3rd party Stereoscopic 3D middleware software support

AMD CrossFire™ multi-GPU technology6 o Supports dual-GPU performance scaling

Cutting-edge integrated display support

o DisplayPort 1.2 Max resolution: 4096x2160 per display Multi-Stream Transport 21.6 Gbps bandwidth

High bit-rate audio Quad HD/4k video support 1080p60 Stereoscopic 3D

o HDMI® (With 4k, 3D, 3GHz, Deep Color and x.v.Color™) Max resolution: 4096x2160 1600p60 Stereoscopic 3D Quad HD/4k video support

o Dual-link DVI with HDCP Max resolution: 2560x1600

o VGA Max resolution: 2048x1536

Integrated HD audio controller

o Output protected high bit rate 7.1 channel surround sound over HDMI with no additional cables required o Supports AC-3, AAC, Dolby TrueHD and DTS Master Audio formats

AMD PowerPlay™ power management technology4 o Automatic power management with low power idle states

AMD PowerTune technology4 o Intelligent TDP management technology o Dynamic clockspeed/performance enhancement for games

AMD ZeroCore Power technology4 o Ultra-low idle power when the connected display is in power saving mode o Efficient low power mode for desktop work


o Secondary GPUs in an AMD CrossFire™ technology configuration power down when unneeded AMD Catalyst™ graphics and HD video configuration software

o Software support for Windows 7 and Windows Vista o AMD Catalyst™ Control Center - AMD Catalyst™ software application and user interface for setup, configuration, and accessing features of AMD

Radeon products. o Unified Graphics display driver - AMD Catalyst™ software enabling other PC programs and devices to use advanced graphics, video, and features of

AMD Radeon™ products.


Product Family Branding

Code Name

Brand Name

AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series Graphics

“Pitcairn” XT

“Pitcairn” Pro

AMD Radeon™ HD 7870 GHz Edition

NOTE

The “GHz Edition” suffix must be used on any

“Pitcairn” XT product that meets or exceeds 1GHz

engine clock. The “GHz Edition” suffix may not be

used on any product that does not meet 1GHz.

AMD Radeon™ HD 7850

Please note the naming scheme for the AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series graphics cards.

We do not use suffix modifiers e.g. XT, PRO, GT, and have moved to a numbering sequence that makes it easy for consumers to

identify products and their general ranking of performance.

Typically, the highest performing product in a family has a ―‖70‖ in the number and the midrange uses ―‖50‖. If an entry level part exists, it will have a ―‖30‖.

In order to better enable our customers to market and sell our products, we have developed a new format for product line listings to call attention to key features that give our products a competitive advantage. This is to be used for any product listings, including e-tail, price lists and product catalogues.

The AMD Radeon™ HD 7800 Series GPUs offer support for AMD Eyefinity technology, DirectX® 11.1 and AMD App Acceleration

and we want to communicate and highlight these important advantages at every opportunity


AMD Radeon™ HD 7870 GHz Edition Line Listings

RECOMMENDED VERSION

Minimum Line Listing Extended Line Listing

AMD Radeon™ HD 7870 GHz Edition, 2GB GDDR5, DirectX® 11.1, GCN Architecture, AMD Eyefinity technology, PCIe 3.0

AMD Radeon™ HD 7870 GHz Edition GCN Architecture

DirectX® 11.1 2GB GDDR5 RAM 20 Compute Units (1280 Stream Processors) AMD Eyefinity technology (support for up to 6 displays)2 1x DL-DVI, 1x HDMI®, 2x mDP

AMD CrossFire™ technology (up to 2 GPUs) PCI Express 3.0 x16

Compatible with AMD and Intel Platforms

SHORT VERSION


AMD Radeon™ HD 7870 GHz Edition, 2GB GDDR5, GCN Architecture, PCIe 3.0

AMD Radeon™ HD 7870 GHz Edition GCN Architecture DirectX® 11.1

2GB GDDR5 RAM

20 Compute Units (1280 Stream Processors) AMD Eyefinity technology (support for up to 6 displays)2 1x DL-DVI, 1x HDMI®, 2x mDP AMD CrossFire™ technology (up to 2 GPUs) PCI Express 3.0 x16 Compatible with AMD and Intel® Platforms

The product descriptions, features and performance results are for graphics cards based on AMD’s standard reference design for the AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 Graphics with GDDR5 memory. If you manufacture, sell, market or distribute implementations which vary from the above description and as a result do not meet and/or support the performance, technologies and/or features described in this document, you agree to disclose any such limitations to your customers and/or end

users. You acknowledge and agree that AMD shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of any kind related in any way to either: (i) such disclosure; or (ii) your

failure to make such disclosure.


AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 Line Listings

RECOMMENDED VERSION


AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 Graphics, 2GB GDDR5, DirectX® 11.1, GCN Architecture, AMD Eyefinity Technology, PCIe 3.0

AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 Graphics GCN Architecture

DirectX® 11.1 2GB GDDR5 RAM 16 Compute Units (1024 Stream Processors) AMD Eyefinity technology (support for up to 6 displays)2 1x DL-DVI, 1x HDMI®, 2x mDP

AMD CrossFire™ technology (up to 2 GPUs) PCI Express 3.0 x16

Compatible with AMD and Intel Platforms

SHORT VERSION


AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 Graphics, 2GB GDDR5, GCN Architecture, PCIe 3.0

AMD Radeon™ HD 7850 Graphics GCN Architecture DirectX® 11.1

2GB GDDR5 RAM

16 Compute Units (1024 Stream Processors) AMD Eyefinity technology (support for up to 6 displays)2 1x DL-DVI, 1x HDMI®, 2x mDP AMD CrossFire™ technology (up to 2 GPUs) PCI Express 3.0 x16 Compatible with AMD and Intel® Platforms

The product descriptions, features and performance results are for graphics cards based on AMD’s standard reference design for the AMD Radeon™ HD 7970 Graphics with GDDR5 memory. If you manufacture, sell, market or distribute implementations which vary from the above description and as a result do not meet and/or support the performance, technologies and/or features described in this document, you agree to disclose any such limitations to your customers and/or end

users. You acknowledge and agree that AMD shall not be responsible for any loss or damage of any kind related in any way to either: (i) such disclosure; or (ii) your

failure to make such disclosure.


Additional Information Notes:

The following footnote is a standard requirement for any AMD Radeon™ graphics messaging:

Additional hardware (e.g. Blu-ray drive, HD or 10-bit monitor, TV tuner) and/or software (e.g. multimedia applications) are required for the full

enablement of some features. Not all features may be supported on all components or systems - check with your component or system manufacturer

for specific model capabilities and supported technologies.

1 The GCN Architecture and its associated features (PCI Express® 3.0, AMD ZeroCore Power technology, DDM Audio, and 28nm production) are

exclusive to the AMD Radeon™ HD 7900, HD 7800 and HD 7700 Series.

2 AMD Eyefinity technology works with games that support non-standard aspect ratios, which is required for panning across multiple displays.

To enable more than two displays, additional panels with native DisplayPort™ connectors, and/or DisplayPort™ compliant active adapters to

convert your monitor’s native input to your cards DisplayPort™ or Mini-DisplayPort™ connector(s), are required. Support for six simultaneous

displays may require complementary products compatible with DisplayPort 1.2 Multi-Stream Transport. Maximum number of configured

displays may vary - check with your component or system manufacturer for specific model capabilities and supported technologies. SLS

(―Single Large Surface‖) functionality requires an identical display resolution on all configured displays.

3 AMD App Acceleration is a set of technologies designed to improve video quality and enhance application performance. Full enablement of

some features requires support for OpenCL™, DirectCompute or DirectX® Video Acceleration (DXVA). Not all products have all features and

full enablement of some capabilities and may require complementary products.

4 AMD PowerPlay™, AMD PowerTune and AMD ZeroCore Power are technologies offered by certain AMD Radeon™ products, which are designed

to intelligently manage GPU power consumption in response to certain GPU load conditions. Not all products feature all technologies – check

with your component or system manufacturer for specific model capabilities.

5 AMD HD3D is a technology designed to enable stereoscopic 3D support in games, movies and/or photos. Requires 3D stereo drivers, glasses,

and display. Not all features may be supported on all components or systems – check with your component or system manufacturer for

specific model capabilities and supported technologies. A list of supported stereoscopic 3D hardware is available at

http://www.amd.com/HD3D.

6 AMD CrossFire™ technology requires an AMD CrossFire Ready motherboard, an AMD CrossFire™ Bridge Interconnect (for each additional

graphics card) and may require a specialized power supply.

7 Utilization of PCI Express 3.0 bandwidth requires a mainboard equipped with a PCI Express 3.0 PHY. Not all mainboards feature this

technology – check with your component or system manufacturer for specific model capabilities.


Trademark and Legal Information

Disclaimers

The information presented in this document is for information purposes only. The information contained herein is subject to change and may be

rendered inaccurate for many reasons, including, but not limited to product and roadmap changes, component and motherboard version changes,

new model and/or product releases, product differences between differing manufacturers, software changes, BIOS flashes, firmware upgrades, or the

like. AMD assumes no obligation to update or otherwise correct or revise this information. However, AMD reserves the right to revise this

information and to make changes from time to time to the content hereof without obligation of AMD to notify any person of such revisions or

changes.

AMD MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTENTS HEREOF AND ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY

INACCURACIES, ERRORS OR OMISSIONS THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS INFORMATION.

***WARNING*** AMD graphics processors are intended to be operated only within their associated specifications and factory settings. Operating

your AMD graphics processor outside of specification or in excess of factory settings, including but not limited to overclocking, may damage your

graphics processor and/or lead to other problems, including but not limited to, damage to your system components (including your motherboard and

components thereon (e.g. memory)), system instabilities (e.g. data loss and corrupted images), shortened graphics processor, system component

and/or system life and in extreme cases, total system failure. AMD does not provide support or service for issues or damages related to use of an

AMD graphics processor outside of graphics processor specifications or in excess of factory settings. You may also not receive support or service

from your system manufacturer. DAMAGES CAUSED BY USE OF YOUR AMD OR AMD GRAPHICS PROCESSOR OUTSIDE OF SPECIFICATION OR IN

EXCESS OF FACTORY SETTINGS ARE NOT COVERED UNDER YOUR AMD PRODUCT WARRANTY AND MAY NOT BE COVERED BY YOUR SYSTEM

MANUFACTURER’S WARRANTY.

ATTRIBUTION

©2012 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, Catalyst, CrossFire, PowerPlay, Radeon and combinations

thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista, and DirectX are registered trademarks of Microsoft

Corporation in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions. PCI Express is a registered trademark of PCI-SIG. Other names are for informational purposes

only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

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