AMD Radeon HD 6970 1GB Becomes Official, Available in February for $279

After various rumors regarding AMD's plans to release a 1GB version of the HD 6970 hit the Web, the card has now finally become official since the Sunnyvale based company confirmed its existence as well as the introduction of a line of factory overclocked Radeon HD 6870 graphics cards.

HIS coming up with its own 1GB Radeon HD 6950 to take on GTX 560

Following Sapphire, HIS (Hightech Information System) is the second AMD board partner confirmed to be releasing a Radeon HD 6950 with 1GB of GDDR5 memory. The card hasn't been officially announced but it's likely to debut later this month, close to the launch day of Nvidia's GeForce GTX 560.