14 DAY TRIAL // ATI just released the latest graphics driver, ATI Catalyst 10.8, and while some may not have expected it, this release actually carried a very specific piece of information, namely the complete list of codenames for the HD 6000 Series of GPUs, otherwise known as Southern Islands.
By now, end-users may know that Advanced Micro Devices will soon unleash a new line of graphics processing units (GPUs) as part of the Radeon HD 6000 series of video cards.
These newcomers will be based on the 40nm manufacturing process and will, obviously, be superior to the current generation of HD 5000.
Unfortunately, until just a short time ago, very little information was known on just what GPUs and cards would surface, or what they would be known as.
Now, with the newest release of the ATI Catalyst driver suite, the list of Southern Islands codenames has finally surfaced, with a total of 35 new products being listed in the atiicdxx.da_ file.
This is definitely a significant revelation but, unfortunately, there are no real details of any sort on the cards or the performance of either newcomer.
Still, the list at least points out which GPUs the consumer base should expect, namely the Barts, Cayman, Blackomb, Antilles and Whistler.
The full list is as follows, according to Rage3D.
223,CAYMAN GL XT (6700),NI CAYMAN 224,CAYMAN GL XT (6701),NI CAYMAN 225,CAYMAN GL XT (6702),NI CAYMAN 226,CAYMAN GL XT (6703),NI CAYMAN 227,CAYMAN GL PRO (6704),NI CAYMAN 228,CAYMAN GL PRO (6705),NI CAYMAN 229,CAYMAN GL (6706),NI CAYMAN 230,CAYMAN GL LE (6707),NI CAYMAN 231,CAYMAN GL (6708),NI CAYMAN 232,CAYMAN GL (6709),NI CAYMAN 233,CAYMAN XT (6718),NI CAYMAN 234,CAYMAN PRO (6719),NI CAYMAN 235,ANTILLES PRO (671C),NI CAYMAN 236,ANTILLES XT (671D),NI CAYMAN 237,BLACKCOMB XT/PRO (6720),NI BLACKCOMB 238,BLACKCOMB LP (6721),NI BLACKCOMB 239,BLACKCOMB XT/PRO Gemini (6724),NI BLACKCOMB 240,BLACKCOMB LP Gemini (6725),NI BLACKCOMB 241,BARTS GL XT (6728),NI BARTS 242,BARTS GL PRO (6729),NI BARTS 243,BARTS XT (6738),NI BARTS 244,BARTS PRO (6739),NI BARTS 245,WHISTLER XT (6740),NI WHISTLER 246,WHISTLER PRO/LP (6741),NI WHISTLER 247,WHISTLER XT/PRO Gemini (6744),NI WHISTLER 248,WHISTLER LP Gemini (6745),NI WHISTLER 249,ONEGA (6750),NI TURKS 250,TURKS XT (6758),NI TURKS 251,TURKS PRO (6759),NI TURKS 252,SEYMOUR XT/PRO (6760),NI SEYMOUR 253,SEYMOUR LP (6761),NI SEYMOUR 254,SEYMOUR XT/PRO Gemini (6764),NI SEYMOUR 255,SEYMOUR LP Gemini (6765),NI SEYMOUR 256,CAICOS GL PRO (6768),NI CAICOS 257,CASPIAN PRO (6770),NI CAICOS 258,CAICOS PRO (6779),NI CAICOS