Recently AMD presented the first 3d- card series radeon HD 6000, and assocaite asserts that the release of new series radeon HD 7000 is already soon.
It was assumed that the graphic accelerators south islands will appear on the market in the second half-year 2011. Thus, their released is postponed to earlier period. Assocaite explains that AMD partner obtained the first models of 28-nm GPU following generation.
Concerning the designations of new 3d- card AMD, assocaite indicates that the model, which will arrive as change for radeon HD 5970, will obtain the designation radeon HD 7070, successor HD 6870 will be called HD 7170, and HD 6970 to HD 7270.