Radeon 7970 is here

AMD strikes first again, with its new generation of video cards based on GCN architecture and 28nm building process. Currently the fastest single core video card, Radeon 7970 is also the first to support DirectX 11.1 for Windows 8, supports OpenGL 4.2 and thanks to the new manufacturing process, it is cooler and less power demanding than Nvidia's Geforce 580. AnandTech has a nice review you should read.