When AMD announced the Radeon HD 6800 series with video cards based on the Barts GPU back in October it was well received by consumers, but the enthusiasts and gamers that wanted more horse power sat on the sidelines. They were waiting for AMD to release the Radeon HD 6900 series based on the new Cayman GPU. Well that day has come and AMD has officially announced the Radeon HD 6970 and 6950 video cards. The AMD Radeon HD 5870 was AMD's single fastest-GPU for over a year, but that all changes tonight with the release of the Radeon HD 6970. In fact AMD is done producing all Radeon HD 5800 series cards and once the supply in the channel runs out those cards will be long gone.