The Radeon HD 6290 was a graphics card by AMD, launched on December 4th, 2011. Built on the 40 nm process, and based on the Cedar graphics processor, in its Cedar LE variant, the card supports DirectX 11.2. The Cedar graphics processor is a relatively small chip with a die area of only 59 mm² and 292 million transistors. It features 80 shading units, 8 texture mapping units, and 4 ROPs. AMD has paired 1,024 MB GDDR3 memory with the Radeon HD 6290, which are connected using a 64-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 650 MHz, memory is running at 800 MHz. Being a single-slot card, the AMD Radeon HD 6290 does not require any additional power connector, its power draw is rated at 19 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x DVI, 1x HDMI 1.3a. Radeon HD 6290 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 2.0 x16 interface. The card measures 168 mm in length, and features a single-slot cooling solution.