The Radeon E8860 was a mobile graphics chip by AMD, launched on January 25th, 2014. Built on the 28 nm process, and based on the Venus graphics processor, in its Venus MCM variant, the chip supports DirectX 12. Even though it supports DirectX 12, the feature level is only 11_1, which can be problematic with newer DirectX 12 titles. The Venus graphics processor is an average sized chip with a die area of 123 mm² and 1,500 million transistors. It features 640 shading units, 40 texture mapping units, and 16 ROPs. AMD has paired 2,048 MB GDDR5 memory with the Radeon E8860, which are connected using a 128-bit memory interface. The GPU is operating at a frequency of 575 MHz, which can be boosted up to 625 MHz, memory is running at 1125 MHz (4.5 Gbps effective). Being a single-slot card, the AMD Radeon E8860 draws power from 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 37 W maximum. Display outputs include: 1x VGA. Radeon E8860 is connected to the rest of the system using a PCI-Express 3.0 x16 interface.