PowerColor 6970 pictured and benched

IT Troll · 11 Dec 2010 at 17:50

From a German Forum.

Card is 275mm long
GPU-Z shows 1600 Shaders
3DMark11 P4770

More here:
http://www.hardwareluxx.de/community/f14/amd-radeon-hd-6970-alle-technischen-daten-update-2-a-768017-7.html#post15863940

Greebo · 11 Dec 2010 at 17:52

Very disappointed if real. My gtx470 scores higher in 3dmark11. No way will ATI sell any of them at almost £400 when less then half of that gets you better performance.

That's worse than a 5870 score :confused:

GJ02 · 11 Dec 2010 at 17:57

oh dear ???

Rimsy · 11 Dec 2010 at 17:57

Greebo said:
Very disappointed if real. My gtx470 scores higher in 3dmark11. No way will ATI sell any of them at almost £400 when less then half of that gets you better performance.

That's worse than a 5870 score

Theres no way its real - have you not seen the number of

's the resident ATi fanboys have been using recently when talking about the performance of these cards? It HAS to be fake where this nauseating level of smugness is flaunted...

stulid · 11 Dec 2010 at 17:58

what if its a slow version - http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=4660993&postcount=2455 see the little green sticker

psychas · 11 Dec 2010 at 17:59

mh weird well if they sell them for 250 £ , still feels like something wrong there.

edit: probably gimped slow card they leaking it on purpose

GJ02 · 11 Dec 2010 at 17:59

whats the reason for the slow version ???

IT Troll · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:00

Reports that it is a 2-week old driver, released before 3DMark.

stulid · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:01

GJ02 said:
whats the reason for the slow version ???

dont know, but as pointed out, look at the date on the paper.

Greebo · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:02

It has to be a slow version. Just checked 3dmark11 and it is slower than a 5870 and much slower than a gtx570, never mind a gtx580.

psychas · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:05

they leaking slow version cards to take the heat away from real cards, then they surprise us with there performance, it seems like it.

Rimsy · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:05

lol love this "slow version"
can see it being an excuse for years to come.

"that new card aint £$%^ - its the slow version you nub"

GJ02 · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:06

psychas said:
they leaking slow version cards to take the heat away from real cards, then they surprise us with there performance, it seems like it.

lets hope so mate :rolleyes:

Exergy · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:06

Surely it can't be that slow. Hopefully something is at issue with his system.

Greebo · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:08

Exergy said:
Surely it can't be that slow. Hopefully something is at issue with his system.

You would hope so otherwise Gibbo is going to regret buying 300 of them

Trifid · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:09

Am I the only one who doesn't get the 'slow version' versions? It makes no sense to make people think your card will be worse than it is? If it wasn't for wanting the ability to have more than 2 screens on one card I'd have bought a Nvidia card long ago. As it stands they have to convince me to spend more on a 6970 over a 6870...

Sean_UK · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:12

Going by thread elsewhere his now managed to score 4939, so did he try newer drivers?

Rroff · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:13

3D Mark 11 scores mean very little right now, it seems neither nVidia or AMD drivers are opptimised for it or even properly supporting it :confused:

GJ02 · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:13

Trifid said:
Am I the only one who doesn't get the 'slow version' versions? It makes no sense to make people think your card will be worse than it is? If it wasn't for wanting the ability to have more than 2 screens on one card I'd have bought a Nvidia card long ago. As it stands they have to convince me to spend more on a 6970 over a 6870...

it like psychas said

they leaking slow version cards to take the heat away from real cards, then they surprise us with there performance, it seems like it.

or

they have sent genuine ones to reputable retailers who they know will not leak,

arc@css · 11 Dec 2010 at 18:16

Intended misinformation can be useful and be big business, just hope that is the case here. More than likely is.