That pyramid is only 1/10th of my actual stock hold, about 150 in the pyramid, over 1000 in stock!
Most other UK etailors will be lucky to get 10pc.
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*****OcUK Benchmark Results from ATI HD 69xx Series*****
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That pyramid is only 1/10th of my actual stock hold, about 150 in the pyramid, over 1000 in stock!
Most other UK etailors will be lucky to get 10pc.
I'm assuming only official reviewers have access to the real drivers.
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Well, considering the RRP for the 6970 is only £279 it's very tempting to wait for Antilles. But as Gibbo says, price hike upto £300 is on the cards in the New Year so it will probably be closer to £500 rather than the £450 hoped for.
Looks like a pair of 6950s before New Year for £220ish each will offer the best value for the time being.
PS Nice thread Andy, great to have a heads-up about performance
Looks like a pair of 6950s before New Year for £220ish each will offer the best value for the time being.
PS Nice thread Andy, great to have a heads-up about performance
I doubt they would have them in time.
Well, considering the RRP for the 6970 is only £279 it's very tempting to wait for Antilles. But as Gibbo says, price hike upto £300 is on the cards in the New Year so it will probably be closer to £500 rather than the £450 hoped for.
Looks like a pair of 6950s before New Year for £220ish each will offer the best value for the time being.
PS Nice thread Andy, great to have a heads-up about performance
£279 is my price, a lot will be above £300 now trust me, could be £350ish in Jan......
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Apparently newer driver increase performance.
I think we will see even better results come the reviews.
That's a wee bit faster than my 5970 @ 950/1315 ... mmm, how do 3x6950 perform
A Lower resolution was used for that 6970 bench.Apparently newer driver increase performance.
I think we will see even better results come the reviews.
Here is a properly overclocked GTX580 @ 930core / 4400mem at OP's resolution 1920x1200
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indeed, stock 6970 up from 52fps to 67fps. ~30% increase?
Yeah wished I had driver earlier.
I might have a play tomorrow and just do a single 6970 bench clocked to maximum to try and break 70fps as that would put it well above a GTX 580 in the same machine.
If this new driver gives the same increases in games too, we could actually have a GTX 580 performer on our hands in games, but don't get your hopes up, if it does ATI are gonna clean up at these price points.
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I think i am pretty dissapointed in amd tbh these cards do not seem to be a massive step up from my 6870. Faster off course but these new drivers better be where the rest of the performance comes from as a 6870 is a really good buy when i think of how much faster a 6950/70 is.
I understand amd's strategy but if this performance is all they can come up with against a gtx580 i think its pretty poor.
I understand amd's strategy but if this performance is all they can come up with against a gtx580 i think its pretty poor.
My thoughts too, but we'll soon see for real once all the reviews are out with the latest drivers.
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Nice to see such a well handled and promoted launch Gibbo. This has almost got me dusting off the plastic. I've always avoided launch day hype but you might have my business on this one.
What time are all the web reviews going up?
What time are all the web reviews going up?
tbh the gtx580 wipes the floor with your 6870, where as the 6970 with latest drivers might well trade blows with the 580
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Yeah probably looking at an extra 10% from the CPU (assuming clock for clock the same) and another 15% on top of that based on the lower resolution. Given that it's not really any quicker.
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From my testing the major improvements over 5870/6870 are:-
1. Power consumption
2. Temperature/Noise
3. Tesellation Performance
4. Price!
5. HDMI 1.4
AMD have built themselves a future proof design, its cheap to build, they can produce quantity and it will be a favourite amongst system integrators, so sucess wise to AMD it will no doubt be excellent.
Yes I agree we all wanted it to have more raw speed, but AMD's answer to that is a very aggressive launch price. Fact is the 6950 beats a 5870 at everything I've thrown at it and more, the 5870 was a lot more money on launch and this new card can do a lot more.
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Ignore my email Gibbo - thank you very much for your test results here. I'll be ordering my 6970 come midnight tonight!!!!
Cheers again!
Cheers again!