Hmm having just ordered a 6970 in my new spinosaur rig - i was looking at benchmarks and noticed the 6970 gets pwnd compared to the 5970 - I assumed the 6970 was the best ATi had to offer - been out the game too long - anyone care to explain?? 
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5970 vs 6970
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The 5970 is a dual-gpu card. This essentially means that the ATI 5970 houses two 5850 chips on a single card.
Therefore, you are comparing a crossfired card - the 5970 - with a single GPU card.
You can get an idea on how two 5850's in xFire compares to a single 5970. Check out the AnandTech Bench
Therefore, you are comparing a crossfired card - the 5970 - with a single GPU card.
You can get an idea on how two 5850's in xFire compares to a single 5970. Check out the AnandTech Bench
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6990 is the successor of 5970. AMD has learnt the bad naming scheme from nvidia to maximise confusion among customers for profit.
I'd say if you have a mobo with reasonable pcie spacing then 2 x 6970 is definitely better than a 6990 (because of much less noise).
I'd say if you have a mobo with reasonable pcie spacing then 2 x 6970 is definitely better than a 6990 (because of much less noise).
