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*** The Official ATI Radeon HD 6970 & 6950 Reviews, Discussion and Overclocking Thread ***
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nothing really..
Soldato
The 5850 is on par with the HD6870 so that should be a good representation.
Hereford 1 - Brighton 1, Hereford relegated out of the football league. I presume you're doing football scores, and Nvidia/AMD are having a staff match right?
Soldato
Just been reading the 6950 xfire review on TPU. Completely batters a 580 for the same money! 
Scaling is 169% on average at 2560x1600. 580 scaling is 159% on average at the same res.
Scaling is 169% on average at 2560x1600. 580 scaling is 159% on average at the same res.
it's all about the girth so the ladies keep telling us
.. seriously the width should not matter unless you have a very tight case and the side panel can come into contact with it.or if you've got a case with a side fan with a air duct on it which is next to the graphic card.
Hyperbole much?
As Helios has pointed out, there really isn't much difference between the two. Same goes for anyone with a 4870x2, it's almost on pair with a 5870. I can include more comparisons between the existing cards in the spreadsheet.
Soldato
There is always one that has to stir the pot, just ignore or RTM for flame baiting/trolling.
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The impression I'm getting from reviews is that unless you play a lot of hawx or far cry then the 6970 is a better buy than the 570, however it isn't really very definitive and IMO the 6970 could do with a price reduction (which I think may come in the next month or two due to the excess of cards available right now).
However over clocking is still somewhat of an unknown with these cards due to lack of software support. Personally I'd like to see a way to completely remove the powertune limits, since I think it could potentially play havoc with large over clocks with increased voltages and water cooling. On a more positive note with the small increase in clocks that reviewers have managed so far they seem to scale linearly with clock speed increase, so if these can clock like 6870s and reach 1100mhz or so it would make them much more desirable.
However over clocking is still somewhat of an unknown with these cards due to lack of software support. Personally I'd like to see a way to completely remove the powertune limits, since I think it could potentially play havoc with large over clocks with increased voltages and water cooling. On a more positive note with the small increase in clocks that reviewers have managed so far they seem to scale linearly with clock speed increase, so if these can clock like 6870s and reach 1100mhz or so it would make them much more desirable.
Soldato
You can also run more screens with the one card, which does matter to some people.
+1
I can see why people with massive upgraditis might be throwing a wobbler, but if you were a 480 owner then there wasn't a huge need to upgrade to a 580 and the same feels true for the 69xxs compared to the 58xxs. People's money is theirs to spend, but for me I'd be looking at waiting a year,maybe even two for upgrades and that would surely be dependant on if new software was causing the card(s) to struggle. I realise updating to the the latest and greatest every few months is a hobby to some though.
+1
I can see why people with massive upgraditis might be throwing a wobbler, but if you were a 480 owner then there wasn't a huge need to upgrade to a 580 and the same feels true for the 69xxs compared to the 58xxs. People's money is theirs to spend, but for me I'd be looking at waiting a year,maybe even two for upgrades and that would surely be dependant on if new software was causing the card(s) to struggle. I realise updating to the the latest and greatest every few months is a hobby to some though.
Soldato
I was actually right, I just got handed miss information about what cards were benched..
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/Radeon_HD_6950_CrossFire/23.html
Soldato
No, there is no supply full stop.
Soldato
Well I reckon that the 6950 is a blinding card for the money, it must be 'cos I bought one, nice and cheap (£220 all in) better than the o/b graphics that I've been putting up with for the past two weeks, so "for me personally" this round of ati card releases is hardly a fail then is it?
, nice and cheap (£220 all in) better than the o/b graphics that I've been putting up with for the past two weeks, so "for me personally" this round of ati card releases is hardly a fail then is it?I consider myself lucky then for having two. Should help resale values.
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No, the statement you made was entirely incorrect - whether you were misinformed or not.
I don't think this would have mattered so much if it weren't for your transparent backpedalling and bum covering after the fact.
I shan't mention it again because it is a byegone, but I think some humility from you wouldn't go amiss.
Soldato
Well I reckon that the 6950 is a blinding card for the money, it must be 'cos I bought one
Yeah you got a great card, when we get some software that will allow voltage control you could be looking at 580 performance.