*** The Official ATI Radeon HD 6970 & 6950 Reviews, Discussion and Overclocking Thread ***

[straxusii]

Quad CF review : http://lab501.ro/placi-video/his-hd-6970-studiu-de-scalare-in-configuratii-multi-card/9

 

[RavenXXX2]

I prefer to look at gurus reviews always honest and never biased. However looking at there results it makes the 6970 look loud and hot compared to the competition.

They said the 6970 is on par in sound with a pair of 570's in SLI and the heat is the same as a pair of 570's running in SLI.

Now that compared with performance makes the 6970 a poor card for the price which is unusual for ATI and on top of that the 6900 series seem to be very poor clockers.

Well I prefer hex-s, Guru are not reliable and TBH not trustworthy.

 

[Nocky24]

lol guru3d, they are terrible.

How would you rate Legion Hardware out of interest raven?

@ load temp chart above- where can I get one of those 1.5GB 570s

 

[RavenXXX2]

How would you rate Legion Hardware out of interest raven?

On par with Guru.

 

[Flanno]

Why exactly are Guru not realiable and trustworthy Raven ?

 

[Triggaaar]

If AMD released the 6950 & 6970 one month before GTX570 and GTX580 everyone would have called it a big success...
A month or two can make a big difference.

You're right, it has affected how people have reacted to the cards. But any sensible person choosing between them will ignore the posts that say 'disappointed' or 'FAIL', and just compare the cards in their price range.

I'm comparing the 570 and 6970, and it's very close. I don't give a stuff who released their card first, or how fast their top card is etc.

 

[MichaelM]

Quad CF review : http://lab501.ro/placi-video/his-hd-6970-studiu-de-scalare-in-configuratii-multi-card/9

They are the most horrible graphs I have ever seen, wtf?

Are they in order with the legend or do we assume 4way gets the highest score through to single card gets the lowest?

 

[RavenXXX2]

Why exactly are Guru not realiable and trustworthy Raven ?

I have had personal confrontations with Hilbert on their forum over his wording and results in his reviews, he was losing the argument so hit me with a perm ban, he's Nvidia biased, but less so recently.

 

[Morthoseth]

Ordered mine at 7am this morning and still in warehouse queue, what time is the warehouse open till or are my chances of next day delivery doomed?

edit -- Love you OcUK!

 

[Basill]

Hardware heaven to me seems to be the best place for reviews recently. Their write up on the 6950/6970 http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1084/pg1/xfx-radeon-6970-and-radeon-6950-graphics-card-review-introduction.html

 

[Mr Krugga]

I thought I'll just drop this here. Another dozen or so reviews in the work.

 

[Sidney James]

I have had personal confrontations with Hilbert on their forum over his wording and results in his reviews, he was losing the argument so hit me with a perm ban, he's Nvidia biased, but less so recently.

In my opinion we all need a 'perm ban' 80's footballer is a terrible look.

 

[Sidney James]

In that selection of charts,Hardware Canucks seems to give best selection of modern games and a pointer to this years likely gamng performance?

 

[Mr Krugga]

In that selection of charts,Hardware Canucks seems to give best selection of modern games and a pointer to this years likely gamng performance?

They also claim to use the latest drivers and yet their results are from a few months ago on some charts.

 

[Sidney James]

They also claim to use the latest drivers and yet their results are from a few months ago on some charts.

comparing metro on the 6970 the charts vary wildly!,they all at same settings?

 

[pratkal]

Nvidia 2-0 AMD

i wont say 2-0 ill say 1-1 though i am not disappointed with performance as i am quite sure driver will boost it at least 5% i am more disappointed with higher clock and bad very bad performance/watt

 

[titaniumx3]

Hmm, so is worth going from a 5870 to a 6970?

 

[Arcane]

So, when people actually get around to playing with the new cards how about getting some benches up? I suggest Metro2033 Bench and Crysis Warhead bench at 1080, it seems a fairly common res and both games are demanding.

 

[nicnik]

i'll do some benches if it arrives tomorrow. DPD though >.<

 

[Mean Mr Mustard]

So, when people actually get around to playing with the new cards how about getting some benches up? I suggest Metro2033 Bench and Crysis Warhead bench at 1080, it seems a fairly common res and both games are demanding.

Should have my 2 x 6950 tomorrow so I'll see what I can do.