XFX Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition 4 GB

[RavenXXX2]

LoL

Seen on numerous occasions and teaser videos as in either its prototype form or just plain CGI drawings, XFX seems to have finally made a working, ready for release iteration of its HD 5970 Black Edition 4 GB graphics card in its wacky retail packaging, which it hype-marketed through teaser videos. TweakPC got to lay its hands on one of these limited edition packages, and went ahead un"boxing" it. The package is actually a bag meant to carry small sniper-rifles (good luck getting it through customs). Inside, the actual graphics card is enclosed inside a case shaped somewhat like a Belgian P90 submachine gun. If that wasn't enough, the magazine pockets on the bag contain accessory boxes that look like magazines.

The card itself has a redesigned cooling assembly, that looks different from what the first iteration looked like. It has grooves on its top, and a badge with a limited edition serial number. Internally, the GPUs are pushed far apart, each has its own heatsink. The fan is located in the middle, it blows air to those heatsinks located on either sides. Power is drawn in from two 8-pin PCI-E power connectors. Display connectivity includes 6 mini-DP (DVI adapters included), supporting Eyefinity6. Each GPU carries the same clock profiles as the Radeon HD 5870, 850 MHz core, 1200 MHz (4800 MHz effective) memory, but addresses 2 GB of memory each. XFX seems to have commenced selling, expect it to be priced over $1000.

http://www.tweakpc.de/news/19288/xfx-radeon-hd-5970-black-edition-limited-bilder-der-4gb-gun/

 

[hp7909]

Marketing department OC'd. Nice

 

[MooMoo444]

I absolutely love that case, haha.

 

[RavenXXX2]

Cooling looks crappy and I bet it sounds like an F15 on take off going by the size of the blower type fan, for the price you would think the specialist packaging for the card would be aluminum but no it's cheap plastic lol.

 

[elmuzzy66.]

Raven are you going to lol every ati release until you jump ship again?

 

[RavenXXX2]

^^ What other ATI release has there been since I jumped ship...and if you didn't get it first time, lol at the packaging.

 

[CaptainRAVE]

Incredibly overpriced, but great if you have lots and lots of spare cash lying around.

Cooling looks crappy and I bet it sounds like an F15 on take off going by the size of the blower type fan

The 5970 has a very efficient cooler - it is very quiet, even overclocked. One of the reasons I got rid of my 4870X2 - that thing was loud.

 

[RavenXXX2]

^^ When have blower type fans been quiet? yeah if temps stay in check and the fan doesn't ramp up then the sound will be fine.

 

[krooton]

Raven reeeeally seems to hate ATI...

 

[RavenXXX2]

And how do you come to that conclusion, because I regard the XFX 5970 packaging as ridiculous? please, if you have nothing to say on topic then don't say anything.

 

[PapaLazaru]

My XFX 5870 came in a lovely faux velvet box (never seen such posh packaging) but this takes the biscuit.

 

[krooton]

And how do you come to that conclusion, because I regard the XFX 5970 packaging as ridiculous? please, if you have nothing to say on topic then don't say anything.

Freedom of speech + public forum = me saying whatever I please (within OCUK's rules ) thankyouverymuch

ps. You also slagged off the cooler

 

[JeffyB]

That is pretty funny

 

[IKMS]

Wow that's funny

 

[egnshane]

XFX push the limits in the packaging department yet again

 

[LeJosh]

That's brilliant.

 

[arc@css]

Amusing.

 

[Marine-RX179]

Wonder if by the time that 6970 are out, would XFX put it into a BFG 9000 case just for the lulz

 

[jigger]

I hear they are planing a water cooled version that comes in a modded Super Soaker case.

 

[RandomNoob]

Thats an awesome case