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December 2010
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AMD 6970 has come to the world to figh the NVIDIA GTX 570 and it succeeds quite well in this task. However the new AMD 6970 graphics card doesn't quite reach up to the absolute top performers. This may however change with new drivers coming out in the future. What the editors like is the relative low power consumption and the lower-than-usual noise levels (except for when in high load). Another positive feature is the possibility to connect multiple cards (more than two) via CrossFire. That one can easily revert to the standard frequencies is also good so that potential problems with overclocked cards can be easiliy fixed.
The editors liked
2GB Memory
Cooling features
Strong performance/watt
The editors didn't like
Noisy at higher performance levels
Overclocking doesn't mean real world benefits
Expensive
TestSeek's Conclusion
The AMD HD 6970 card brings many new cool things to the table; mainly its power tuning technology. The performance is very high although not yet as good as the top performing graphics cards but this may be due to the early drivers which was used in the tests.
It appears we are going to face a repeat with the new Radeon HD 6900 and GeForce GTX 500 GPU series. With a few key differences, of course. This time Nvidia arrived to market well on time and they are also very efficient against competing Radeons. Whe...
Excellent topend DX11 graphics performance, Cayman GPU includes stereoscopic 3D functionality, Nearly silent cooling fan at idle, very quiet under load, Fan exhausts most heated air outside of case, Multiview CODEC enables 3D Bluray playback, Improves DisplayPort to 1.2 with display chaining, Supports CrossFireX functionality,
Expensive enthusiast product, Limited AMD HD3D product support
IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...
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Published: 2010-12-15, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
Abstract: 2.6 billion. Six. The first figure is the number of transistors in AMD's new Cayman graphics processor. The second is the number of days we've had to spend with it prior to its release. Today's GPUs are incredibly complex beasts, and the companies that...
It's been ATI's strategy over the past few years to produce relatively small, efficient GPUs that are more straightforward to manufacture. This approach leaves the company a little short at the high end of the market, but ATI's plan is to fill this gap by...
Abstract: Det var en viss skuffelse da AMD lanserte Radeon HD 6850 og 6870 i oktober. Vi hadde forventes oss modeller som var raskere enn Radeon HD 5850 og 5870. Med det sagt, gjennom blant annet lavere pris var ikke 6850 og 6870 noe dårlig valg i sitt segment. ...
Excellent performance for the price. Support for full range of new technologies, including DirectX 11 and Enhanced Quality Anti-Aliasing.
Not consistently more powerful than its less-expensive competition.
With its Radeon HD 6970 video card, AMD introduces some exciting competition in the sub-$400 video card space. But if you want the fastest card out there in this price range, the 6970 is not consistently it. ...
God ytelse i sin klasse, Relativt fint priset, Gode temperaturer og lavt effektforbruk, Mange skjermtilkoblinger
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Vi liker alltid teknologiske fremskritt. Cayman, i dag i form av Radeon HD 6970 er både stabilt og yter godt. I seg selv er det et godt produktet, det tilbyr gode arbeidstemperaturer, meget gode muligheter for skjermtilkoblinger og en hyggelig pris. V...
Således nåede vi til enden af testen, af AMD's nye high-end grafikkort. Kortet er sat i verden for at slås imod nVIDIAs GTX 570 - og dette klarer kortet faktisk generelt ganske fint. Især taget i betragtning, at vi har testet op imod et overclocket...
Abstract: A la sortie des Radeon HD 6870 et HD 6850, AMD nous avait précisé que ces cartes ne remplaçaient pas les 5870 et 5850 mais qu'elles constituaient le nouveau milieu de gamme ATI. Un gros GPU nous était alors promis : Cayman. Il se matérialise aujourd'hui p...
Abstract: Initialement prévues pour la fin du mois de novembre, les nouvelles cartes graphiques haut de gamme d'AMD nous arrivent finalement, non sans un certain retard. Rappelons que si AMD fut le premier à introduire sa seconde génération de puces graphiques ...
