Testseek.com have collected 150 expert reviews of the AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 PCIe.
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.
Abstract: De las dos, grandes tarjetas ambas, me quedo con la Radeon 6950 que se coloca muy cercana a la GTX 570, con un precio más reducido, y unas prestaciones a la altura de ensueño para cualquiera que guste de jugar delante del PC. La Radeon 6970 consigue una posición interesante entre la GTX 570 y la GTX 580, que con su precio de salida más bajo casi que..
Abstract: Vanuit de wandelgangen van AMD begrijpen we dat er de komende weken en maanden bij de Radeon HD 6950 en 6970 nog heel wat te verwachten valt van driver updates. Dat heeft onder andere te maken met de aanpassingen van de architectuur. Er wordt in de wandelgangen zelfs gefluisterd over potentiële prestatiewinsten richting de 20%. Dat lijkt ons wel erg optimistisch, maar laten we hopen dat er een kern van waarheid in zit. Moc..
Power hungry especially with PowerTune set to higher values, high overclock does not translate to significant real world improvement, pricing is a bit high (based on US pricing as India pricing is not fixed yet)
We haven't got the final India pricing yet as AMD is still finalizing that, but according to US pricing, the card is retailing for around $380, which is roughly $40 more than the GTX 570. My guess is AMD will certainly not price it below 20K in India, ...
Abstract: When AMD announced the Radeon HD 6800 series with video cards based on the Barts GPU back in October it was well received by consumers, but the enthusiasts and gamers that wanted more horse power sat on the sidelines. They were waiting for AMD to re...
Although AMD's Radeon HD 6950 and Radeon HD 6970 are not absolutely superior to the Nvidia GeForce GTX 570 in sheer speed and cannot match the GeForce GTX 580, except for specific games and benchmarks, these new graphics cards are quite appealing offe...
Abstract: As NVIDIA released their refreshed GTX 500-series AMD took what could only be called an observer’s position, biding their time until their own response was ready. Today we find out exactly what they have been working on since before the HD 5800 cards ...
A bit faster than Nvidia's closest card on bench tests, newer games, Better multi-screen support than competing Nvidia cards
Lags behind GeForce GTX 570 in older games and tests, Loud fan under full load, Too long for some PC cases
The HD 6970 is eclipsed by Nvidia’s high-end GTX 580 in raw performance, but at about $370 at launch, it's a better bet for cutting-edge games than Nvidia’s similarly priced GeForce GTX 570. ...
Abstract: Nachdem AMD vor gut einem Monat seine Radeon-HD-6800-Serie präsentierte, folgt nun der nächste Schritt, die Radeon-HD-6900-Serie. Die Radeon HD 6870 und 6850 sind eine Optimierung der aus der Vorgängergeneration bekannten Architektur. Diese wurde in ei...
