Probably some Russian meets Japan thing.
In Russia 6970 overclocks you! :shrug:
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The thermal design power (TDP), sometimes called thermal design point, represents the maximum amount of power the cooling system in a computer is required to dissipate. For example, a laptop's CPU cooling system may be designed for a 20 watt TDP, which means that it can dissipate up to 20 watts of heat without exceeding the maximum junction temperature for the computer chip.
Power draw and TDP are different things.
Well the tests done already, are not showing that. Perhaps you have a link to ones which do show the 570 and 6970 having the same performance.
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/4724/ocukbench.png
@cold2010 i hope its alot better then those ss's u posted, otherwise my heart will be crushed :(
http://prohardver.hu/dl/upc/2010-12/26439_001100.jpg
The 6900 cards will have a TGP as well.
http://home.coolpc.com.tw/upon/vga/a...-hd6950-19.jpg
6950 and 6970 look absolutely identical, except for the power connector...
Wonder if 6850 can be flashed (unlocked) as 6970...
But still it pulls a rough 298W during furmark.
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/A...TX_570/25.html
GTX 570s TGP is between 166-190W, we'll have to wait till tomorrow for 6970s real TGP :yepp:
For the average to stay the same while the minimum decreases, the max (or at least the part above average) would have to increase. That would be extremely odd behavior indeed.
I doubt it is a cpu bottleneck because typically in those conditions the more stressful results have a greater differential score between cards (ie. the graphs flatten out as you go down in AA/resolution). These results are exactly the same between the settings. Also, the ATI cards don't appear to be affected. That's not normal cpu limited behavior.
What's more likely, some odd behavior that somehow makes the scores between settings exactly the same without affecting the ATI cards, or just a bad beta driver that doesn't set AA level properly in this game?
The chip is definitely the same chip, only some parts fused, amirite?
hi guy..
fud again: http://www.fudzilla.com/graphics/ite...-cost-275-euro
news news guys,!! told u 6970 will beat the 580 yewww...
prepare a couple cups of tea for nvidia please...!!!
(before)
http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/9585/heaven.png
(after)
http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/5185/6970.png
VS 580
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/4383/580o.jpg
info for max clocks, not in par with results ^^...
HIS 6950 stable at 930Mhz Core and 5950MHz Memory.
HIS 6970 stable at 980MHz Core and 6200MHz Memory.
^^at stock voltage..., Thats with driver 8.851, beats the 580 there