maybe a new fan?Quote:
Originally Posted by hurrdurr
afaik 2900XT, 4870, 5850, 5870, 5970, 6870 used pretty much the same fan only with a different cooler so it's time for a new one :rolleyes:
PS: where is the horse?
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maybe a new fan?Quote:
Originally Posted by hurrdurr
afaik 2900XT, 4870, 5850, 5870, 5970, 6870 used pretty much the same fan only with a different cooler so it's time for a new one :rolleyes:
PS: where is the horse?
looking at the 6970 XFX one for £280 @ Scan quite cheap!!
*edit*
A bit of early benching at OCUK gave the results of
6970 = 21000+ GPU score at stock in Vantage
6970 CF = 34000+ GPU score
may change with newer drivers
what are you mumbling on about?Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny87au
You pics show show a 4.4gz x6 vs a 3gz i7, the x6 at 1920x1000, and the i7 @ 1920x1200. Are you seriously wanting to use that as a comparison?
Beethoven is cooler than horses. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by generics_user
I am afraid we have to consider Vantage irrelevant for now. Perhaps in January something is going to change. Maybe...
On the other hand Crysis, metro 2033, BC2 and prices is surley relevant and thats what i want numbers on! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by zalbard
Actually a 4.4 is actually slower then the i7 at 3.4 i think it was, yet still yields better results, anyways im not here to argue im just here because im pumped of the release ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Motiv
Why be afraid that thing is horrible. I'm looking forward to see how it does in games, for those that care about vantage/3dmark they can use LN2.Quote:
Originally Posted by zalbard
Yeah, I don't think that comparison is valid Johnny87au...
Anyone know NDA drop date/time approx. and timezone?
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Originally Posted by Dezmen
Stop crying, just go buy yourself a HD6970/6950 cards an make your own review.Quote:
Originally Posted by eric66
edit: I bet you won't see review with 10.12 drivers (shortly after NDA is lifted) since they are only one day old which is not enough to run "all modern games" etc.
Note: there are new drivers and there are stable ones.;)
05:00 AM GMT, 06:00 AM CET and 00:00 ESTQuote:
Originally Posted by GoldenTiger
BTW iXBT Labs' review is cheap. They even could not creat a straightforward graph for the game results...
just been reading a preview of the card on the forum of the shop in the name of this thread.
Quotes from the guy who tested them
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Noise / Temps - This is where these cards excel, on AUTO fan control they remain quiet and temperatures seem to remain well below 80c thanks to the vapour chamber. So good results from ATI here and the cards do not get scoulding hot either unlike older 5870 cards. Crank the fan up and the temps can be kept sub 50c.
Power Consumption - The 6970 can draw a maximum of 250W, but it typically won't see over 200W consumption and at idle consumes as little as 20W, the fact we could run a Crossfire overclocked system setup with ease of an OCZ 700W was excellent.
hellyeah i say!Quote:
The new drivers are much faster, but I did not get them in time. The new drivers basically mean a 6970 beats a GTX 580 in tessellation or at least is no longer chasing it.
Thank you, sir/ma'am.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oliverda
http://www.iunitek.com/iunitek/index...&part=22715009
Silly vendor, claims in-stock though...
Man, I'm going to wear out the F5 key on my keyboard soon. Great links/leaks so far :).
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Originally Posted by Johnny87au
maybe its amd's idea of a class of its own .... me likey i say :D
crossfire 6950 here i come :D
@monstru: will you do a crossfire scaling test in your review???? 2 3 and 4 cards ???? oc'd and stock etc...
http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...1920-pcie.html
looks like nvidia could be in trouble!
then again...
Lets think about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tajoh111
Just maybe they were stockpiling the cards, just to prove you wrong about you paper launch prediction, about month ago.
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Originally Posted by tajoh111
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by SpuTnicK
They used the drivers that came with the cards (8.79.6.0 or 8.79.6.2, both are 10.11, I believe the latter comes with the cards). This is what most people are going to do, aren't they?
10.12 came only yesterday, clearly not nearly enough time to re-bench everything. And AFAIK 10.12 does not support 69xx without mods...
I wouldn't if I purchased one. Seriously, when hasn't there been a newer driver then the one in the box by the time you get a card in hand? Why would I use an old driver?Quote:
Originally Posted by zalbard
It's just an expression, I don't like Vantage, either, I prefer older 'marks! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by safan80
I have a bunch of friends / relatives who only update drivers when they have to... Anyway, it wasn't the point. The point is, only 8.79.6.0 and 8.79.6.2 were available in time to do some proper testing (which takes days, not 2 hours of messing around), both are 10.11, and this is what reviewers used, obviously...Quote:
Originally Posted by Solus Corvus
But if you ask me, I love being a lab rat installing all kinds of beta / alpha drivers which often result in all kinds of issues! :D
Ditto... I think the last time I used a driver from a CD for a videocard was back with my Voodoo 3 3000.Quote:
Originally Posted by Solus Corvus
Oh! I remember Voodoo3's CD. You would put it in, Autoplay would commence and if drivers weren't already installed; it didn't even ask you if you wanted to install them, just would display a "terms of service" which you would click OK, and then would install the driver and reset by itself. TMIQuote:
Originally Posted by GoldenTiger
Goldberg vs Big ShowQuote:
Originally Posted by hurrdurr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8JRj...eature=related
At $299 for 6950 I will take one :)
http://www.reece-eu.net/gallery/var/albums/funny/f5.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr. K6