HD5970 Reviews

[cowie]

So it's noy like you initialy stated, one is brocken and the other one needs extra volts for stock. So you actually get 950MHz GPU. So you are just trying to make them look bad. Shees, I guess now I know which category you fall under

yeah 950 on 1.30 in no case 1 out of 500 times you get a clean run come on let it go. i said i was not going in detail if you want to pm me i will send ss and some other info if you were close you could come by and see for yourself then you will undrstand better

i know what category you fall under also.... salesman
with the pee on the 295 comment your no better then what you decribed.

i spend 1250 usd to find out about the card you spend nothing then berate buyers and get others to join in ....what does that make you?
think about it

you know after thinking about the giga card is broke too if it wont run stock clocks on stock volts so make that 2 for 2 i never said i had two broke cards till now so....i calll them like i see them.
i dont have to kiss anyones as5 and find good things to say about it so they still send me stuff.
again i repeat i still like the cards i dont want refunds but just 100% working cards if they dont clock one bit over 725 so be it but to plug it in and work like it should is just fine by me.
but if that happened and i called them crappy clockers i would be right about the cards that i would have not all just the ones i have in hand.
i dont know why your on a witchhunt but w/e

[Monstru]

Your just going back and forth on those "cloks, doesn't lock, it is DOA, it is not doa, it need volts for stock, it does 950MHz GPu, etc, etc, etc". Anyway, it's your goodies, you bought them, you have a bad opinion about them, and that is that.

And I am just a salesman Funny thing though, you just confirmed that to me that I am fair. When I tested GTX 295, all the ATI fanboys were like "boo, you Nvidiot, GTX 295 sucks, the power consumption this, the overling that, the price etc". Now, when I test HD 5970, the Nvidia fanboys go like "boo, you salesman, it sucks, it can't clock, the power consumption this, the heat that, etc". I am very fkin kappy man, it must mean I am doing a great job, thank you for that! I am just going to tell you what I use to tell the fanATIcs back in the GTX 295 days - this is the best VGA out there, weather you like it or not. And yeah, it pees on GTX 295. But guess what, if GT300 will wipe it's a** with HD 5970, I'll be the first to say it, for sure

[cowie]

read again i never ever said doa you did lol
i like the gosh darn cards i'm a vga whore duh.even thuo the one i got are not working right
ok it seems you not one of the kiss as5 salesman then you win i lose ok.

[Monstru]

Nobody wins, nobody looses, just another day at the office

You said:

i got two one.... clocks like crap the other is broke

[cowie]

broke but not doa,sorta like a car starting but not driveable.
i wish you were closer so you could come by and learn me this red team stuff
ok 13hill find a new review to post

[rouvio]

Great review of 5970 CFX: http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews....d=890&pageid=1

In regards to running 5970's in Crossfire x, the word 'overkill' immediately springs to mind - there really is absolutely no need for it right now, unless you need to play Crysis Warhead at Enthusiast settings on your 30 inch screen at the native resolution. This is the first time we have seen this title running like butter and it shows just how poorly put together the game was when it was released. Sure, its pretty, but it shouldn't need a dual 5970 configuration to run well with the eye candy maxed, even at 2560x1600.

And they suggested a new 'revision' to the card:

[Monstru]

Ok, misunderstanding then. Believe me, I wish I was closer also, so we could psuh this puppies untill they go pop

[JoeBar]

These puppies definitely need full cover wc'ing by properly designed blocks, that adequately cool vrm's.

Otherwise when oc'ing, u play russian roulette with a 600$ card...

[dan7777]

Great review of 5970 CFX: http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews....d=890&pageid=1


And they suggested a new 'revision' to the card:

nice review but im not willing to watercool one of these so i wont be able to overclock them much at all so i will give them a miss.

[grimeleven]

why ppl insist on benching with furmark tahts what i don't understand lol

I don't either, it was for the sake of testing my cooler if it could handle the testing reviewers have tried on the 5970, nothing more.

in windowed mode you running 2d clocks and voltages, which is why your FPS are only 20 and the temps are so low.

lmao @reply, think i don't already know this? it's my ****ing desktop you blind and never complained on FPS besides i get low temps on most other benches out there.

[cowie]

These puppies definitely need full cover wc'ing by properly designed blocks, that adequately cool vrm's.

Otherwise when oc'ing, u play russian roulette with a 600$ card...

pfft you guys call this hot??
when i was younger we walked to school in 120+C uphill both ways




now at stock clocks its not bad at all,dont mind the added volts this card wont run stable at stock volts
like for playing games are you really going to need to add volts and clock with this card.




i think they(ana)_might just got a card whos heatsink was put on a friday afternoon or saturday morning

[Aerwidh]

i think they(ana)_might just got a card whos heatsink was put on a [...] saturday morning

Like a 5970 Special Hangover Edition?

[SKYMTL]

i think they(ana)_might just got a card whos heatsink was put on a friday afternoon or saturday morning

Looks like you are running FM in Windowed mode. I also see VDDC temps above 120°C in one of your screenshots.

[cowie]

yeah i know as for the windowed mode its so i can see other programes it seems to go in 3d and the temps well that what volts will do for ya
ygpm sky

[NapalmV5]

Great review of 5970 CFX: http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews....d=890&pageid=1


And they suggested a new 'revision' to the card:

this is more like it

[ajaidev]

I just realized, 5970 looks like the arks from 2012...... you know the three in the end weird

[LiberalElephant]

this is more like it

That is sexy.

[W1zzard]

and where would the heatsink part of the cooler be?

[[XC] Lead Head]

and where would the heatsink part of the cooler be?

Oh well, you know. Somewhere, yeah.

[jaredpace]

It doesn't matter what the end user does. What matters is that ATI is CLAIMING their card can do something that it CAN'T

if this is so, how do you explain people running at 1025/1300?

SKYMTL=Anti-AMD crusade lately for some reason.

yes i agree...

[SKYMTL]

if this is so, how do you explain people running at 1025/1300?

The card will throttle. Explained.

[Manicdan]

The card will throttle. Explained.

in what though? the only test ive seen actual throttling is furmark, what games do that too? (if a review was posted showing that, sorry i missed it)

[postumus]

Manicdan, didn't you know this card is primarily being purchased to run Furmark and some other even more obscure programs.

[orangekiwii]

thats the point though

you don't need or want 1025 clocks unless your benching in which case... it does throttle


you don't need 10 extra fps when you already have 100 + even at 2560 by 1600

[postumus]

What do ppl bench with? Games and 3d mark? I haven't heard of it throttling during those 2 scenarios.

I didn't know ppl benched competitively with Furmark and some program I have never heard of that Anandtech mentions.

Some ppl have just drank a lil too much Hatorade imo