AMD Radeon HD6950/6970(Cayman) Reviews

[Dezmen]

AMD Radeon HD 6950 / HD 6970 Reviews



Video Reviews:

• MotherBoards.org Part 1
• MotherBoards.org Part 2
• MotherBoards.org 6970 Unboxing
• MotherBoards.org 6970 Vietnam Edition
• Overclock3D 6970 Review
• Overclock3D 6950 Review

Reviews:

Radeon HD 6970 & HD 6950

• HardOCP
• VR-Zone
• FudZilla
• HardwareCanucks
• Lab501
• AnandTech
• HotHardware
• Guru3D
• PcPer
• Hexus
• HardwareZone
• HardwareHeaven
• HardwareHeaven (OC)
• PureOverclock
• TomsHardware
• TechReport
• NeoSeeker
• HT4U
• AlienBabelTech
• Overclock3D
• Hardware
• OverclockersClub
• Rage3D
• XbitLabs
• WideScreenGaming
• IXBT(Russia) English
• Overclockers(Russia) English
• ComputerBase(Germany) English
• Hardware(France) English
• PcGamesHardware(Germany) English
• SweClockers(Sweden) English
• Overclockers(Ukraine) English

Radeon HD 6970

• BenchmarkReviews
• BenchmarkReviews (PowerColor)
• TechPowerUp
• Bit-Tech
• Legion Hardware
• TweakTown
• TechSpot
• HiTechLegion
• Overclockers.com
• Lanoc
• TBreak
• Lab501(Romania) English

Radeon HD 6950

• TechPowerUp
• Vortez
• TweakTown
• Eteknix
• Modders
• HiTechLegion
• PcWorld
• NinjaLane

Radeon HD 6970 & HD 6950 CrossFire

• TechPowerUp
• LegitReviews
• Guru3D
• XtremeSystems(6950)
• XtremeSystems(6970)
• KitGuru
• TweakTown
• Hexus
• Overclock3D
• TechGage

[safan80]

So, let the party begin.... Will update topic when more links come.

AMD Radeon HD 6950 / HD 6970 Reviews

English Reviews:

In Progress...

Other Language Reviews:

IXBT: http://www.ixbt.com/video3/cayman-part1.shtml Translation: http://translate.google.com/translat...n&hl=&ie=UTF-8

That review is weak sauce, Unigine is not a game.


edit: reviews posted by onethreehill just in case Dezmen needs his sleep

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...2&postcount=57

I'm surprised noone has posted this yet.

Kanter has done an analysis of Cayman.

http://www.realworldtech.com/page.cf...WT121410213827

[zalbard]

It gives decent preliminary info.
Nice tessellation improvements, but not enough to catch up with Fermi. Good pricing. Outperforming GTX570 by 10-20% at high resolutions or when AA+AF are enabled.

[Dezmen]

pls don't need quote whole topic ^^ IXBT review is sux, they used old drivers + don't test most of recent games... waiting for more reviews...

[cold2010]

That review is weak sauce, Unigine is not a game.

http://www.ixbt.com/video3/cayman-part3.shtml

[jam2k]

IXBT used 10.11 drivers = FAIL

Also notice 6950 is faster than 6970 in some benchmarks. That's wrong.

[zalbard]

they used old drivers

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...

[safan80]

pls don't need quote whole topic ^^ IXBT review is sux, they used old drivers + don't test most of recent games... waiting for more reviews...

you better be prepared to keep the first post updated, or we are going to give it to onethreehill.

[Motiv]

http://www.ixbt.com/video3/cayman-part3.shtml

part 2 is more revealing, that's for sure

http://www.ixbt.com/video/itogi-vide...1920-pcie.html

[Dezmen]

They used the drivers that came with the cards. This is what most people will do, won'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...

but where ppl got 8.851?O_o

[Dezmen]

you better be prepared to keep the first post updated, or we are going to give it to onethreehill.

/me have right to sleep :P

[hurrdurr]

If you release a driver 30 hours before NDA, you can't complain if half of review sites do benches with the old driver.

[Solus Corvus]

You guys should let onethreehill make these threads. He is much better at updating the list.

[safan80]

/me have right to sleep :P

NO as a review thread starter you have taken on a big responsibility.

[Dezmen]

You guys should let onethreehill make these threads. He is much better at updating the list.

Let me try ) i'm online pretty all the time when foreign webs updates :P

NO as a review thread starter you have taken on a big responsibility.

ok ok -.- go go red bull xD

[Solus Corvus]

Let me try ) i'm online pretty all the time when foreign webs updates :P

Most other posters haven't been able to keep up in the past. Good luck. ***

*this is a caffeinated beverage for you.
**this is a beer for me.

[zalbard]

but where ppl got 8.851?O_o

Usual test version leaks, not from reviewers, obviously. Someone might re-bench the cards in a week or so if this driver is so much better (which is unlikely). We had a similar situation before.

[Gorguls]

but where ppl got 8.851?O_o

Fake.

[antiacid]

so what I'm getting is that the performance food chain looks like this: 5970 > gtx580 > 6970 > gtx570 > 6950 for the foreseeable future, with a swap from 5970 to 6990 at some point next year. Now the relative value of each card is something else all together

[zalbard]

so what I'm getting is that the performance food chain looks like this: 5970 > gtx580 > 6970 > gtx570 > 6950 for the foreseeable future, with a swap from 5970 to 6990 at some point next year. Now the relative value of each card is something else all together

Either that, or you can get 2-3-4 69x0 cards now.

[osiris999]

so what I'm getting is that the performance food chain looks like this: 5970 > gtx580 > 6970 > gtx570 > 6950 for the foreseeable future, with a swap from 5970 to 6990 at some point next year. Now the relative value of each card is something else all together

why is the 5 series still better than the 6?

[bill_d]

why is the 5 series still better than the 6?

6990 not coming out till Q1 2011

[Motiv]

why is the 5 series still better than the 6?

Dual GPU at the top, which will be displaced by the 6990 soon.

[BeepBeep2]

why is the 5 series still better than the 6?

5970 = dual GPU, 6970 is a single GPU.

[hurrdurr]

why is the 5 series still better than the 6?

Just wanted to continue chain quoting of the same post.