SAPPHIRE HD5970 (Very) Quick Test

[Lucky_n00b]

Hi fellas,

Yesterday I found these 2 beauties in my friend's office(local SAPPHIRE distributor), and decided to take these 2 to my home and do some quick tests.


Since I've only given very limited time (approx. 8 hours) to do the testing( today these car is sent out to the local media for review), I just grab a couple kilos of dry ice, and just use whatever peripheral that is available at the moment.

This is a very quick run, the CPU Temperature is only -42 / -43 during all the benchmarks(don't know whether it is a bad contact or faulty probe placement), all the variables haven't been optimized since I barely know this card yet..(and to top it off, I'm a VERY lousy 3D Benchmarker )

So I really apologize If the scores wasn't as optimal as you guys would have expected

A. Test Specs


CPU : Core i7 975 Extreme
Mobo : ASRock X58 Extreme, L.1.11 BIOS
RAM : Muscle Power(Elpida BBSE) DDR3-2000C9 3x2GB kit
VGA : SAPPHIRE HD5970 2GB x2(QuadFire)
HDD : Seagate 7200.10 250GB 7200rpm
PSU : Enermax REVO 85+ 1050W
* Note : Peak Power Consumption from wall outlet, with QuadFire configuration can reach as high as 880-902W in 3DMarkVantage GameTest2, and reached as high as 940W in 3DMark03 Nature *

CPU Cooling : 2.5" Semi-solid Dice pot
GPU Cooling : Stock HSF @ 100% *VERY LOUD*
CoolerMaster Test Bench v1.0 * Thx CoolerMaster TW *

OS : Win 7 RTM 32-bit
Driver VGA : Whatrver that was in the VGA Driver CD
OC Software : MSI Afterburner 1.4.0 (set vGPU to 1.3V)

Wow, it's so LONG


OK, let's get the number going then..

B. Single Card result

3DMark2003 Single


3DMark2005 Single



3DMark2006 Single



3DMarkVantage Single


C. Multi Card Result


3DMark2003 QF


3DMark2005 QF


3DMark2006 QF



3DMarkVantage QF


This card REALLY shines in 03 and vantage..

If a complete n00b in 3d like me can pull this kind of numbers from merely 4-5 hours of benching, just imagine IF this card falls to the RIGHT hands and tweaked properly
* I'm getting goosebumps just from thinking about it *

And I guess It's not long until we see this card dominating the Hwbot


Well then, that's it for now,


Regards,