Quote Originally Posted by LedHed View Post
tell me another GPU with dual GPU on a single card that was made within a year of the 5970. No body said it was a perfect comparison, but it's the closest one we have right now. You can't compare the 295 with the 5870 because a dual GPU card produces more heat, this is why I compared the 295 to the 5970. There just aren't any other cards out to compare to that are dual GPU besides the 295; I guess you could also compare it to the 4870X2, but we know how hot they got also.
It's a ridiculous comparison, IMO. At stock the 5970 can run these apps no problem and blows away even an overclocked 295. And you can easily clock the 5970 to 800~900 and play most games just fine, up to ~1000mhz in some cases. After playing with one I can guarantee I would pick a 5970 over a 295 100% of the time.

The 5870 vs 295 comparison is reasonable since they have about the same performance. It's not ATI's fault that Nvidia needs two gpus to get there right now. You want a card with beefy VRMs that can match a 295 in terms of speed and overclockability, well there it is.