Radeon HD 5870 Six with 6 display outputs, prices, performance

[largon]

Hmm...does 5870 utilize vrms by volterra as well?

The heatsink-shot that turned up sometime ago pretty much confirms atleast HD5970 has Volterra chippery. No other type of VRMs would fit under that thin strip-like TIM pad on the VRM area. I'd say it will be 5 phases for GPU. Those 5 are probably shared between GFX core and "uncore" MEMIO, like on HD4890.

I wonder how well this card overclocks with 8 + 6 pin PCIE connectors. If 5870 hits 1Ghz easy that will put it miles ahead of GTX 285 FTW/ZOMFG/BBQ SLI set up.

The amount of pins on the external power connector has zero relevance to OC'ing. The 8pin plug offers nothing over the 6pin plug. Two cards; one with 2×6pin, other with 6pin+8pin, draw and receive the same amount of current no matter the level of OC.
8pin PCIe plug is nothing but a means for keeping PCIe certification.

It will be interesting to see how the x2 scales considering how the 'dual core' works in the single 5870.

Err... What?
HD5870 has a single monolithical die, and nothing points to any "internal dualcore" construction, either.