HD5970 Reviews

[kadozer]

Good link, thanks. I was referring to the fact that all the current 5970s are the same once you rip off the heatsink - they're all reference designs as far as I'm aware. Kadozer seemed to imply that the XFX used higher binned chips. I doubted this and thus ask for more information.

The assumption is that its similar to Sapphire Toxic series, but since XFX doesn't official state it I can't confirm. Which is what people point out as the justification for the higher price tag vs other vendors. ie less voltage better required, better power components..I guess will have to wait for 1 of the review sites to get their hands on it. All the speeds are ref however.

all 5970 cards are the same, came from the same factory, only changes are the sticker and possibly very light changes to the bios (subvendor id, minor clock changes). in a conference call, amd said they dont expect/allow pcb changes until q2 2010

Thanks for the Crysis confirmation btw.