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,

[pezcore]

so, you stole these from your friend and used them? Are they going to be sold as new now? lol


nice scores anyway

[Lucky_n00b]

so, you stole these from your friend and used them? Are they going to be sold as new now? lol

Nah, of course not

Those 2 cards were meant to be sent out for local IT Media/Magazines to be reviewed, my friend who worked at the local distributor simply lending me the card before they sent it out today

[stummerwinter]

Damn...

Have you tried 64bit OS?

[subaruwrc]

2k5 and 2k6 are sooo cpu limited

[zalbard]

Hm, I actually expected worse scaling, not bad at all!
Sweet setup, too!

[ViViD]

Good Job
Nice Lady On VGA

[ZoLKoRn]

Nice work from quick test Alva but seem your 2k3 score look be low
with 4xGPU i think, check with this for 3xCF 5870 and 5.1GHz 975 too

[Splave]

hey bro, pretty sure you need to "own" the cards to post scores on hwbot. Might want to look into that.

[GFDuke]

Nice and you had the ballz to post for bointage on the bot with them? Thats just wrong. dayum think i'll go get some new cards bench them and bring them back to the store when i'm done and go get a few more bench em and bring them back too. Thats just wrong.

[Lucky_n00b]

hey bro, pretty sure you need to "own" the cards to post scores on hwbot. Might want to look into that.

Nice and you had the ballz to post for bointage on the bot with them? Thats just wrong. dayum think i'll go get some new cards bench them and bring them back to the store when i'm done and go get a few more bench em and bring them back too. Thats just wrong.

Look, I'm sorry If my putting these scores on the bot without me being the 'actual' owner of the Cards offend you guys,

I'm rather new at the bot, but let me explain my point of view :

At the Hwbot General Rules and Guidelines,there is a rule about manufacturer hardware being posted in Hwbot

Bench alone:
- post results with your own hardware
- post results with hardware you have for review, send by the manufacturer himself
- FORBIDDEN: post results not done by you / not your hardware.

Please take a look at point no.2(in bold).

In this case, the Sapphire local distributor lent me the hardware(though only for a very little of time) to post the overclocking review of those cards, in my local forum(CHIP Indonesia), and some others forum I might want to post it to. And this isn't the first time they asked me to do a review of their vgas, I've been doing it since 2007, but never actually posted here because apparently the result wasn't 'extreme' enough(i only post it on my local forum)

From my understanding, since they(sapphire local distributor) lent me those cards for review(although they were not a manufacturer, just an Indonesian Local Distributor), so I think I have the right to post the scores on the bot(and gain points from that).

Could someone help me clarify whether my actions were wrong?

I am 100% willing to delete all those results from the bot if my understanding of this point was mistaken, I just need to know where I was wrong, so I won't do it again in the future,

Regards,

[lunat!c#]

Nice results, and posting on hwbot seems valid looking at the rules you quoted?

[Splave]

maybe massman will pop in

You just said they werent sent right from the manuf to you to use.

Not going to lie to you the scores are nice though dude

[WaterFlex]

Thanks for this quick test, mate. Nice numbers but QF does not do a ****

[BuBBle.D]

maybe massman will pop in

You just said they werent sent right from the manuf to you to use.

Not going to lie to you the scores are nice though dude

Wow, i smell jealousy. None of your buisness if they are not his cards. And almost ALL review sites get sent cards that they have to give back.

Nice scores BTW. These cards surely are monsters.