Quote Originally Posted by Waterlogged View Post
This just further reinforces what I posted yesterday.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...38&postcount=7
But in this case wasnt it exactly the gigabyte card that has the step like AMD informed Eddy and which the block is designed for. So if you were to buy another card, like Sapphire for example... Then the block wouldnt be 100% compatible. Although of course then there is the question... Which one is the "real" reference model... With or without the step? I'd guess it was the one with the step if that's the information that AMD gave...?

But well personally if I would be buying a HD5970 now... I would probably wait until this is 100% clear.