AMD Cayman info (or rumor)

[zerazax]

It matching the 5970 in certain scenarios is certainly interesting too. That should be a good idea of the range of performance this thing might have

[Sn0wm@n]

if a single 6970 match a 5970 i think people who dislike dual gpu approach would like this card very much

[tbone8ty]

hopefully they reworked the heatsink...maybe a vapor chamber? more heatpipes?

if it has the same heatsink as the 6870 then this will be hot!

[Lanek]

lol ATI use vapor chamber since a real real long time on their high end card.

[tbone8ty]

lol ATI use vapor chamber since a real real long time on their high end card.

my old 5770 had a vaper chamber but im not sure about the others

[ajaidev]

my old 5770 had a vaper chamber but im not sure about the others

My friend had bought a Sapphire HD 3870 Atomic in 2008 and all i could think was that its a gimmick the vapor chamber did not seem like a important technology to me at that time.

The Sapphire card was quite expensive compared to others even more so in India and i was not sure how well it could deal with the heat with its small heat sink

[generics_user]

my old 5770 had a vaper chamber but im not sure about the others

5970 and 5870 had huge vapor chambers almost as big as the baseplate itself only 5850 had a heatpipe coolers (stock 5870 coolers were better than most coolers used by AIBs, only sapphire had quieter more powerful coolers on its vapor-x cards)

[Andrea deluxe]

[fellix_bg]

5970 and 5870 had huge vapor chambers almost as big as the baseplate itself only 5850 had a heatpipe coolers (stock 5870 coolers were better than most coolers used by AIBs, only sapphire had quieter more powerful coolers on its vapor-x cards)

The reference 5870 design does not use vapor chamber -- just a set of heat pipes, like 5850.

[Bigchrome]

What are we looking at here exactly? ^

Edit: More pictures were added while I posted, sorry. Can't wait for these cards to actually surface and make up for the 6870s...

[SimBy]

I doubt that's 6970. Only 1GB.

[zalbard]

And no backplate.

[quake6]

I think that is 6950. 2+ 6pin power connector, no backplate and you can see missing transistors for power regulation (4 of 6 phases??)

[kaktus1907]

it's 6950 and not the final version of card.. one of the old engineering samples.. ati logo is shining

[Picao84]

I think that is 6950. 2+ 6pin power connector, no backplate and you can see missing transistors for power regulation (4 of 6 phases??)

I see 8 pin + 6 pin.

[quake6]

I see 8 pin + 6 pin.

On pcb, but if you look better 2 pins aren't in use

[SimBy]

I see 8 pin + 6 pin.

That's just a solder point. Look at connectors.

[cold2010]

I think that is 6950. 2+ 6pin power connector, no backplate and you can see missing transistors for power regulation (4 of 6 phases??)

[quake6]

And this too

[Andrea deluxe]

I doubt that's 6970. Only 1GB.

double densisty d-ram ics.

[Andrea deluxe]

And this too

quote...

is for sure an 6950...

4 phase for the hd6950

6 phase for the hd6970

[ajaidev]

someone should post the source for those pics

[johnieboy]

http://www.chiphell.com/thread-145173-1-1.html

[Pantsu]

It still might be 2GB model, they'll just use 2Gbit chips.

Looks almost exactly like a 5870 except for the shroud.

[Manicdan]

best news is that it has 2 xfire connectors.