Quote Originally Posted by generics_user View Post
difference is SPs and clock, i'm sure that 6950 isn't going ot throttle more than 6970 in power-draining apps
No... the 6970 is rated at 250W max apparently. Just going off that slide, you can see that in Perlin Noise, 6950 is 650<->800MHz at stock TDP limit. Once upped 10% to 220W, it runs consistently at 800 MHz.

The 250W limit of 6970 allows it to run up much higher at reference. In other words, the 6970 should have no problem maintaining at least 800MHz at all times with a 250W limit.

Quote Originally Posted by hurrdurr View Post
They do too? I don't think so... except Furmark?

Oh, so you mean AMD's TDP thing enters the equation only during such benchmarks, and not games, right?
yes i think that it's going to throttle in such benchmarks, everything else doesn't make sense
No, this apparently is set by AMD Overdrive or some new software, and will apply to everything