AMD Radeon HD6950/6970(Cayman) Reviews

[DilTech]

I just can't believe that Cayman draws more juice than a GTX280. Where are all of the hot and power hungry complaints now?

I think everyone expected it this time to be honest. We all knew this was going to be AMD's hottest and most power hungry chip since the HD 2900xt.

6970 is about equal, actually even slightly faster than the 570 at 1920 and above. I feel drivers will benefit the 6970 more than the 570 too. Certainly depends on the games though. They just made a major change after ~3 years(VLIW4) hence the brilliant performance in some games and relatively poor showing in some IMO. Give 'em time

Still, both are great cards and the 570 is cheaper too

That's what I was pointing out in my little summary. Initially people were mad because for whatever reason they expected GTX 580 like performance, even though people like Sky MTL were telling them that expecting that much would lead to their disappointment, thus my statement.

Also the 1920 and above was covered in that too.

The poor showing in some titles may be due to tessellation power(hawx2 for example), but we won't know for sure until we see if AMD can correct performance there in future drivers.

The 6950 2gb really is the sweet-spot for cayman though.