HD 6990 Preview/Review

[BababooeyHTJ]

I could only imagine the flaming around here if Nvidia released a $700 card that was this hot and power hungry.

[Macadamia]

I could only imagine the flaming around here if Nvidia released a $700 card that was this hot and power hungry.

It uses less power than 2 560Tis.
Oh yeah I sure would imagine the flaming.

[BababooeyHTJ]

It uses less power than 2 560Tis.
Oh yeah I sure would imagine the flaming.

At how much more money? How much more power does this draw than GTX295, 4870x2, and 9800gtx? Is this not the most power hungry video card ever?

[InCredible]

At how much more money? How much more power does this draw than GTX295, 4870x2, and 9800gtx? Is this not the most power hungry video card ever?

its definitely the most powerful video card ever as well.

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It uses less power than 2 560Tis.
Oh yeah I sure would imagine the flaming.

560s run around 170w

[Lanek]

I could only imagine the flaming around here if Nvidia released a $700 card that was this hot and power hungry.

Lol, if it was a single gpu card, a dual gpu card based on the high end cards is a bit different. keep in mind this card is still in 40nm, when initially all the 69xx parts was in 32nm .. But im right with you, now Nvidia will release a 750-800$ with equal Power consumption, so well finally it will be 1:1 on this.

About price, here a 580 cost barely 500-550.- ( 1 CHF = ~1.07 $ actually ), a 6970 379-399.- .. ( 580 price is starting to decrease it was more of 600 before )... The 6990 is not yet listed.. but i imagine it will be around 700 at start. ...

The only concern here is get 2x 6970 or 1x 6990... 580SLI vs 6970 ( outside ofc for Ln2 OC ), it's not even a fight, the difference is not enough for justify the difference.

Actually due to low Availability the 6990 is priced higher of the MSRP but it's specially cause it's the only card like this available, shop will try pull some money of it before the 590 is here and this one is rather high allready, so i believe they have just take some margin waiting the Nvidia 590 ones, and cut the price if needed. ( this will depend not on the performance, but specially on the price will push Nvidia on it )
AMD want make money that's for sure, and i think they have just calculate how much will cost the 590. and base themselve on it.