Radeon HD 5970 Techpowerup.

[TombStone]

Just read this at Techpowerup http://www.techpowerup.com/108440/Ra..._Headroom.html

Looks like it may be time for an upgrade soon. This will involve a case upgrade as well. I think I will have to go with Corsair Obsidian 800 case.

[dmanna]

hmm that is wierd that they are claiming that there could be a 30% increase in core/memory clock for overclockers.. That would put it a tad over the 5870 single gpu clocks, it just kinda says... but if you can overclock these baddies to single gpu card clocks for 200 bucks less... then I dont care if there trying some marketing propaganda or unwilling to supply there cards with adequate cooling, I will pull the trigger as long as they can overclock close to singe gpu cards on air. I havent set up a water block system yet and for some reason i am intimidated to invest the money into a water cooling system unless someone could walk me through my first initial install.

[Corum Jhaelen Irsei]

Originally Posted by dmanna

hmm that is wierd that they are claiming that there could be a 30% increase in core/memory clock for overclockers.. That would put it a tad over the 5870 single gpu clocks, it just kinda says... but if you can overclock these baddies to single gpu card clocks for 200 bucks less... then I dont care if there trying some marketing propaganda or unwilling to supply there cards with adequate cooling, I will pull the trigger as long as they can overclock close to singe gpu cards on air. I havent set up a water block system yet and for some reason i am intimidated to invest the money into a water cooling system unless someone could walk me through my first initial install.

They have to keep the power draw below a certain point. That is why they can overclock so well, but not start at those clocks.

[john dolan]

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles...?cid=3&id=3072

[Dave]

Originally Posted by john dolan

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles...?cid=3&id=3072

"Using the in-built ATI Overdrive overclocking tool, we managed 800MHz at the core and 4400MHz DDR at the memory, which gave us a negligible improvement of 120 3DMarks. Further attempts to replicate the higher clock speeds of the Radeon HD 5870 failed, as Vantage would crash halfway into the benchmarking run. Apparently, the Radeon HD 5970 is not a very keen overclocker despite what ATI /AMD would like to have us believe. Perhaps it could be somewhat linked to the early driver nature and this may yet see an area of improvement in the near future."

[john dolan]

Think ill just grab another 5870 for xfire when stores get them in stock again after christmas.

[caveman-jim]

I wonder if they adjusted voltages or not.

[SSXeon]

Originally Posted by caveman-jim

I wonder if they adjusted voltages or not.

Doubt they did.

[caveman-jim]

Probably why they didnt get the OC they wanted then.

[DnL]

Am waiting for reviews and praying this is not a paper lunch (launch )!

[Talon_262]

Guru3D has a 5970 review up now...holy f**king s**t, this card's a beast in every sense of the word!

;-P