Testseek.com have collected 150 expert reviews of the AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 78%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Radeon HD 6970 2GB GDDR5 PCIe.
December 2010
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AMD 6970 has come to the world to figh the NVIDIA GTX 570 and it succeeds quite well in this task. However the new AMD 6970 graphics card doesn't quite reach up to the absolute top performers. This may however change with new drivers coming out in the future. What the editors like is the relative low power consumption and the lower-than-usual noise levels (except for when in high load). Another positive feature is the possibility to connect multiple cards (more than two) via CrossFire. That one can easily revert to the standard frequencies is also good so that potential problems with overclocked cards can be easiliy fixed.
The editors liked
2GB Memory
Cooling features
Strong performance/watt
The editors didn't like
Noisy at higher performance levels
Overclocking doesn't mean real world benefits
Expensive
TestSeek's Conclusion
The AMD HD 6970 card brings many new cool things to the table; mainly its power tuning technology. The performance is very high although not yet as good as the top performing graphics cards but this may be due to the early drivers which was used in the tests.
AMD's Radeon HD 6900 cards are interesting. It's hard to use a word other than that, because long before we received our samples, I had an idea of what to expect performance-wise, and that doesn't quite align with what we've seen throughout our tests....
Touchstone Of New ArchitectureMany people are full of expectation towards Radeon HD 6970 featuring new architecture,hoping that the card can have a wonderful battle with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580.However,the reality is always cruel,the fact has destroye...
Abstract: AMD released yesterday their latest high-end video card series, the Radeon HD 6900. Let’s take a look at the two models that were released, the Radeon HD 6950 and the Radeon HD 6970.The video cards we are reviewing are the reference models from AMD. Wh...
Abstract: The HD6970 and HD6950 use the Cayman GPU. They are both built with the 40nm process, and the main difference between the two is that the HD6970 has slightly more stream processors and texture units than the HD6950, and it is also clocked slightly higher.
It appears we are going to face a repeat with the new Radeon HD 6900 and GeForce GTX 500 GPU series. With a few key differences, of course. This time Nvidia arrived to market well on time and they are also very efficient against competing Radeons. Whe...
Excellent topend DX11 graphics performance, Cayman GPU includes stereoscopic 3D functionality, Nearly silent cooling fan at idle, very quiet under load, Fan exhausts most heated air outside of case, Multiview CODEC enables 3D Bluray playback, Improves DisplayPort to 1.2 with display chaining, Supports CrossFireX functionality,
Expensive enthusiast product, Limited AMD HD3D product support
IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure...
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Published: 2010-12-15, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
Abstract: 2.6 billion. Six. The first figure is the number of transistors in AMD's new Cayman graphics processor. The second is the number of days we've had to spend with it prior to its release. Today's GPUs are incredibly complex beasts, and the companies that...
It's been ATI's strategy over the past few years to produce relatively small, efficient GPUs that are more straightforward to manufacture. This approach leaves the company a little short at the high end of the market, but ATI's plan is to fill this gap by...
Excellent performance for the price. Support for full range of new technologies, including DirectX 11 and Enhanced Quality Anti-Aliasing.
Not consistently more powerful than its less-expensive competition.
With its Radeon HD 6970 video card, AMD introduces some exciting competition in the sub-$400 video card space. But if you want the fastest card out there in this price range, the 6970 is not consistently it. ...
Abstract: When AMD announced the Radeon HD 6800 series with video cards based on the Barts GPU back in October it was well received by consumers, but the enthusiasts and gamers that wanted more horse power sat on the sidelines. They were waiting for AMD to re...
