Testseek.co.uk 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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TestSeek's Expert Reviews Summary
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AMD 6970 has come to the world to figh the NVIDIA GTX 570 and it succeeds quite good in its task. The new AMD 6970 graphic cards doesn't quite reach up to the absolute top performing graphics cards. This may however change with new driver coming out in the future. What the editors like is the relatively low power consumption and the lower-than-usual noise levels (thanks to better cooling). 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
As a conclusion the AMD HD 6970 cards 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. The card can compete with NVIDIA's GTX 570 on all levels.
A bit faster than Nvidia's closest card on bench tests, newer games, Better multi-screen support than competing Nvidia cards
Lags behind GeForce GTX 570 in older games and tests, Loud fan under full load, Too long for some PC cases
The HD 6970 is eclipsed by Nvidia’s high-end GTX 580 in raw performance, but at about $370 at launch, it's a better bet for cutting-edge games than Nvidia’s similarly priced GeForce GTX 570. ...
Abstract: As NVIDIA released their refreshed GTX 500-series AMD took what could only be called an observer’s position, biding their time until their own response was ready. Today we find out exactly what they have been working on since before the HD 5800 cards ...
The HD 6970 is a good card and in single form it's a good setup already. In Crossfire you've got two good cards that create a great setup, and that's because AMD has done such a fantastic job when it comes to Crossfire. Sure, the HD 6870 in Crossfi...
The AMD Radeon HD6970 is a disappointment when you look at the initial performance numbers. The card runs as hot as the GTX580, consumes as much power as the GTX570 and performs on the same level, which really shouldn’t be what the flagship card aspire...
Power hungry especially with PowerTune set to higher values, high overclock does not translate to significant real world improvement, pricing is a bit high (based on US pricing as India pricing is not fixed yet)
We haven't got the final India pricing yet as AMD is still finalizing that, but according to US pricing, the card is retailing for around $380, which is roughly $40 more than the GTX 570. My guess is AMD will certainly not price it below 20K in India, ...
Abstract: Artículo rápido y sencillo a la vez que intenta comparar actualmente lo que ofrecen las tres tarjetas monoGPU más potentes de las últimas generaciones de AMD. Tal y como reza el titular aquí veremos el rendimiento de una Radeon HD 5870 1GB en compara...
Dual Bios, Rendimiento altísimo en casi todos los benchmarks, Ideal para cálculo numérico, 2 Gb de memoria GDDR5, DirectX 11 también con rendimiento alto, Excelente calidad de construcción, Gran variedad de conectores
Altas temperaturas debido a su potencia, Mucho ruido, Requerimientos altos de potencia en la fuente
La 6970 es para un segmento pequeño, pero recuerden que AMD ofrece una línea 6xxx para todo el rango de necesidades, desde HTPC hasta Power como esta, no hay segmento que dejen libre con sus 6-7 placas por cada generación. La 6970 tiene algunos punto...
AMD parece que durante este año de éxitos en sus tarjetas gráficas no se ha dormido en los laureles y ha seguido trabajando para ofrecer un producto muy optimizado respecto a su generación anterior.En la nueva serie AMD Radeon HD 6900, ha mejorado la p...
Abstract: Tras ver el análisis de la nueva Radeon HD 6950 ahora pasamos a su hermana mayor, la Radeon HD 6970.La verdad es que las diferencias estéticas son mínimas y poco hay que comentar al respecto. Incluso el tamaño de la tarjeta es exactamente el mismo y su...
