HIS Radeon HD6970 IceQ 2GB PCIe

Zitat: AMD should undoubtedly be pleased with what it has achieved with the Radeon HD6970.

Zitat: Pluss: + Fin ytelse + Hyggelige temperaturer + Stillegående i forhold til referansekortet Minus: - GeForce GTX 570 byr på tett konkurranse

Zitat: You might´ve seen some people getting in excess of 1000MHz on the core of HD 6970s and the first thing we have to say is that it´s not that the HIS HD 6970 2GB we´re using is a poor overclocking card. Under 3DMark 11 and Vantage we could benchmark at 1000MHz on the core, but Heaven would see crashes, and so did Batman AA.

Zitat: Performance Pros: + Radeon HD 6900-series provides excellent scaling + Two Radeon HD 6970s make mincemeat of most present games Cons: - NVIDIA´s GeForce GTX 580 still holds the performance crown for both single and dualGPU setups - Power consumption inevitably suffers AMD and NVIDIA have improved their multi-GPU implementations to a degree where near-perfect scaling can be achieved when running two cards through a number of high-profile gaming titles Strapping in two high-end GPUs is the only method of achieving genuinely superlative performance. Indeed, CrossFireX and SLI have evolved to an extent that it´s becoming increasingly difficult to recommend a single enthusiast-class GPU - you just have to take a look at the numbers in the Radeon HD 6970/50 review for confirmation that spending the same money on two GPUs makes implicit sense. We know that AMD´s Radeon HD 6970 improves upon HD 5870 performance. CrossFireX now performs better with 6000-series GPUs, too. Put the two together and you can achieve fearsome numbers when two HIS Radeon HD 6970 cards are placed into a system, helped out by having a lush 2GB frame-buffer for each GPU. The trouble for AMD is that NVIDIA has also raised its game in the same departments - GPU design and SLI scaling - so picking a winner isn´t easy. We´re impressed by how much perf can be achieved on a single monitor. The next part of the multi-GPU evaluation will examine just how well the cards are able to power a three-monitor setup. Stay tuned for that.