The HD 5970 apparently packs dual RV870 chips each clocked at 725MHz and 2GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1000MHz on dual 256-bit buses. If you're thinking these are HD 5850 clocks, you are right. However, the HD 5970 has 2 x 1600 stream processors and 2 x 80 texture units, twice that of an HD 5870.
The HD 5970 apparently packs dual RV870 chips each clocked at 725MHz and 2GB of GDDR5 memory clocked at 1000MHz on dual 256-bit buses. If you're thinking these are HD 5850 clocks, you are right. However, the HD 5970 has 2 x 1600 stream processors and 2 x 80 texture units, twice that of an HD 5870.
Looks like performance is going to be between 5850 crossfire and 5870 crossfire. What do you guys think?
Ever since I first read about these new cards (59xx) I started wondering what ATI has planed for the Fermi launch. And I think these cards are not the what ATI has up its sleeve. From what I remember an ATI spokesman said that there are more surprises down the road and that is interesting