How will they? Considering that the HD 5970 is pretty much two HD 5870 GPUs on one PCB @ HD 5850 speeds to prevent it going from the ATX limit, what will be the speeds of the HD 5950? If they're two HD 5850s on one PCB @ HD 5850 speeds, then essentially there would be no difference between the two @ stock. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't the HD 5950 have more overclocking headroom in terms of temperature, seeing as that two HD 5870s take up more power and produce more heat than two HD 5850s?
Of course the HD 5870 GPU-wise would have far more GPU overclocking headroom, considering they're underclocked by 125MHz on the core and 200MHz on the memory already. On techPowerUP! they could get their HD 5970 to 890/1193.75, which is 40MHz higher than the stock HD 5870s on the core clock, although 6.25MHz less than the stock HD 5870s on the memory clock.
On many sites I've seen the HD 5850 been overclocked to ~825-875MHz on the core clock without any voltage adjustements, and memory clocks at around 1125-1175MHz.
The performance would seem to be very close to the stock HD 5870, and I'm also assuming that the HD 5850s would be relatively stable with these clocks, even if they were put together as an HD 5950.
What would the price be as well? The HD 5970 launched at $600 MSRP, the price of two HD 5850s at the time. Now, considering that the HD 5950 has the same performance as two HD 5850s, with a bit less o/c headroom than the HD 5970, how much less would it be solved? $500 MSRP?
Are they even going to release the HD 5950? With the HD 4850X2, only Sapphire made any, I'm just wondering if it'll be a similar situation, and they end up being pretty rare.
Just a few questions I've been thinking about.
Of course the HD 5870 GPU-wise would have far more GPU overclocking headroom, considering they're underclocked by 125MHz on the core and 200MHz on the memory already. On techPowerUP! they could get their HD 5970 to 890/1193.75, which is 40MHz higher than the stock HD 5870s on the core clock, although 6.25MHz less than the stock HD 5870s on the memory clock.
On many sites I've seen the HD 5850 been overclocked to ~825-875MHz on the core clock without any voltage adjustements, and memory clocks at around 1125-1175MHz.
The performance would seem to be very close to the stock HD 5870, and I'm also assuming that the HD 5850s would be relatively stable with these clocks, even if they were put together as an HD 5950.
What would the price be as well? The HD 5970 launched at $600 MSRP, the price of two HD 5850s at the time. Now, considering that the HD 5950 has the same performance as two HD 5850s, with a bit less o/c headroom than the HD 5970, how much less would it be solved? $500 MSRP?
Are they even going to release the HD 5950? With the HD 4850X2, only Sapphire made any, I'm just wondering if it'll be a similar situation, and they end up being pretty rare.
Just a few questions I've been thinking about.
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