ATI Radeon HD 5970 2GB: The World's Fastest Graphics Card
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Benchmark Results: Left 4 Dead
We see similar behavior in Left 4 Dead, with the 5970 even matching the two CrossFire’d Radeon HD 5870s. Left 4 Dead is known to be CPU-bound, though, so the only real significant frame rate falloff we see happens at 2560x1600 with anti-aliasing enabled. At the point, the 5870s retake a lead.
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IzzyCraft bawhaha i was waiting for thisReply
5970 picture of it in size comparison is priceless to me it's freaking huge card.
But really how are they going to get 2 chips for 5970 when they can't even get 1 for 5870 :) -
I'm getting more concerned with Nvidia these days. They keep playing with these low-end cards and haven't made anything all that great in almost a year. Hopefully Fermi doesn't turn into Itanic II.Reply
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amdgamer666 Sweet, another amazing card to drool at, too bad I can't afford it. Thanks for including CF'ed 5870's, that's what I wanted to compare it to the most. The release seems to coincide with the driver update. Everybody make sure to update your drivers to 9.11 :)Reply
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx
Also, because 9.11 is out, you can also try out Adobe's Flash 10.1 prelease to try out GPU-accelerated flash
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/
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commodore64 Wooww...4.3 billion transistors, low idle power, it's pricey but this baby has lots of potential :)Reply
I think ATI driven NVIDIA into a corner this time, i love the competition :) -
7amood commodore64i love the competitionThere is no competition yet >_< prices are way up there!!!Reply -
Honis Good article!Reply
I'll wait for a price drop since there are 0 DX 11 games out currently. Hope this forces further drops in the 4870s.