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ATI Radeon HD5970

 

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    1.0 1.0 from 9 reviewers
  • Expert Score (3)
    6.9 6.9 from 3 reviewers
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  1. Legion Hardware

    Legion Hardware
    16 November 2009

    As far as we are concerned all expectations have been met with the Radeon HD 5970, and while we are happy with the performance displayed today, we feel there is more to come. Often we feel that too much emphasis is placed on the drivers when looking at new graphics cards, as we hear time and time again that performance will greatly improve as the drivers mature, which is not always the case. Read more

  2. TechRadar UK

    TechRadar UK
    8.0/10
    28 November 2009

    Whether it will produce enough to cover demand for both 58xx series cards and the 5970 we'll have to wait and see. But that's all by the by if the beast performs like the beast we're told it is. Read more

    • Fastest card in the world (sorry), Great OC headroom
    • IT'S HUGE, Mind-numbingly expensive

  3. thinkdigit.com

    thinkdigit.com
    29 December 2009

    The ATI Radeon HD 5970 is an extreme high-end graphics card which comes equipped with a dual GPU thus making it the fastest card from ATI in 2009. The ATI Radeon 5970 has a 512-bit bus with a core clock of 725 MHz and memory clock of 1000 MHz along with 1 GB of DDR5 memory. Design-wise, the ATI Radeon HD 5970 is very similar to the slower ATI Radeon HD5870 and ATI Radeon HD5850 cards. The card runs on a six and 8-pin power connector configuration. Read more

  4. brightsideofnews.com

    brightsideofnews.com
    17 November 2009

    Not too long ago AMD took the lead in the GPU world, it was not a massive performance lead at first. No, it was merely a simple yet massively important move. This was the move to 40nm. This move was the opening move a new game of chess between AMD and their rivals, nVidia, and it spelled out something that was either overlooked or ignored. Read more

  5. PC Pro

    PC Pro
    5.0/10
    19 November 2009

    Unsurprisingly, it's the fastest card we've ever seen, but it's far too expensive and bulky to be practical Read more

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ATI Radeon HD 5970

The ATI Radeon HD 5970 is a graphics card has features that support Microsoft DirectX® 11 technology and ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology. Designed to also support ultra-high resolutions and image quality settings, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 has unlocked overclocking features such as fan and vapor chamber technologies and a fully vented exhaust to keep the card cool and ensure overclocking headroom using ATI Overdrive™ technology. The graphics card is compatible with AMD Phenom…

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ATI Radeon HD 5970

The ATI Radeon HD 5970 is a graphics card has features that support Microsoft DirectX® 11 technology and ATI Eyefinity multi-display technology. Designed to also support ultra-high resolutions and image quality settings, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 has unlocked overclocking features such as fan and vapor chamber technologies and a fully vented exhaust to keep the card cool and ensure overclocking headroom using ATI Overdrive™ technology. The graphics card is compatible with AMD Phenom II processors and AMD 7-Series chipsets. The ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 can drive up to three displays at once, at a maximum resolution of 7680x1600 and supports ATI CrossFireX™ technology which leverages the power of multiple graphics processors to optimize game performance.

Features

The ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 graphics card delivers up to 5 TeraFLOPS of compute power, supports DirectX® 11 games, as well as in previous versions of DirectX® and OpenGL titles. Built on 40nm process technology that provides users with up to 3,200 stream processors, gamers can enjoy DirectX® 11 games. When working in tandem with the features and functionality of ATI Stream technology, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 graphics card helps optimize performance of enabled media, entertainment and productivity applications. The ATI Stream technology and the HD 5970 support both Direct Compute 11 and OpenCL industry standards for application acceleration. It also helps with power efficiency by automatically powering down unused GPU resources when not in use, resulting in idle desktop power consumption of 42 watts. The ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 is supported by a wide range of add-in-board companies, including ASK, Asus, Club 3D, Diamond, Gigabyte, High Tech, MSI, Sapphire, Tul/Power Color, Visiontek and XFX.

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