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11-17-09, 04:37 PM
VIDEO (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhTb2DRPUoI): ATI Radeon HD 5970 Video Card Presentation by David Cummings
TechSpot (http://www.techspot.com/review/221-ati-radeon-hd-5970/page17.html) Final Thoughts
As expected the Radeon HD 5970 is vastly superior to the GeForce GTX 295 in terms of performance beating it in every single test, at all tested resolutions.
On average the Radeon HD 5970 was 53% faster than the GeForce GTX 295 at 2560x1600. Even removing the top three tests where the Radeon led with the biggest margins (BattleForge, Enemy Territory and Street Fighter IV), the HD 5970 still ended up some 34% faster than the GTX 295.
AnandTech (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3679&p=17) Completing AMD's Takeover of the High End GPU Market
There are two things that become very clear when looking at our data for the 5970
1. It’s hands down the fastest single card on the market
2. It’s so fast that it’s wasted on a single monitor
AMD made a good choice in enabling Crossfire Eyefinity for the 5970, as they have made a card so fast that it basically shoots past everything on the market that isn’t Crysis. All of our action games that aren’t CPU limited do better than 100fps at 2560x1600, and RTSs are doing just under 60fps. The 5970 is without a doubt Overkill (with a capital O) on a single monitor. This will likely change for future games (i.e. STALKER), but on today’s games it’s more power than is necessary to drive even the largest single monitor. The 5970 still offers a good performance boost over the 5870 even with a single monitor, but with the 5870’s outstanding performance, it’s not $200 better.
TechPowerUp (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_5970_CrossFire/28.html) HIS HD 5970 CrossFire (Quadfire)
It sure isn't the most sensible thing to spend $1200 on two graphics cards, that dump about 600W of heat in your room when fully loaded, that barely fit inside your computer, and that make a quite some fan noise. But oh boy, the frames fly like you've never seen before! The "All Resolutions" performance summary graph simply doesn't do justice as HD 5970 CrossFire gets irrelevant, and CPU-limited in lower resolutions. 2560x1600 seems to be the only resolution where having a pair of these will allow you to splurge on eye-candy like never before.
If you want to build the fastest rig money can buy then a HD 5970 CrossFire setup is what you need. Die-hard overclockers all over the planet will open their wallets and camp the online stores to get a pair of these, unfortunately supply will be limited.
TechPowerUp (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/EAH5970/35.html) ASUS EAH5970
This dual-GPU graphics accelerator has proven itself to be a real monstrosity in terms of its performance, and is the fastest money can buy...if available in your friendly neighbourhood hardware store. Being the fifth dual-GPU flagship accelerator since DirectX 10, the Radeon HD 5970 asserts that dual-GPU cards are here to stay, and however much a company would prefer making monolithic single-GPU designs, at some point, it will find the need to release a dual-GPU flagship accelerator to maintain competitiveness in the high-end segment.
Hexus.net (http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=21179&page=13)
Zipping through benchmarks at 2,560x1,600, and you really need this kind of ultra-high setting to do the card justice, we can categorically say that it succeeds in usurping the GTX 295's title... and in some style. Indeed, the legendary Greek philosopher Socrates and NVIDIA's high-end GPUs have something in common: they've both been poisoned by Hemlock.
HotHardware (http://hothardware.com/Articles/ATI-Radeon-HD-5970-DualGPU-Powerhouse/?page=12) Dual-GPU Powerhouse
Performance Summary: Summarizing the ATI Radeon HD 5970's performance couldn't be any easier. The Radeon HD 5970 is simply the fastest, most powerful single graphics card available today. The Radeon HD 5970 offered better performance than every other graphics card we tested, regardless of the game or application
Tom'sHardware (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5970,2474-16.html) The World's Fastest Graphics Card
I don’t remember the last time I covered the same company’s embargoed launches four times (totaling five distinct products) in fewer than two months. In that short span, ATI has completely preempted Nvidia in enabling DirectX 11 support from the $100 to $600 segments. The initiative now lies almost exclusively with ATI; Nvidia has to play catch-up across its entire discrete desktop portfolio.
LegionHardware (http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=867&p=11)
Furthermore, out of the dozen games we tested with, the Radeon HD 5970 was found to be on average 45% faster than the GeForce GTX 295 and 70% faster than the Radeon HD 4870 X2. That is quite incredible really, and even in many worst case scenarios the Radeon HD 5970 out gunned the GeForce GTX 295 by around a 30% performance margin.
WOW 70% faster than my HD 4870 X2. I should get the HD 5970 ASAP :)
DriverHeaven (http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews.php?reviewid=885&pageid=1)
gaming with this monster is a fantastic experience. In everything but Crysis Warhead we were able to play at 2560x1600 and often with 8x anti-aliasing. It is hard to push a card any harder than that
HardwareCanucks (http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/25628-sapphire-radeon-hd-5970-2gb-oc-edition-review-24.html) Conclusion
There is simply no denying that the HD 5970 is a ridiculously fast card with heaps of performance and loads of potential. It can finally be said that ATI has wrested the ultra high end single card performance crown away from NVIDIA and has done so without a real challenger in sight. It is so fast in fact that other than using it for some Eyefinity goodness; we really don’t know what application will ever take advantage of the insane amounts of rendering power it brings to the table.
TheGuru3D (http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5970-review-test/28) The Verdict
Well -- make no mistake, without any doubt ATI has build the fastest graphics card in the world. If it fits in your chassis that is ! Man this fracker is long. If you even remotely opt this card, please make sure you have enough clearance inside that PC. Most ATX big-towers chassis will not have an issue with the length but you'd be wise to check anyway -- remember 30cm / 12 in.
PCPerspective (http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=820) - AMD Radeon HD 5970 2GB Review - AMDomination
We expected the new Radeon HD 5970 graphics card to be an absolute beast in the benchmarks and our expectations were right on with this release. When the HD 5870 first came out it left a little wiggle room between the GTX 285 and the GTX 295 for some slight lingering doubt about whose GPU was the out and out fastest in the market (not looking at features). The HD 5970 erases any of those doubts by overpowering the GTX 295 in every single benchmark we threw at it, including Batman: Arkham Asylum and Resident Evil 5 that usually lean towards NVIDIA.
HardwareZone (http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?id=3072&cid=3&pg=1) - The king Returns
Overall, there can be no doubting the power and speed of the new Radeon HD 5970. It is simply blazing fast, and as far as single graphics cards go, nothing in the market comes close. The previous speed king, the GeForce GTX 295, has been utterly outclassed by ATI's newest dual-GPU offering.
What's more, it does so by offering very impressive levels of power efficiency. In our tests, it easily overpowered the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 and was on average about 20% faster. Despite that, it also managed to achieve markedly lower power consumption figures. This is testament to the new Evergreen chips' efficiency and is certainly amazing, to say the least.
Lab501 (http://lab501.ro/placi-video/ati-radeon-hd5970-ave-hemlock-morituri-te-salutant) Romanian, Google Translate (http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=ro&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Flab501.ro%2Fplaci-video%2Fati-radeon-hd5970-ave-hemlock-morituri-te-salutant)
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TechSpot (http://www.techspot.com/review/221-ati-radeon-hd-5970/page17.html) Final Thoughts
As expected the Radeon HD 5970 is vastly superior to the GeForce GTX 295 in terms of performance beating it in every single test, at all tested resolutions.
On average the Radeon HD 5970 was 53% faster than the GeForce GTX 295 at 2560x1600. Even removing the top three tests where the Radeon led with the biggest margins (BattleForge, Enemy Territory and Street Fighter IV), the HD 5970 still ended up some 34% faster than the GTX 295.
AnandTech (http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3679&p=17) Completing AMD's Takeover of the High End GPU Market
There are two things that become very clear when looking at our data for the 5970
1. It’s hands down the fastest single card on the market
2. It’s so fast that it’s wasted on a single monitor
AMD made a good choice in enabling Crossfire Eyefinity for the 5970, as they have made a card so fast that it basically shoots past everything on the market that isn’t Crysis. All of our action games that aren’t CPU limited do better than 100fps at 2560x1600, and RTSs are doing just under 60fps. The 5970 is without a doubt Overkill (with a capital O) on a single monitor. This will likely change for future games (i.e. STALKER), but on today’s games it’s more power than is necessary to drive even the largest single monitor. The 5970 still offers a good performance boost over the 5870 even with a single monitor, but with the 5870’s outstanding performance, it’s not $200 better.
TechPowerUp (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/HIS/Radeon_HD_5970_CrossFire/28.html) HIS HD 5970 CrossFire (Quadfire)
It sure isn't the most sensible thing to spend $1200 on two graphics cards, that dump about 600W of heat in your room when fully loaded, that barely fit inside your computer, and that make a quite some fan noise. But oh boy, the frames fly like you've never seen before! The "All Resolutions" performance summary graph simply doesn't do justice as HD 5970 CrossFire gets irrelevant, and CPU-limited in lower resolutions. 2560x1600 seems to be the only resolution where having a pair of these will allow you to splurge on eye-candy like never before.
If you want to build the fastest rig money can buy then a HD 5970 CrossFire setup is what you need. Die-hard overclockers all over the planet will open their wallets and camp the online stores to get a pair of these, unfortunately supply will be limited.
TechPowerUp (http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/EAH5970/35.html) ASUS EAH5970
This dual-GPU graphics accelerator has proven itself to be a real monstrosity in terms of its performance, and is the fastest money can buy...if available in your friendly neighbourhood hardware store. Being the fifth dual-GPU flagship accelerator since DirectX 10, the Radeon HD 5970 asserts that dual-GPU cards are here to stay, and however much a company would prefer making monolithic single-GPU designs, at some point, it will find the need to release a dual-GPU flagship accelerator to maintain competitiveness in the high-end segment.
Hexus.net (http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=21179&page=13)
Zipping through benchmarks at 2,560x1,600, and you really need this kind of ultra-high setting to do the card justice, we can categorically say that it succeeds in usurping the GTX 295's title... and in some style. Indeed, the legendary Greek philosopher Socrates and NVIDIA's high-end GPUs have something in common: they've both been poisoned by Hemlock.
HotHardware (http://hothardware.com/Articles/ATI-Radeon-HD-5970-DualGPU-Powerhouse/?page=12) Dual-GPU Powerhouse
Performance Summary: Summarizing the ATI Radeon HD 5970's performance couldn't be any easier. The Radeon HD 5970 is simply the fastest, most powerful single graphics card available today. The Radeon HD 5970 offered better performance than every other graphics card we tested, regardless of the game or application
Tom'sHardware (http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5970,2474-16.html) The World's Fastest Graphics Card
I don’t remember the last time I covered the same company’s embargoed launches four times (totaling five distinct products) in fewer than two months. In that short span, ATI has completely preempted Nvidia in enabling DirectX 11 support from the $100 to $600 segments. The initiative now lies almost exclusively with ATI; Nvidia has to play catch-up across its entire discrete desktop portfolio.
LegionHardware (http://www.legionhardware.com/document.php?id=867&p=11)
Furthermore, out of the dozen games we tested with, the Radeon HD 5970 was found to be on average 45% faster than the GeForce GTX 295 and 70% faster than the Radeon HD 4870 X2. That is quite incredible really, and even in many worst case scenarios the Radeon HD 5970 out gunned the GeForce GTX 295 by around a 30% performance margin.
WOW 70% faster than my HD 4870 X2. I should get the HD 5970 ASAP :)
DriverHeaven (http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews.php?reviewid=885&pageid=1)
gaming with this monster is a fantastic experience. In everything but Crysis Warhead we were able to play at 2560x1600 and often with 8x anti-aliasing. It is hard to push a card any harder than that
HardwareCanucks (http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/25628-sapphire-radeon-hd-5970-2gb-oc-edition-review-24.html) Conclusion
There is simply no denying that the HD 5970 is a ridiculously fast card with heaps of performance and loads of potential. It can finally be said that ATI has wrested the ultra high end single card performance crown away from NVIDIA and has done so without a real challenger in sight. It is so fast in fact that other than using it for some Eyefinity goodness; we really don’t know what application will ever take advantage of the insane amounts of rendering power it brings to the table.
TheGuru3D (http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-5970-review-test/28) The Verdict
Well -- make no mistake, without any doubt ATI has build the fastest graphics card in the world. If it fits in your chassis that is ! Man this fracker is long. If you even remotely opt this card, please make sure you have enough clearance inside that PC. Most ATX big-towers chassis will not have an issue with the length but you'd be wise to check anyway -- remember 30cm / 12 in.
PCPerspective (http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=820) - AMD Radeon HD 5970 2GB Review - AMDomination
We expected the new Radeon HD 5970 graphics card to be an absolute beast in the benchmarks and our expectations were right on with this release. When the HD 5870 first came out it left a little wiggle room between the GTX 285 and the GTX 295 for some slight lingering doubt about whose GPU was the out and out fastest in the market (not looking at features). The HD 5970 erases any of those doubts by overpowering the GTX 295 in every single benchmark we threw at it, including Batman: Arkham Asylum and Resident Evil 5 that usually lean towards NVIDIA.
HardwareZone (http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?id=3072&cid=3&pg=1) - The king Returns
Overall, there can be no doubting the power and speed of the new Radeon HD 5970. It is simply blazing fast, and as far as single graphics cards go, nothing in the market comes close. The previous speed king, the GeForce GTX 295, has been utterly outclassed by ATI's newest dual-GPU offering.
What's more, it does so by offering very impressive levels of power efficiency. In our tests, it easily overpowered the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 and was on average about 20% faster. Despite that, it also managed to achieve markedly lower power consumption figures. This is testament to the new Evergreen chips' efficiency and is certainly amazing, to say the least.
Lab501 (http://lab501.ro/placi-video/ati-radeon-hd5970-ave-hemlock-morituri-te-salutant) Romanian, Google Translate (http://translate.google.ca/translate?hl=en&sl=ro&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Flab501.ro%2Fplaci-video%2Fati-radeon-hd5970-ave-hemlock-morituri-te-salutant)
The Lab501 site is down due to server overload, They're working on the problem and it should be up soon again. Here is the owner message at XtremeSystem Forum (http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=4114499&postcount=30)