ASUS EAH5970 2 GB GDDR5

[W1zzard]

added more oc data with voltage increase

 

[HTC]

added more oc data with voltage increase

Is it me or are these OC charts (below) the same as before the voltage increase?

and

As well as the text associated with each pic.

 

[btarunr]

Those charts are associated to the older overclock, not the new voltage-assisted overclock.

 

[W1zzard]

let me rerun those oc perf tests. .. new graph in a few mins

 

[r9]

"Sexy Looks" as pros .

That card delivers definitely. Bringing 295 is like bringing knife to a gun fight .

 

[HTC]

Those charts are associated to the older overclock, not the new voltage-assisted overclock.

I thought as much.

let me rerun those oc perf tests. .. new graph in a few mins

If i may suggest something: please keep those there and add new ones for the voltage tweaked OC.

Why, you may ask? Because it will show the OC and temps of a "simple" OC and a more "enhanced" OC and, personally, i find that to be quite relevant info.

 

[W1zzard]

updated

 

[HTC]

updated

... Are the temps the same with both OCs?

From 8.7% to 20.5%: WOW indeed!!!

 

[Dimi]

Very nice performance results, especially in Crysis. Not gonna buy this though, my GTX275 does everything it needs to.
Also, i can imagine the lenght of this card might be a problem for most guys, this is why i bought a roomy case that fits E-ATX mobo's. Damn cards keep getting longer.

 

[W1zzard]

... Are the temps the same with both OCs?

From 8.7% to 20.5%: WOW indeed!!!

i can't give you comparable temps because i disassembled the card and replaced the thermal paste, so it would be an unfair comparison. with oc + voltage increase and new thermal paste the card was at around 95° under load. again, please note that this is with the thermal paste replaced

 

[poo417]

Very nice review. I am looking forward to mine arriving tomorrow. Then need to get another couple of 24" monitors to make use of all that power!!

 

[KainXS]

well at least now it can be said without a doubt ATI is the king in performance now.

its been a while since they have had a solid lead in performance.

 

[lemonadesoda]

Eyefinity benchmark needed, even if "only" 3x 1280x1024

 

[newtekie1]

Wow, simply wow. Great card. Glad to see they finally went with one unified heatsink, it really helps balance the heat on both cores, instead of having one core 20°C cooler than the other.

Price needs to come down though, I was hoping this would come out and drive nVidia's prices on the GTX295 down, but at $600 it won't happen, the GTX295 will still sell for $500.

 

[wolf]

Price needs to come down though, I was hoping this would come out and drive nVidia's prices on the GTX295 down, but at $600 it won't happen, the GTX295 will still sell for $500.

Yeah performance per dollar is still really close with both cards, you get about the same value with either, but still, ATi has the crown fair and square now.

20% extra performance from overclocking... Nice. thats 3/4 of the FPS a GTX260 gets at that res, just from an OC.

jolly good show.

EDIT: W1z I know you've done a whole heap for us in recent weeks, any chance I can pressure you to test Crysis @ high res, either 2560x1600 or 1920x1200 after the 'vcore oc' ?

some would say superfluous, I would say AWESOME.

 

[Delta6326]

Well at least my 4850's beat 5970 in the performance/dollar

this card is a beast to bad it crashed in some test very strange, but weird stuff always happens in the computer world................ Oh no my keyboard stuck seeeeeee

 

[newtekie1]

Yeah performance per dollar is still really close with both cards, you get about the same value with either, but still, ATi has the crown fair and square now.

20% extra performance from overclocking... Nice. thats 3/4 of the FPS a GTX260 gets at that res, just from an OC.

jolly good show.

EDIT: W1z I know you've done a whole heap for us in recent weeks, any chance I can pressure you to test Crysis @ high res, either 2560x1600 or 1920x1200 after the 'vcore oc' ?

some would say superfluous, I would say AWESOME.

True, I just wonder what happened to ATi's "we aren't going to sell a GPU over $500" went. I guess when you are back in the lead you can throw all that "we're in it for the consumer" BS right out the window...

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

Posted on REDDIT Gaming/Hardware. Awesome Review!

 

[wolf]

True, I just wonder what happened to ATi's "we aren't going to sell a GPU over $500" went. I guess when you are back in the lead you can throw all that "we're in it for the consumer" BS right out the window...

Just goes to show business is business and they will sell it for what they can, as oppose to dropping the price to 499 and dropping the other 58/57xx cards prices.

That's all speculation tho cos iunno if they can afford to, I got no idea.

 

[shevanel]

If you wanna talk about nvidia how about say something like "top end" <-- LOL gt200 cards just depreciated 50%..

or

gtx 295 @ $499 is a solid buy..

be truthful or sarcastic.. the facts don't lie

 

[1Kurgan1]

Nice review, glad to see it's not a binned down chip and that the stock cooler still has OC headroom, looks like this is 2x 5870's, ut at a cheaper cost, doesn't get much better than that!

 

[mdm-adph]

Man, I'm really tired of my posts disappearing, when all I'm talking about is how awesome the G300 is going to be, and what a waste of time the Hemlock is.

Why does ATI even try?

I mean, didn't you hear? There's totally a picture of the G300 out there. It's as good as already on the market.

 

[wolf]

It was a fairly unfounded, and quite biased post, I got absolutely nothing against you and your opinion, but really I'm not surprised it was deleted at all.

I wont say any more than that.

 

[Dimi]

I would like to see more "recent" games included in the benchmarks. I mean, they include Dirt 2 in the box but its not even in the benchmarks?

These i would like to see added:

Left 4 Dead 2, Dirt 2, Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Anno 1404 Dawn Of Discovery, Need For Speed Shift, Command And Conquer Red Alert 3, Wolfenstein, Borderlands, Dragon Age Origins, Grand Theft Auto IV, Fifa 10, ...

Because, who on earth would buy a gpu this fast to play far cry 1, fear 1, quake 4 or prey...

Anyone else agree?

 

[TooFast]

Is it me or are these OC charts (below) the same as before the voltage increase?

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/ASUS/EAH5970/images/perf_oc.gif

and

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/ASUS/EAH5970/images/temp.gif

As well as the text associated with each pic.

thats a huge diffrence @970/1300