AMD Introduces ATI Radeon HD 5970: Fastest Graphics Card in the World

[AsRock]

But can it run Crysis?

Yes, yes it can. Finally.

Can it run the most boring game in the world ?...

 

[ste2425]

hey i thought crysis was good still do

 

[pantherx12]

Yeah I really enjoyed Crysis, first FPS other then F.E.A.R to make me feel like I'm in the game.

Shame its real short though.

 

[lemonadesoda]

But will it run Crysis in 3x eyefinity mode? (3x 1200x1600 portrait).

Shame its real short though.

That's what she said!

 

[DRDNA]

all adobe did was switch their renderer to dxva so it uses the generic acceleration .. it will work on any card from any manufacturer that accelerates h264. ati and nv are just hyping it now the same way they called photoshop's opengl use "gpgpu"

The 10.1 beta gives poor quality but good performance on my rig in the sig...with the beta Flash player made everything look more like it was painted than real.I uninstalled the beta and installed the latest version and now back to quality picture but a little CPU usage.

 

[Raiderman]

I would like to know the dimensions of that "surfboard"!

 

[El_Mayo]

But will it run Crysis in 3x eyefinity mode? (3x 1200x1600 portrait).

that's for the HD 7970 to do

 

[lemode]

I’m still sure I won’t actually decide between owning my own 5870 or 5970 until Nvidia releases their cards. I also want the drivers to mature a little as well. I haven’t been keeping up on progress but last time I checked Eyefinity didn’t work in xfire (I’d get 2 5870s if I went that route). Not that I will utilize 6 monitors, but I still might be using the 3 and ideally I’d like it work out of the box. I’m sure by March/May stuff will settle down and we’ll have decent AMD drivers and cards will be plentiful.

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

Pure fail, no ground breaking OC, or ground breaking preformance. A pair of 5850's in crossfire give the same if not better preformance in some cases ( http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/11/18/amd_ati_radeon_hd_5970_video_card_review/3 ). Also they run cooler, will allow a better OC, cost roughly the same if not less, as well as have far better availability, also the fact that their not 12.5 inches long means you don't have to mod your case, get a new one, or use a crowbar to wedge it into a case. Come on AMD, just pure FAIL!

 

[araditus]

Pure fail, no ground breaking OC, or ground breaking preformance. A pair of 5850's in crossfire give the same if not better preformance in some cases ( http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/11/18/amd_ati_radeon_hd_5970_video_card_review/3 ). Also they run cooler, will allow a better OC, cost roughly the same if not less, as well as have far better availability, also the fact that their not 12.5 inches long means you don't have to mod your case, get a new one, or use a crowbar to wedge it into a case. Come on AMD, just pure FAIL!

my friend, youre right in many points, but the point of this card is to be amazing, those purchasing this card have 1 of 3 feasible goals I can think of,

number one they all have money, and want to buy the best so they feel the best, ego stroking

number two, an enthusiast that enjoys technology and probably will make attempts to have them watercooled and over clocked (what I will be doing, I know a machine shop that can laser cut blocks for them) I have a budget for a 3000$ pc, I can fit 2 of these in

number three: setting world records duh, get two of these up to that max of 1000mhz core clock,ln2 cooled a powersupply just for them and another for your processor clocked at 7ghz, He cooled, bc only a processor of that strength might not bottleneck these two beasts. 75,000 3dmark06 anyone?

Its the same reason you see top fuel dragsters going 320mph in 1000 feet, did you know it costs them roughly $50,000 each time they make a pass, and blow the engine everytime?

If you are a concious consumer of course you buy two 5850s, in fact I encourage you its the better buy and value, these have no intention of being a value.

 

[[H]@RD5TUFF]

my friend, youre right in many points, but the point of this card is to be amazing, those purchasing this card have 1 of 3 feasible goals I can think of,

number one they all have money, and want to buy the best so they feel the best, ego stroking

number two, an enthusiast that enjoys technology and probably will make attempts to have them watercooled and over clocked (what I will be doing, I know a machine shop that can laser cut blocks for them) I have a budget for a 3000$ pc, I can fit 2 of these in

number three: setting world records duh, get two of these up to that max of 1000mhz core clock,ln2 cooled a powersupply just for them and another for your processor clocked at 7ghz, He cooled, bc only a processor of that strength might not bottleneck these two beasts. 75,000 3dmark06 anyone?

Its the same reason you see top fuel dragsters going 320mph in 1000 feet, did you know it costs them roughly $50,000 each time they make a pass, and blow the engine everytime?

If you are a concious consumer of course you buy two 5850s, in fact I encourage you its the better buy and value, these have no intention of being a value.

I wasn't asking for value, I simply expected more. The 5850 runs rather cool, the clocks could be pushed up more, there's room on the thermals. It's just very large let down. I.E. pure fail.

 

[HalfAHertz]

I wasn't asking for value, I simply expected more. The 5850 runs rather cool, the clocks could be pushed up more, there's room on the thermals. It's just very large let down. I.E. pure fail.

Well that was expected... you get 2 16x pci-e lanes with 2 cards and only 8x pci-e per gpu with the 5970. As W1z showed us you loose 2-3% performance when going from 16x down to 8x lanes...multiply times two and you get t he 4-5% difference between the 5970 and the 5850s.

Plus as was shown on guru3d, with proper software you can go beyond 900MHz on the core while still staying in safe temps...

There are always sacrifices to make with x2 cards but also some nice benefits such as x4 CFX. This is not a mainstream card. If there is anyone we have to be dissapointed from it's Nvidia for not creating more competition and bending Ati's arm as usual

 

[Kovoet]

Well there goes my Januaries bonus up in smoke, promised the wife something. But this I just have to own.

Was going to build a new setup in January anyway but this is one thing thats going in my stacker and I always said need to buy a big case for further upgrades, so this just proved my point to myself.

My setup will be
Asus P6T deluxe V2
i920 CPU
GT Corsair 6GB ram
Enermax Revolution 85+ PSU
5890 gfx card
and two F3 samsung spinpoints running in raid0

But this will be it for a year or two otherwise the misses will boot me out lol

 

[pr0n Inspector]

Well there goes my Januaries bonus up in smoke, promised the wife something. But this I just have to own.

Was going to build a new setup in January anyway but this is one thing thats going in my stacker and I always said need to buy a big case for further upgrades, so this just proved my point to myself.

My setup will be
Asus P6T deluxe V2
i920 CPU
GT Corsair 6GB ram
Enermax Revolution 85+ PSU
5890 gfx card
and two F3 samsung spinpoints running in raid0

But this will be it for a year or two otherwise the misses will boot me out lol

The waiting list is miles long. You will get one next year if you order NOW.

 

[SKD007]

I would be happy if ATI can shrink the size and provide it as 2 core GPU in 40 or 32nm.. and it will be much better hmmm...

 

[Hayder_Master]

i likes ATI when say we Introduces "Fastest Graphics Card in the World"

 

[shevanel]

is it not? at least for now

 

[Lionheart]

It is the fastest graphics card in the world and I seriously want it so I can play final doom LMAO!!!

 

[Jstn7477]

I would be happy if ATI can shrink the size and provide it as 2 core GPU in 40 or 32nm.. and it will be much better hmmm...

It already is 40nm. Now if NVIDIA can get Fermi out...

 

[Lionheart]

When Nvidia get there shit out and running, Im betting there cards are gonna have some crazy performance but comes at a cost!!!

 

[ste2425]

im probably behind here but is there anynews on nvidia having anything to compete with the 500 series? last i heard was they dont

 

[Lionheart]

Nope, I think everyones just waiting on fermi to be released so the price performance awesomeness can start between ATI & Nvidia!!!

 

[ste2425]

fermi? give me a sec whilst i google that lol

 

[Lionheart]

fermi? give me a sec whilst i google that lol

LMAO go for it!

 

[SKD007]

It already is 40nm. Now if NVIDIA can get Fermi out...

ya it is but i wanted 2 Rv870 in one 40nm DY