Testseek.com have collected 95 expert reviews of the AMD Radeon HD 5970 2GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 81%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Radeon HD 5970 2GB GDDR5 PCIe.
November 2009
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The editors liked
Outstanding graphics performance. DirectX 11
Eyefinity support.
Undefeated performance in contemporary games
Wide range of supported FSAA modes
Best Edgedetect CFAA in the industry
Best anisotropic filtering in the industry
Supports up to three monitors
3200 ALU
1600 texture processors and 64 raster processors
DirectX 11
Shader Model 5.0 and DirectCompute 11 support
Fullyfledged hardware HD video decoding
Highquality HD video postprocessing
High performance for its price range
High minimal performance
High performance with enabled tessellation
Significantly faster than Radeon HD 5830
In overclocked mode can compete against Radeon HD 5850
In SLI mode can compete against Radeon HD 5970
Improved CSAA/TMAA quality
Minimal effect of FSAA on performance
Shader Model 5.0 and
Fastest DirectX 11 compatible graphics accelerator available
Consumes 48W at idle and 299W under full load
Eyefinity Technology through DisplayPort and DVI (x2)
Outstanding performance for ultra highend games
Fan exhausts all heated air outside of...
Fastest gaming graphics card currently available
Improved power efficiency
Unlocked for overclocking
The editors didn't like
Extremely expensive. May not fit in all cases. Requires a hefty power supply.
Large size
Heavy weight
High level of noise in 3D mode
Dependence on software multiGPU support.
Not very effective reference cooler
High noise level.
12.1" Long graphics card may not fit some cases
Maximum postprocessing Anti Aliasing is limited to 8x
Very expensive premiumlevel product
Too long to fit in many PC cases
Six- and eight-pin power connectors (and a robust power supply) required
Undefeated performance in contemporary games, Wide range of supported FSAA modes, Best Edgedetect CFAA in the industry, Best anisotropic filtering in the industry, Supports up to three monitors, 3200 ALU, 1600 texture processors and 64 raster processors, DirectX 11, Shader Model 5.0 and DirectCompute 11 support, Fullyfledged hardware HD video decoding, Highquality HD video postprocessing
Large size, Heavy weight, High level of noise in 3D mode, Dependence on software multiGPU support.
Final Words & Conclusion So there you have it. The Radeon HD 5970 is actually a really nice overclocker if you give it the right environment and tools. Now a couple things you'll need to keep in mind. You need the extra voltage on core and memory. Mea...
AMD's Radeon HD 5970 delivers without doubt more frames per second than any other graphics card. It is able to to so with lower power consumption and loudness than the direct predecessor Radeon HD 4870 X2. In matters of idle power consumption the HD 5...
Abstract: But if you have that much money to spend on a graphics card, this one could very well be worth it. It packs a lot of exciting technologies—and performance potential—into its anything-but-small frame. And when more DX11 games are released next month an...
We’ve said this multiple times already in this conclusion, the Radeon HD 5970 is a solid piece of hardware that is the fastest thing on the planet for gaming right now, period. There is no question that AMD knows how to make excellent GPU hardware...
Abstract: The catch however is that what we don’t have is a level of clear domination when it comes to single-card solutions. AMD was shooting to beat the GTX 295 with the 5870, but in our benchmarks that’s not happening. The 295 and the 5870 are close, perhaps ...
Here you can see the edges of the raw performance the HD5970 offers. It's marketed as the world's fastest graphics card - a name it lives up to quite easily, and it looks like there is no competition on the horizon until at least Q1 2010. AMD's decisi...
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 remov...
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...
After a Radeon HD 5870 launch that saw ATI’s fastest single-GPU board generally outperform Nvidia’s fastest single-GPU board, a Radeon HD 5850 debut that saw the Cypress GPU turned into a more accessible solution, and a simultaneous Radeon HD...
