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
It is clear that AMD is currently doing very well compared to NVIDIA. While AMD has come out with DirectX 11-capable cards at several different price points already, just in time for the holiday season, NVIDIA does not seem to have anything new to off...
Published: 2009-11-18, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
What to make of the Radeon HD 5970? On the one hand, it's clearly the fastest graphics card you can plug into your PC, easily outpacing the previous champ, the GeForce GTX 295. This one seemed like an obvious winner, given that it has two of AMD's...
The new AMD Radeon HD 5970 graphics card takes PC gaming performance to a completely new level by combining a pair of Evergreen-based GPUs on a single PCB, 2GB of GDDR5 memory and plenty of headroom for overclocking. For a single card system, the per...
The Radeon HD 5970 has a huge amount of potential (as the testing showed) but, more often than not, we found that the card failed to fulfil all of that potential. On paper, it's undoubtedly the meanest and highest performing graphics card on the plane...
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...
12.1" Long graphics card may not fit some cases, Maximum postprocessing Anti Aliasing is limited to 8x, Very expensive premiumlevel product
Although our rating and final score are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at different points in time. While we do our best to ensure that all aspects of the product are consid...
The AMD Radeon HD5970 is one wickedly fast card in all, but a in couple of tests it simply stomped on everything else. In many cases it was able to double the performance of our nearest competitor. Granted we did not have nVidia’s GTX 295 handy [whi...
Like the HD 5870, the HD 5970 is in the enviable position of not having much competition. That being said though, we thought the GTX 295 held up pretty well against it; certainly the HD 5970 is the new king of the block, but the GTX 295 is able to kee...
Abstract: ATI Radeon 5970 Performance PreviewRadeon 5970 reference boardPrior to today's arrival of the Radeon 5970, ATI was in a bit of a weird position. Media outlets like ourselves here at FiringSquad praised ATI’s flagship Radeon 5870 for its feature ...
Manufacturer: ATIPrice: $600 USAuthor: Steven WaltonEditor: Kylie PerrinDate: 16/11/2009DISCUSS REVIEW [ Conclusion ]As far as we are concerned all expectations have been met with the Radeon HD 5970, and while we are happy with the performance displaye...
