im using HD5770 with max setting and its run smoothly at my LG 22inch - at 1920x1080 HD ready

im also a HD 6850 wannabe this december
but i duno wan to buy wt brand, lol

any brand also ok.. the HSF is quite ok..
if like oc maybe can take asus or msi..

if the 6990 TDP is true then nvidia nid to bow to AMD this time!! try to imagine how much full load of 595 is since 580 already 350w

BTW guys, for AMD X3 3.0GHZ pair with 6870 will be underpower for the GC? If yes, which AMD to rec?

No, it won't. If you run into CPU bottleneck, most probably it's already around (or more) 80 FPS. And it depends on your monitor resolution too. If you're running 2560x1600, you'll rarely run into CPU bottleneck woth a HD6870.

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HERE for more..they will hv new feature; EQAA

can CM Elite 400W supply enuf power a Sapphire HD5670?

sure, y not??

How much is the Radeon HD6970 will be?
It seems pretty powerful. It should be on par with GeForce GTX580.

HD 6990 spec finalized

http://www.hardware-infos.com/news.php?news=3767

it's in german, use google translate.

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Added on November 23, 2010, 9:37 amthere is chance of it being faster.

gtx 580 is 30% faster then 6870.
a 6870 has 1120 shader, which is 58.3333% of 6970 total shader.
extra 41.6667% shader on 6970 most prbably will translate to @ least 30% performance boost, or even more.

This post has been edited by tech3910: Nov 23 2010, 09:37 AM

dont forget hd6900 series are completely new design, dual resterizer, 4d shader arch, double geometry compared to cypress..
hd6800 are liek redefined cypress but using smaller die size
r600 v2 maybe

This post has been edited by zerorating: Nov 23 2010, 09:52 AM

Uh-oh.. someone's got an explanation to do... Looks like AMD is downgrading the IQ for better performance..
Testing NVIDIA vs AMD Image Quality
Source: AMD Radeon HD6870 test

optimization are normal as long as the worse IQ are not visible, if user see, they can always turn off Catalyst AI(lower fps), which is impossible to been turn off on nvidia card
nvidia was also caught cheating before
catalyst 10.10e have 4 setting for catalyst ai for users taste compared to two setting (standard and quality) on older driver

This post has been edited by zerorating: Nov 23 2010, 12:09 PM

i saw that news, AMD/ATI well done! if can't make it better then don't make it worst.

i have no idea but im not facing any flickering issues

nvidia said amd is cheating.. and others said nvidia is cheating on physx.. the war will fight forever never ending. but the fact is that most of the reviews said cypress/barts are good cards

Yes, optimization is normal. AMD does make the option to turn off Catalyst AI, but usually in benchmarks, the testers do not change the settings of the CP. This will result in higher performance in benchmarks, no? If it's okay to be like that, then AMD and NVIDIA should make the default settings to be the lowest quality so their performance is at its best.

how many fps difference you get went selecting different setting of IQ, yup i giving thumb up for nvidia, since they use quality setting first when driver was installed
some stated that ComputerBase and PCGH use 'high' setting of catalayst ai compared to default 'quality' setting
dont forget nvidia lie on 3dmark cpu test for running phsyx on gpu, hence more 3dmark score

This post has been edited by zerorating: Nov 23 2010, 12:26 PM

That's why most 3DMark Vantage Competition had forbid users to use Nvidia GPU to run PhysX test.
Because the score they're getting will be like 2x or 3x more than usual.

This post has been edited by DarkSilver: Nov 23 2010, 12:36 PM

for cpu test,its suppose to bench cpu not gpu

This post has been edited by zerorating: Nov 23 2010, 12:41 PM