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HIS HD6970 CrossFireX Graphics Card Review

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The HIS HD6970 is around 17 fps slower than the GTX580 at these settings, however both cards are capable of delivering insane levels of performance with this DX10 engine. Crossfire scaling is reasonable, increasing from 111 fps to 157 fps when enabled.

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6 comments

  1. I think these are good boards, even though a lot of people will be disappointed with the fact the 580 is still leading the single card attack

  2. @Sam: Not quite. The 5970 is still the fastest card. The GTX580 is definitely the fastest single chip.

  3. The price is the biggest selling point. I dont think they are the performance killers we expected, but the 280 price for the 6970 means its actually only 30 more than the 5850 was at launch. thats quite a good figure for them to achieve. I think they are doing what they do against intel in the CPU sector. drop pricing as low as poss.

  4. CFx is very good with these cards. the drivers must be much better than I last remember

  5. @Faith – thats what I meant, ill be sure to make sure I analyse the text perfectly before posting next time 😉

  6. these arent too shabby. good job from AMD. they hit the sweet spot on the pricing

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