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The HD6970 PCS+ ships in a colourful box which features a stylish picture of the Buggati Veyron on the front. Clearly Powercolor are aiming high, as this car is one of the fastest ever developed (The EB model has achieved 267 mph).
The bundle is comprehensive. It contains literature on the product, a crossfire cable, a VGA adapter, HDMI converter cable, power converter cable, a software disc and a free game – Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.
The PowerColor HD6970 PCS+ is a seriously impressive looking card. It is built around a very attractive red PCB (Powercolor custom design) with a dual fan cooler residing on top. Each of the fans is larger than the reference design, featuring 9 angular blades for improved air flow.
There are four thick heatpipes emerging from the copper contact base, they split into two groups (of two), transfering the heat into dual sets of aluminum fins.
Connectivity is strong with 2 miniDisplayport connectors being complimented by an HDMI 1.4A output and 2 DVI ports (one DL and one SL). Two Crossfire connectors for multiple CFx 2/3/4 configurations. The HD6970 PCS+ requires an eight pin and a six pin power connector (same as the reference design).
On closer inspection the cooler is a multi tier design with each of the heatpipes targeting a row of aluminum fins on each side of the copper contact block.
The eight memory chips are Hynix H5Q2H24MFa ROC chips – 64Mx32 organised FBGA modules, rated at 1.6volts and up to 6GBps (1500mhz max memory clock). They are shipped on this product at 5.7Gbps, so we are hoping for some good overclocking results later in the review.
An overview of the card specifications via the latest version of GPUz.
Some very nice hardware this week Zardon. thanks man.
Great pictures of the board, great looking card that, very hefty
I always like their PCS+ cards, but I never know what their UK warranty is like, so I buy sapphire everytime.
That is fucking killer looking ! those heatpipes are wicked. Are yoyotech going to stock it?
Dual fans always works for me, better coverage and slower speeds. makes sense to everyone.
Apart from AMD.
As much as I love Sapphire and XFX, I think PC get ignored a lot and its not really fair, some of their designs are just as radical as sapphire. I think this card is brilliant, those noise levels are class leading
The cooler is awesome, really works well. I think their balance might be a bit in favour of noise though, but I suppose you could set up a manual profile for a little more noise for slightly lower temps
Its all good. apart from the free game. seriously, its over a year old now, can none of these manufacturers clear stock? how about Dead space 2 or something people really want?
WHats the price? dont see it anywhere 🙁
I dont think its out yet man. probably £20-30 more, as usual. worth it. I might sell my 6850 cf setup and get one of these, to lower the noise levels, as my system is quite bad atm
Seems its quite near the core limit. wonder why they went with such a relaxed memory timing, clearly that hynix is way capable of more. that OC was very good indeed.
Hmmm, looking at the cooler taken out from the video card. I am wondering what is cooling the memory chips and other components?
@rickshaw – the dual fans are. Clearly indicated by the huge oc potential on the memory.
Nice~~~ Powercolor has done it again, cant wait to get one of those
Wow, just wow, ultra heavy wow! After my comment on the PCS+ 6870, this was exactly what I was expecting, and that’s why I asked you to ask them for a sample to review.
I’m going to buy it right now. Enough said!