SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 6970 100311SR Video Card with Eyefinity

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Quickly cardPrice tag-power ratio2GB gddr5 ramMy card is essentially quieter than my 4870 used to beThe black and red trim appears wonderful in my HAF 932 AMD edition case. Comes with an HDMI cable. Very long. I would not recommend placing this in a mid-tower case. It takes up 3 of my six sata ports on my motherboard. It is a somewhat disappointing release thinking of how effectively the 5800 series was. I believed the card was supposed to be 880mhz normal but when i received it was only 820mhz. Fixed it in ATI overdrive. Replaced my 4870 with this card. 4870 could nonetheless deal with most games at higher, but it was starting to show its age and I wanted a DX 11 card. Still 5 eggs as the cons are IMO not worthy of an egg loss. Tested on COD:Black Ops and Group Fortress 2. Anything maxed out, no stuttering or tearing.

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Basically what all the other reviewers have mentioned. Cool, quick, and really sturdy. I upgraded from a 9800 GTX+ and the distinction is very, very noticeable. ㆈ-120 FPS obtain noticeable. I can ultimately run Metro 2033 on the highest accessible settings devoid of any FPS drops, and even on DirectX 11! No hassles with the drivers. I was nervous about making a switch to AMD since of the infamous Catalyst issues absolutely everyone's been reporting about the cards, but I was relieved to see nothing was amiss once I installed the latest ྪ.12) drivers from AMD's web page. It's big, like other folks have said, but it's not a dilemma in my full ATX case. You may possibly not require that 2GB of VRAM unless your native resolution is higher than 1440 x 900 or about that area. Eyefinity works on this with no concerns whatsoever. I got the active DisplayPort-to-DVI-D adapter from Sapphire, and hooked up 3 ASUS 20" monitors to this negative boy ƒ monitors on each and every DVI slot, then 1 monitor by way of the mini-displayport). Works like a dream, no concerns whatsoever. That 2GB of VRAM certainly shows when you're running games at 4800 x 900.

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Reduced energy consumption and a low price for a new best finish card with 2GB of DDR5 memory. None I bought this card to replace my 4850x2 2GB card. It was a direct upgrade pushing my frame prices to a static 60 no matter where I am in WoW (Stormwind Auction Home, or the middle of no exactly where). It also allowed me to run WoW with DX11 which improved frame prices a bit over the DX9 run.Enableing DX11 did result in troubles with tabbing out of the game, but that has impacted additional than WoW. I did some reading and discovered that this is a known concern with DX11.

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Games look and play great!!! There is a definite improvement from my old Nvidia GTX-260 ATI doesn't seem to be extremely excellent at releasing drivers in a timely manner. I was waiting to assessment this card till some superior drivers had been released. Nevertheless the new drivers had been causing my games to crash even worse than before. Read other thoughts... I tried cleaning up any remnants from my old video card when installing this one, but I figured that there was some type of conflict causing my games to crash. The fan speed controller in the Catalyst software did not work so I had to use the trixx software program from Sapphire to manage the fan speed. Nonetheless, when I place the fan more than 70% it was louder than my vacuum cleaner (I'm not exaggerating). I ended up formatting and reinstalling Windows 7 fresh and all my difficulties went away. The fan is way quieter (I'm nonetheless stumped on why) and I have not seasoned any games crashing. All round, I am extremely satisfied with my buy. I hope other folks don't have to do a clean install of Windows, but if you are obtaining comparable issues it may possibly be some thing you require to attempt ahead of sending the card back.

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Eats through games like they have been nothing. Played Crysis 2 Demo on complete settings, Shogun 2 Total War on complete settings, If you have a game, it will play it. Quiet also, but I have a great case. Ridiculous None so far Huge, about a foot extended, make confident your case has the area to fit this.

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FastUnbelievableSmoothxFire Scaling is Outstanding (Yes in caps!)I get like enormous framerates in all games I play in xFire and I get quite really fantastic FPS in single card usage. Runs exceptionally warm. Dont study the sector hype where it said they run cool. They dont. I advise getting an application that modifies the cards fan speeds at different temp points.Negative bad negative cooling fan shroud style, greater get an xFire extended length cable so you can separate the cards for better cooling and airflow. None seriously. There are people getting 5950s and flashing them but I am glad I got the 70s simply because they are factory gauranteed to run at complete speed and all the stream processors and shaders operate. There is a purpose the factory bins unique high quality finish merchandise (chips) that are set at distinct speeds. There is a microscopic level they see that we dont and cant know if the card can actually run steady at greater than factory settings.

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Runs extremely cool in my technique (Maximum temperature of 70C although at one hundred% on each cards playing FFXIV in crossfire setup in a Cooler Master ATCS 840) BFBC2 on max settings in crossfire at 1920x1080 runs on typical 110 FPS. Runs very effectively at 5790x1080 in eyefinity mode.For the cost, it's well worth the income. Fans can be extremely loud if not tuned with afterburner.Receiving drivers to run crossfire effectively took a although, on the other hand that isn't the cards fault. Does any person know if this is a reference board? I'm hunting at other cooling choices, and need to have to know. Manufacturer aid please? :)My Setup:AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE @ four.0ghz w/ EK WaterblockASUS M4A79T Deluxe AM3 two Sapphire 6970 2GB in crossfire8GB G.Skill Ripjaws Series memory2 Western Digital VelociRaptor 150GB in Raid 1Cooler Maste ATCS 840

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-runs my games without having a hiccup starcraft 2, crysis, sims medieval, fallout new vegas, all on max settings and 1920x1200-i recommend -good temps 30c idle and 55c on load-slipped suitable into my haf x with no dilemma -fan is loud but i play with headphones so it does not bother me-i did not get a second for crossfire = ( but i dont truly require it. -i retain my fan speed going at 50% which does not bother me even with my headset off at 100% its unbearable but its not needed for me to have it at one hundred% since i have a cold casemost video cards these days are Huge and are noisy thats the norm so you ought to not take eggs away for that on an additional note you really should use a complete tower case for this card

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**I did not acquire from newegg** I Should HAVEFantastic searching card, Wonderful performing card when it functions!Got it specifically for Eyefinity-multimonitor gaming! installed fine with all drivers and worked well with windows 7 ultimate x64.....till i began gaming. Would freeze immediately after 20 minutes, or shed show. kept checking forums, altering drivers even swapped out a active miniDP to DVI (thought that was the challenge), changed memory, motherboard practically one more develop...exact same concern. Known as help and was asked to RMA...........now its going to cost me ุ to โ for the service /freight charge as its not covered by the warranty right here is what the support business wrote:Note that, Sapphire is not a Canadian firm and their head office is in Asia (Hong Kong). Sapphire warranty covers cost-free parts/labor only.Consequently, for any RMA claims against Sapphire, we have to send the card back and fore to Asia, and back to you afterwards, so there will be fees involved (Administration and Freight). Cost of every single card is ranging from CADษ-CAD฽ based on your place/province (this does not consist of the transportation price from you sending the defective card to us).In hindsight I must have paid an added ten-20 for a greater/lifetime warranty and also got it from newegg as they are superior at RMA's than my neighborhood vendor. I would have believed spending over 400 on a higher finish GPU would get much better warranty / service and if it is a hardware concern...i ought to not have to spend to send it back...

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2 GB of VRAM, eats any game you throw at it, dual BIOS, 1600 shaders. About 11.5 Inches long, make positive your case has clearance for this card. I bought a Cooler Master Scout and the card did not fit without having modification to the tough drive cage. Also, this card get Quite hot (idle: 40ish Load: 80-90 based on the game) BIOS can be switched by means of tiny switch close to x-fire bridges

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- Powerful video card- Somewhat power efficient- Lots of connectivity options- BF:BC2 seemed playable at totally maximum settings (AA and AF cranked up all the way) at 1920x1080p. Some stuttering, but I wonder if that's the fault of an additional element in my aging technique.No regrets right here, except for the effect on my bank account. - Gigantic- Pricey- Why so significantly plastic? (negative influence on heat dissipation?)- May well not be at a excellent price point yet when compared to Nvidia's offerings. Efficiency is largely identical to the Nvidia Geforce GTX 570, and that card is slightly more affordable.Most of this is moot, but I figured I'd create one thing here. My gaming computer previously had two ATI HD 4890s in Crossfire installed, and that worked well, but it ate up a lot of power. The laptop/monitor employed 𞴪W 'idle' and 𞸤W below full load. I'm pretty certain this single card is a bit superior than my 4890s have been, and it only uses W idle and 𞵜W under complete load.Deciding upon a single card (and single GPU) remedy is generally a much better idea than buying two lesser cards for CrossfireX or SLi. If you're thinking about this card along with dual-GPU options, you should either purchase this or the GTX 570 alternatively. You can usually add a second card in 6 months or so.Is 2GB VRAM freaking essential?Also, I've utilised ATI cards exclusively for the past three years or so. 񢦞 X2 -> 4890 -> 4890 CF -> 6970)

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I replaced my two 5850 crossfire for this one particular and It is does score reduced than the crossfire in 3dmark vantage but it is not that huge of a deal. I noticed that the 6970 score equal to the 5850s crossfire. This card appear pretty solid and sturdy. I truly like it. I would take this over the 5850s and the more updated features. Morphological filtering make texts blurs just in supersampling, i hope they will make it superior for the texts in game. I don't know. It a bit longer than the 5850 card. but I have a Complete tower so it is not a issue. I am arranging to get yet another 1 for Crossfire. the 6990 is a dual gpu probably going to commence out at 輪 tag quite steep.

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Plays Metro2033 on MAX Dx11 with NO lag troublesRuns coolsPlays almost everything on maxAbsolutely love it. Really long card but fits fine in a complete tower. Great card, incredibly satisfied.

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The Sapphire Trixx utlility is sweet. The increasing rates of video stuff makes me barf. Running SLI or Crossfire for a few further fps is just not worth the value. Nevertheless, Getting multiple monitors for gaming and running utilities is nice.

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These new AMD cards are amazing! I am in no way going back to nVidia again! Purchase one particular! This one is fantastic but I hear the ASUS is superior because its aluminum and has factory overclock so you don't have to do it oneself! It can handle almost everything. None. We'll I guess you can't place an aftermarket fan on it. Impressed!

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Breath Taking performance! From the Box No OC Bench Mark this child with Unigine Heaven. Boy, all I'd say is WOW! I know its not the fastest single gpu (gtx580) and $$$ smart... I'd say this gpu is for you! gpu Idles about mid 40's C and when gaming sets about 70-80. I'd under no circumstances observed it pass more than 80 (on default setting of course and Game setting on High). As Far as the Fan noise it's been ok... so far! XD. I wont say any additional further particulars given that I personal this card for 2 days and haven't tried OCing yet. Numbers will differ I'm certain... Nicely, As far as Cons and right after reading pros and cons etc. i know this card is huge and being aware of i have a mid tower antec 900 two, I rearrange my rig. It has a lot more than adequate space and Air Flow. Considering that, I got my 2 Front fan blowing in and directly to my gpu which assists Cooling it off abit. Possessing a side panel Fan that blows out heat coming from this card is a Have to!. I'm running directx11 and I agree the driver is a tiny buggy but additional down the road they will fix that. Men and women down grade to ten or 9 and thats Ok simply because they're additional steady. But my key concern is when I recieved my package. Open it Up and as soon I choose up the gpu I heard a rattling sound. Certainly Sufficient theres a little broken plastic inside. Fortunately I didn't had to dismantle and it just kinda slip thru the vent. I hope it's not from shipping but could be on packing... Just hoping practically nothing undesirable will lead to this... four eggs on sapphire for that matter! Our Closes pal uses gtx470 and My older bro uses gtx570. My younger bro uses 5870 and Me of course this baby! It's battle in between nvidia and radeon! heh. And of course we all utilizes intel i7! But I'm glad to obtain this instead of the gtx570 but it all matters on your preference. i7 2.93ghz Stock ClockAsus p55 mobocorsair H50 dual fan (push and Pull layout)acer 23 H233H LCD monitorsapphire 6970!! Razer Mamba Antec 900 2 Mid tower

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simple set up, no troubles. Fired right up. Efficiency is wonderful. Will know a lot more after I have owned it for a even though. Sapphire entirely let me mislead myself into considering that the show-port to mini display-port adapter was an active show port adapter for operating the 3rd monitor. Jokes aside, taking into consideration the cost of this factor it must have come with an active adapter that's why I took Eggs. Runs hot, Loud. defiantly receiving an aftermarket cooler if anybody ever makes a single lead to Im keeping this child for at least a couple years. Ư tangoseal, we are talking less than 贄, why take the danger flashing when you can just get the genuine factor. And like the brother mentioned, the way they bin the material suggests the 6950's had been poorer top quality manage to begin with.

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This is an an remarkable graphics card. It is by far the ideal 1 that I have ever owned. I run Crysis two in 1080p with AA and it holds up great! I would suggest this card to any individual. It's incredibly big Even though it is incredibly big I have no problem fitting it into my NZXT Phantom Full Tower.

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Seriously rapidly. Runs all my most up-to-date games wonderful, especially Battlefield:BC2 all maxed out, 8x AA! The 2gig RAM seriously makes a distinction. Fan noise is minimal when playing. I love all the new AA settings in the CCC. Upgrading from a HD4870 and it's the ideal ATI vid card I ever owned. Quite impressed. Quite long. I had to move my tough drives about to make space. Make certain you don't try to run ATI tray tools ahead of installing this card. I was running tray tools with my HD4870 but my 6970 kept bluescreening on each and every reboot until I removed ATI tray tools. Just fyi.

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It's blazing rapid! It's fairly quiet as well. I can play New Vegas and Borderlands at 1920x1080 and maxed visuals on my 50" plasma without any issues. This card generated 22,300 on 3DMark whereas my older Radeon 4850 did 13,600. Can't wait to get a second card and do crossfire. The only issue I encountered so far was I attempted to use the drivers off AMD's site and they didn't work for some cause. When I downloaded the drivers from Sapphire's web site, it worked like a champ, even though 3DMark wouldn't accept the score as a result of it couldn't verify the authenticity of the drivers. The drivers function superb! She's massive and delightful.

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Twin 6970s in one particular case connected to the Asus VW246H are not restricted at all on video output and clarity. None.

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Have this card set up in Eyefinity with three 27" Samsung panels. Remarkable, every setting of evey game I have set to thee highest and not a single hickup Dont neglect the Active displayport adapter if you program to run Eyefinity, I assume for the value of this card ATI could have included one particular!

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I run a smaller side enterprise creating gaming rigs for soldiers in kuwiat. I hate to see these guys spending tricky earned dollars on high-priced mainstream branded pre-construct computer systems. I build a 񘐜 rig for a client and used this gpu with an AMD 1100t. It laughs at what ever you can throw at it. Truly good GPU (it is a black edition by the way) and paired with a black edition cpu, ideal bang for your buck. Runs anything maxed with AA maxed as nicely on a 42" sony full HD 1080p LED television thru the HDMI no prob. Yes that implies crysis too for all you nut jobs who have to know lol. Happy creating guys i would reccomend. Weed is still illeagal :( Ultimately a great gpu for a fantastic value.

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upgrading from xfx4850, not any intense games thrown at it however, crysis benchmark is 20-30fps better, just got dragon age two, all max settings, hi-res tex packs, beautiful. flawless plug and play. utilizing antec 900 case, fits nicely. playing on 37"hdtv, nice step up from 4850. hdmi out from computer to hdtv must be hassle, and tweak absolutely free. not sapphires fault, this would be the existing catalyst drivers fault, following searching, tweaking, and messing with any/all recommendations ive found, res, and color, are not pixel to pixel as sharp as dvi to vga. :( this card is like a steel brick, feels considerably additional solid than old plastic xfx(which nevertheless functions flawlessly following 2+yrs, btw). also upgraded psu to 750w corsair, appears to get along nicely together. i havent provided up on hdmi, but i have to dig through my tv's manual to see if there may be a setting i can alter. regardless, its a pain when i generally switch from ps3, to pc, a handful of times a night. and an individual plz place me in a coma till skyrim drops...

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Has out performed my expectations in each and every way feasible for a sigle GPU configuation! 3dMark06 tested 22,570 total score with all settings on set to highest levels. none. Seriously impressed with the ATI based card. It's been a although given that I've had an ATI based graphics program. I wanted to give it another shot and I'm satisfied I did.