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    ATI Radeon HD 5970: The World's Fastest Graphics Card

    The ATI Dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970 Is Posing

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    Image of Evangelion Evangelion
    11/18/09

    In reply to ATI Radeon HD 5970: The World's Fastest Graphics Card
    I came.
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    Image of robinandtami robinandtami
    11/18/09

    In reply to ATI Radeon HD 5970: The World's Fastest Graphics Card
    Forget gaming... can it bitstream 7.1 lossless audio?
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/18/09

    In reply to ATI Radeon HD 5970: The World's Fastest Graphics Card
    DX11? Christ, we're barely moving on to DX10 as it is. Most games are still DX9 compatible.

    I'm still looking for a reasonable graphics card for my new rig. Something powerful enough to be viable right away and with enough staying power that I won't have to replace it for a while... and something £200 or less.

    Yeeeeah I'm asking a lot there aren't I? #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of yuriythebest3 yuriythebest3
    11/18/09

    @Odin: you could get a 4870 or 5870 or something in between #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/18/09

    @yuriythebest3:
    I was thinking a GTXsomething or other. I generally lean towards nVidia cards.
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    Image of Kirkaiya Kirkaiya
    11/18/09

    @Odin: If you like ATI, you could pick up a Radeon HD 4890 for quite a bit less, and it's the fastest card ATI made from it's last-generation line (the 4800 series). Alternatively, check on prices for the HD 5850 cards.

    I'm not sure about NVidia's line - check TomsHardware.
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    Image of jgrnt1 jgrnt1
    11/18/09

    @Odin: Take a look at the 5770 or 5750. I just picked up a 5770 for $170. At current exchange rates, you could get two 5770's for £200. I've also been an Nvidia user forever, but the reviews of the Radeon 5000's are hard to ignore.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/18/09

    In reply to ATI Radeon HD 5970: The World's Fastest Graphics Card
    That costs more than my entire computer..
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    Edited by Jrsy Devil's Advocate® at 11/18/09 4:35 AM Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was starred Jrsy Devil's Advocate® was unstarred
    Image of ripfire ripfire
    11/18/09

    In reply to ATI Radeon HD 5970: The World's Fastest Graphics Card
    Wait.. That's no moon... #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of Calzo Calzo
    11/18/09

    In reply to ATI Radeon HD 5970: The World's Fastest Graphics Card

    yeah but it probably takes #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of Kirkaiya Kirkaiya
    11/18/09

    In reply to ATI Radeon HD 5970: The World's Fastest Graphics Card
    NVidia's upcoming Fermi-based cards had better be some seriously bad-assed hardware if they don't want their clocks cleaned for the next year.

    Granted, this is basically two 5870 cards in crossfire, but glued to one board - but the rendering power of the gods in a single pci-x slot? Priceless (okay, actually $600, but still). Meanwhile my HD 4870 seems so... retro :-( #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/18/09

    @Kirkaiya: Don't forget the fact that you can Crossfire the beast too, so you could have, in essence, four 5870s in Crossfire.
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    Image of balls187 balls187
    11/18/09

    In reply to ATI Radeon HD 5970: The World's Fastest Graphics Card
    Sweet. Nvidia, time to show your cards plz. #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of planetarian planetarian
    11/01/09

    In reply to The ATI Dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970 Is Posing
    This article seems to be sensationalizing things a bit. High-end cards have, for quite some time, required both 8- and 6-pin power connectors, AND have been quite massive. It's difficult to tell from the image, but I don't believe it's much bigger, if any at all, than my GTX285. #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of Zefir Zefir
    11/01/09

    @planetarian: The GTX285 is 10.5 inches. This is at least a foot long. #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of Canoehead Canoehead
    11/01/09

    In reply to The ATI Dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970 Is Posing
    Jeez - I just bought one 30" monitor and it is HUGE - I feel like I am getting a suntan sitting in front of the thing - I can't imagine 6 unless I get a job at NORAD. #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of Bam Bam Bam Bam
    11/01/09

    In reply to The ATI Dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970 Is Posing
    Thats a lot of cash to spend on a $20-$35 video game.
    Can you Crossfire 2 or 3 of them?
    That would be completely Redonkulous!
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    dagamer34 promoted this comment Edited by Bam Bam at 11/01/09 1:22 PM Bam Bam was starred Bam Bam was unstarred
    Image of dagamer34 dagamer34
    11/01/09

    @pencil sharpener: I wonder if it comes with it's own power plant to juice it up. #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of fragMasterFlash fragMasterFlash
    11/01/09

    @pencil sharpener: That is an x2 card with 2 GPUs on it already. You can crossfire it with another card for an x4 configuration if you've got that kind of ca$h. Considering an x1 ATI 5000 series card will run Crysis at max settings an x4 rig isn't really necessary unless you are trying to compensate for something. #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of HonusWScruggs HonusWScruggs
    11/01/09

    @pencil sharpener: You could use two of them, as each board is already home to two seperate GPUs (and their memory) and a Crossfire link connecting those.

    So two boards would bring you up to the limit of Crossfire 4x #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of LastAndLeast LastAndLeast
    11/01/09

    In reply to The ATI Dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970 Is Posing
    I seem to recall reading that this requires displayport monitors in order to run all the displays as one. Does anyone know if that's true? #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of dsi1 dsi1
    11/01/09

    In reply to The ATI Dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970 Is Posing
    Five-hundred, five-hundred dollar foot long~ #atiradeonhd5970
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    Image of Gregory Carvlin Gregory Carvlin
    10/01/09

    In reply to Nvidia Fermi Next-Gen Graphics Architecture Has 512 Cores for Radioactively Melting Faces
    But what will it run now that it can run crysis?
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    Ghede promoted this comment Edited by Gregory Carvlin at 10/01/09 2:59 AM Gregory Carvlin was starred Gregory Carvlin was unstarred
    Image of Ghede Ghede
    10/01/09

    @Gregory Carvlin: Will it run fifteen instances of crysis?
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    Image of mikecoscia mikecoscia
    09/30/09

    In reply to Nvidia Fermi Next-Gen Graphics Architecture Has 512 Cores for Radioactively Melting Faces
    Finally a GPU to go along nicely with my i7
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