Results: 3D Mark 2011
The new kid has some nice tricks, all of which will stress a DX11 card to its max. Heavy duty shading, Direct Compute, and Bullet Physics all combine to beat the ever living… stuff out of modern GPUs. The Performance/720P preset was used in this test.
We actually see some nice separation between the older HD 5870, GTX 480, and the R6970. We also see the HD 5870 really struggle in Game Test 4 vs. the rest of the gang. The R6970 also does surprisingly well in the Physics Test and the Combined Test against the GTX 480, a card which has some pretty hefty compute abilities.
got the msi nvidia geforce
got the msi nvidia geforce engtx 580 on 1gh+ range… so why wold i buy this one?
dualcore thats too hot when clocking?
Price would be the big
Price would be the big factor. Get nearly the same performance for $100 cheaper.
Hopefully I can get in the N580GTX Lightning in and see how hot that puppy gets with the Twin Frozr III.
Any idea what might happen to
Any idea what might happen to the frame rates if this card was matched with a Sandy Bridge i5-2400 rather than the hex core AMD? I know in some titles it wouldn’t make much of a difference but in titles like Metro 2033, Dawn of War II and Starcraft II it might help the GPU stretch its legs.
You are most likely right…
You are most likely right… which is why you should check out Ryan’s review of the unoverclocked 6970 to see how it performs with a beefier CPU. Add another 4 to 5% to those numbers, and you should get a good idea of how the card will fare with a i7: https://pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-HD-6970-and-6950-Review-Cayman-Architecture-Revealed