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by techPowerUp! (Nov, 2009)You will also need a motherboard with two PCI-Express slots, which supports ATI CrossFire technology.
by techPowerUp! (Nov, 2009)If you want to build the fastest rig money can buy then a HD 5970 CrossFire setup is what you need.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the Radeon HD 5970 among Desktop GPUs
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 21 more | |
Graphics | |
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| T-Rex, Manhattan, Cloud Gate Factor, Sky Diver Factor and 1 more | |
Computing | |
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| Face Detection, Ocean Surface Simulation and 3 more | |
Performance per Watt | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
Value | |
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| Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4, Bioshock Infinite and 32 more | |
Noise and Power | |
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| TDP, Idle Power Consumption, Load Power Consumption and 2 more | |
| 6 | Overall Score |
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Benchmarks Real world tests of the Radeon HD 5970
PassMark Industry standard benchmark for overall graphics card performanceData courtesy Passmark
T-Rex (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Manhattan (GFXBench 3.0) Data courtesy CompuBench
Fire Strike Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Sky Diver Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Cloud Gate Factor Data courtesy FutureMark
Battleforge 1920x1200 - Maximum quality + 4XAA
Hawx 1920 x 1200 - Maximum quality + Low AO + 4xAA
Reviews Word on the street for the Radeon HD 5970
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Specifications Full list of technical specs
gpu
| GPU brand | ATI |
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| GPU name | Hemlock |
| Market | Desktop |
| Clock speed | 725 MHz |
| Is dual GPU | Yes |
| Reference card | None |
raw performance
| Shading units | 3,200 |
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| Texture mapping units | 160 |
| Render output processors | 64 |
| Compute units | 40 |
| Pixel rate | 46.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture rate | 116 GTexel/s |
| Floating-point performance | 4,640 GFLOPS |
memory
| Memory clock speed | 1,000 MHz |
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| Effective memory clock speed | 4,000 MHz |
| Memory bus | 512 bit |
| Memory | 2,048 MB |
| Memory type | GDDR5 |
| Memory bandwidth | 256 GB/s |
noise and power
| TDP | 294W |
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| Idle noise level | 42.8 dB |
| Load noise level | 58.9 dB |
| Idle power consumption | 138W |
| Load power consumption | 439W |
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 | AMD Radeon HD 6970
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