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by hassan-mujtaba (Jan, 2014)We can expect NVIDIA to offload some of their PhysX processing which is handled by the CUDA Cores to be offloaded to the Denver CPU on the high-performance Maxwell GPUs to gain more performance and faster GPU physics processing.
by hassan-mujtaba (Aug, 2013)Dolby Headphone converts multichannel sound from movies and games and delivers up to 7.1-channel surround sound in your headset.
GPUBoss Review Our evaluation of the Radeon HD 5970 Protoype A1 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 | |
| 5.9 | Overall Score |
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Benchmarks Real world tests of the Radeon HD 5970 Protoype A1
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
In The News From around the web
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Also, performance issues in The Crew should be fixed with this release.
You can download AMD Radeon Software Crimson Edition 16.10.1 from their website.
| 30 Aug |
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There is not much to see in the release notes, although you can now enjoy Deus Ex in glorious 3D vision assuming you have the monitor and glasses.
| 10 Aug |
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AMD is continuing their trend of steadily releasing graphics drivers, and rapidly fixing important issues as they arise.
Beyond adding support for these new products, it also adds a Crossfire profile for F1 2016 and fixes a few issues, like Firefox and Overwatch crashing under certain circumstances.
| 8 Dec |
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Next-gen GPUs won't be here for at least 3-4 more months, and they will be expensive.
I would be happy with recommending the GTX 980 for 4K gaming, but I would recommend pushing the details down a little.
Specifications Full list of technical specs
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| GPU brand | ATI |
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| GPU name | Hemlock |
| Market | Desktop |
| Clock speed | 725 MHz |
| Is dual GPU | Yes |
| Reference card | ATi Radeon HD 5970 725 MHz 2 GB |
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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