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Originally Posted by Baron
I doubt very much 6990 will be much faster in general.
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The 5970 is already up with the 580, and the 5xxx series had rubbish scaling. The 6970 in crossfire matches the 580 in SLI, so a dual GPU 69xx series will easily be faster than the 580. It will cost more too, and have the dual card associated issues. A dual gpu will obviously use more power than a single, and they won't apply the same restrictions.
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Stock overclocking gives pretty much 0 boost.
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Says who? I haven't got one, so I can't test it, but Gibbo (ocuk employee) tested the 69xx series before release and wrote "Overclocking - Both cards did not support voltage tweak *YET* hence the best stable speeds I could reach was 930MHz Core and 5950MHz Memory on the 6950 and 980MHz Core and 6200MHz Memory on the 6870. I believe with voltage control we will see above 1000MHz and 6500MHz on the 6970's."
So they clearly do overclock.
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This is how i intepret it, please show me wrong if possible because its looking bleek for Amd in my opinion.
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It doesn't look bleak at all. Both manufacturers have good cards out. The 580 is the fastest single gpu, and will be for 12 months or so. But so what, it's expensive. The 570 and 6970 perform similarly,and which is right for you (if that's your price range) depends on the games you play, resolution, number of screens, and whether you're likely to have 2 cards at any point. Under the 570/6970 the best card is the 6950, and that will probably be matched by the 560 shortly. It doesn't look bleak for either of them.