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Updated: ATI HD 5970 4GB editions from Asus, Sapphire, & XFX

Dark ShroudDark Shroud Registered User regular
edited March 2010 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
Asus 4GB 5970 ROG Ares:
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17878/39/
http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,705735/Asus-Ares-HD-5970-done-right-first-benchmarks/News/

Sapphire 4GB OC 5970:
http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/17873/38
http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=22701

XFX Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition 4GB:
http://news.softpedia.com/news/XFX-Joins-4GB-HD-5970-Bandwagon-136529.shtml

I will update as I find more articles on these. If you have links pm them to me.

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  • stigweardstigweard Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Does it come with it's own miniaturized nuclear plant to power it?

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  • SakeidoSakeido Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dear God.. if I ever won the lottery..

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  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    The Ares looks like something Tony Stark would wear.

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  • ChalkbotChalkbot Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Can you run the Ares in crossfire?

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  • corcorigancorcorigan Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Chalkbot wrote: »
    Can you run the Ares in quad crossfire?

    Fixed it for you.

    It would also have to be with a dual-processor motherboard and some sort of horrific RAID array containing dozens of drives.

    EDIT: Presumably quad crossfire would actually be octa crossfire. Worrying.

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  • AlectharAlecthar Alan Shore We're not territorial about that sort of thing, are we?Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Finally, GPUs you have to design your own motherboard and case to use.

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  • Dark ShroudDark Shroud Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Chalkbot wrote: »
    Can you run the Ares in crossfire?

    Normal 5970s can be run in a quad crossfire, so you can run two & only two 5970s together in a crossfire.

    This looks like it has a crossfire connection here. The real question is the crossfire bridge since these actually take up 3 slots instead of the usual 2.

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  • ScrubletScrublet Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I'm not sure if that is fudzilla article is saying it already has scored 22K in Vantage, or is spec'd so that it definitely will. Either way, that card is gonna be $800 and probably require that much wattage as well. I benched my 5870 at around 16500 or so 3d marks in vantage. I'm also wondering if it's worth OC'ing.

    As far as crossfire goes don't these dual-GPU cards usually not scale very well on that?

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  • victor_c26victor_c26 Chicago, ILRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Ahahahaha! The XFX looks like an actual honest to goodness photoshop.

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  • corcorigancorcorigan Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    $1000 each for the XFX. Ouch.

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  • Dark ShroudDark Shroud Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Scrublet wrote: »
    I'm not sure if that is fudzilla article is saying it already has scored 22K in Vantage, or is spec'd so that it definitely will. Either way, that card is gonna be $800 and probably require that much wattage as well. I benched my 5870 at around 16500 or so 3d marks in vantage. I'm also wondering if it's worth OC'ing.

    As far as crossfire goes don't these dual-GPU cards usually not scale very well on that?

    From what I've read the Ares ROG will use 450 watts with three power connections, 8,8 & 6 pin. While the Sapphire only uses two 8 pin connections.

    Also, ATI has updated the drivers/CCC so these cards should now crossfire fine. It also appears that the only item Sapphire is using from ATI is the GPU it's self. The board and the rest are all their own design & parts. I can only assume the same for Asus.

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  • surrealitychecksurrealitycheck lonely, but not unloved dreaming of faulty keys and latchesRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Finally, GPUs you have to design your own motherboard and case to use.

    I had to use boltcutters on my drive bay when I installed my 4870x2 :x

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  • Dark ShroudDark Shroud Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    surrealitycheck wrote: »
    Finally, GPUs you have to design your own motherboard and case to use.

    I had to use boltcutters on my drive bay when I installed my 4870x2 :x

    I know more than a few people who have had to Dremel parts out of their cases. I was lucky on the last build I did where the video card was able to fit into the drive cage without needing anything removed.

    My current build, I just ordered a Haf 932 so I would have the room. I really want the Ares ROG but I'll go with which ever is cheaper between Asus & Sapphire.

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  • flammiebcflammiebc Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I always wondered if the removable drive bay in my Antec P180 was ever going to require outright removal.

    The way cards have been growing the past couple years, I guess that time may be coming sooner than I thought :) Already shoved a 120mm fan behind it, so it'd just give me more cabling space I guess.

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  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    edited March 2010
    I had to remove the drive bay on my P180 when I bought my 8800GTX three years ago. I actually had to take a measuring tape to the store's demo cases to make sure that it would fit.

    xbox heug video cards aren't a particularly novel thing, less you forget the majesty that was the Voodoo 5 6000 of legend.

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  • AzioAzio Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    who in the fuck needs four gigabytes of video memory

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  • amnesiasoftamnesiasoft Thick Creamy Furry Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Assuming this works the same way as any other dual GPU card, it's really only 2GiB of usable memory.

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  • Dark ShroudDark Shroud Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Azio wrote: »
    who in the fuck needs four gigabytes of video memory

    Anyone trying to use 6 monitor eye-finity.

    Sapphire is also releasing a 2gb 5870 with 6 mini-Display Port ports for eye-finity.

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  • ScrubletScrublet Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Dark Shroud wrote: »
    Azio wrote: »
    who in the fuck needs four gigabytes of video memory

    Anyone trying to use 6 monitor eye-finity.

    Sapphire is also releasing a 2gb 5870 with 6 mini-Display Port ports for eye-finity.

    Yea I'm pretty sure that when they run benchmarks on this card the performance improvement will be minimal unless eye-finity is involved.

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  • travathiantravathian Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    Does this come with an engine hoist in order to get it into your system?

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  • Dark ShroudDark Shroud Registered User regular
    edited March 2010
    travathian wrote: »
    Does this come with an engine hoist in order to get it into your system?

    Myself & others I've chatted with are hoping for some kind of bracket system. All that weight on one PCI-x16 slot will not be good for the mobo. Personally I'll run zip ties from the card to the top of my case if I have to.

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