Manufacturer: Gigabyte Price: $ 365 US Author: Steve Date: 12/14/2010

[ Benchmarks: Far Cry 2, Aliens vs. Predator ]

For testing Far Cry 2 we used the “Action Scene” from the custom benchmark, as this is an excellent representation of real in-game performance. For this DirectX10 title, maximum in-game quality settings were used along with 8xAA. Even at 2560x1600 the Radeon HD 6970 managed to average 54fps in Far Cry 2, which was impressive. This allowed it to match the performance of the GeForce GTX 570, while both cards were 18% slower than the GTX 580. Meanwhile the Radeon HD 6970 was 16% slower than the HD 5970, yet 17% faster than the HD 5870. For testing with Aliens vs. Predator we have used the custom DX11 benchmark as it is highly demanding and plays through a test scene in the same sequence every time for highly accurate results. The maximum possible quality settings were enabled along with 4xAA/16xAF. The Aliens vs. Predator benchmark at 2560x1600 saw the Radeon HD 6970 average just 30fps, yet this made it 15% faster than the GeForce GTX 570 and just 6% slower than the GTX 580. The Radeon HD 6970 was also just 12% slower than the HD 5970 and 36% faster than the HD 5870.

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Whippit

Posted on: 12/15/2010 10:38 AM More competition is only a good thing. The Radeon HD 6970 looks the goods if you ask me. I am keep to see how or if pricing changes over the next few weeks/months.

RazorSix

Posted on: 12/15/2010 11:27 AM Not as fast as I was hoping it would be Looks like the GTX 580 will not be dropping in price anytime soon. Still nice work with the review, one of the best I have read so far!

ProX	Posted on: 12/15/2010 09:50 PM What a tight battle! I am pretty sure AMD was hoping to take out the GTX 480 and then Nvidia surprised them with the GTX 580. Great review by the way as always

LJ

Posted on: 12/18/2010 02:21 AM Considering how well it handles the larger resolutions, I think this card will perform great in eyefinity resolutions. Also worth noting is how well the 6950 crossfire scales. If the 6970 does as good a job, for around $700 (same price as 580), you could realistically expect 50% more performance compared to the 580 from the 6970! The only problem is of course that no stores are selling the card at its RRP in Aus...

Dave P

Posted on: 12/18/2010 05:09 AM I do think the 6970 is worth the asking price but I also think AMD will/should drop the price soon to match the GTX 570. I really hope they do anyway, not that the margin is anything worth worrying about right now but it would made the 6970 an easier sell.