bit-tech -- AMD has had the luxury of having virtually no competition in the graphics card market ever since it released its ATI Radeon HD 5800 series towards the end of September. Nvidia hasn't done an awful lot in response to the Radeon HD 5870 and 5850 - aside from struggle, of course - because its first Fermi-based graphics cards are still quite a long way from release.

 

TweakTown -- Having already looked at the HD 5970, we know what to expect when it comes to performance of the model. If you want a fast graphics card, the chances are you're trying to get a hold of a HD 5800 or HD 5900 series card from ATI. Today we'll be looking at GIGABYTEs HD 5970 and straight off the bat we're going to say that with the stock cooler and stock clocks there's not going to be much of a surprise when it comes to the out of the box numbers. What we'll do is spend a bit more time with the card and overclock the model hopefully higher than the previous HD 5970 we looked at. Then we'll crunch some numbers and see how well it rewards us vs. stock settings.

TweakTown -- Testing a video card isn't a 5 minute job. To be honest, it's not even a 5 hour job or a 1 day job. From the minute a video card arrives ‘till the moment I can send it off to my editor, many, many hours are put into the review; everything from photography to benchmarking. The HD 5970 TOXIC 4GB from Sapphire today is getting a preview; this is something we tend to only do with cards that we look at in Taiwan or at a trade show. The reason we’re doing it for this model is that it deserves it! – There’s only four samples released worldwide right now and we want to bring you some information as soon as possible.

TweakTown -- We mentioned in our standalone review that there was really more to the HD 5970 than just what meets the eye. We also covered the fact that ATI have kind of pushed this whole thing about the HD 5970 being "Unlocked." At first glance it's a little hard to figure what exactly ATI mean when they're saying this. Generally speaking, in the computer world the term "Unlocked" tends to refer to a CPU and the fact that it is multiplier unlocked. So, what does this whole "Unlocked" mean for ATI’s latest giant card? Well, you can't enter some secret key combination and unlock more stream processers or ROPs, nor is there a secret to gaining extra memory. What ATI mean by saying the model is "Unlocked" is its overclocking ability.

[H]ard|OCP -- Just when you thought there was no way to outdo the 5800 series, AMD gives us the ATI Radeon HD 5970. It has two GPUs on a single PCB and brings with it CrossFireX in a single PCIe x16 slot. We show you if it is worth your hard earned cash.

Driverheaven -- Today we will be taking a look at the Powercolor Radeon HD 5970 2GB and putting it through its paces in a selection of real world gaming tests, including the recently released Modern Warfare 2. In addition to this we will cover GPU computing and high definition playback as well as having a play with the surprise inclusion of an official voltage tweaking tool. This little application may well make this product a favourite with enthusiasts who want to get the most from their purchase.

bit-tech -- AMD has had the luxury of having virtually no competition in the graphics card market ever since it released its ATI Radeon HD 5800 series towards the end of September. Nvidia hasn't done an awful lot in response to the Radeon HD 5870 and 5850 - aside from struggle, of course - because its first Fermi-based graphics cards are still quite a long way from release.

The Tech Report -- CrossFire on a stick goes to the next level in the Radeon HD 5970, the new fastest graphics card on the planet. This one is extreme in more ways than one, though. Read on to see what we mean.