New AMD 6970

[cookiebun]

Hi just installed my new AMD 6970 with no problems from motheboard used the 10.12 hotfix drivers, it runs a lot cooler to than the 4870x2 these are some readings i have taken and this is my system now.

NZXT Lexa S
Gigabyte 890GPA-UD3H (rev 2.0) motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition, Deneb Core, S AM3, 3.4GHz
8gb Crucial Ballistic DDR3 1333mhz/PC3-10600 (7-7-7-24) 1.65v
XFX HD 6970 ATI - AMD Radeon Graphics Card - 2GB
Western Digital WD6402AAEX 640GB Hard Drive SATA111 7200rpm 64MB Cache-OEM Caviar Black.
Seagate Baracuda 500gb SATA11, 32mb Cache
Corsair 750 PSU
Zalman 9500
Liteon DVD Writer
24” Samsung SM2433BW Black Widescreen LCD, 1920x1200
5.1 Creative Surround Speakers
Logitech G11 Gaming Keyboard
Logitech MX516 Gaming Mouse
Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
Epson DX8400 All in one.

[Dark Mantis]

The card certainly looks good, I am just waiting for mine to be delivered. Nice temps at idle but what are they like on load and what about fan noise?

[cookiebun]

Hi DM just came out of Crysis with EVERYTHING turned up as high as it will go and fan very Quiet compared to the old 4870x2 and this is the readings.

[Dark Mantis]

Looks very promising. Mine is on the way and then it is time for a rebuild. Can't wait. I was a little concerned after reading some of the reviews about the card not living up to expectations but from your experience there it seems fine for what I want at least.

[cookiebun]

Hi DM don't tell me your thinking of going AMD all the way, I had my doubts aswell, the nvidia cards 570 and 580 looked good but a gut feeling made me wait AMD, here is a benchmark i was asked to do I don't know much about it do you.

[Dark Mantis]

No not at the moment I have run AMD system in the past many times and been very happy with their performance on the whole. In fact my first ventures into overclocking and  watercooling were done on AMD platforms.

Have you uploaded your results to see how they compare with others? They don't look to bad to me but obviously it is a comparison benchmark and so you need to have some others to compare against.

[cookiebun]

Cheers DM enjoy your card.

[Dark Mantis]

I will! It has just turned up. I bought the Sapphire 6970 as I have always had good experiences with them in the past even though they tend to be a little more expensive. I am just waiting on the full cover water block now and I can start my rebuild.

[cookiebun]

Good luck let me know how things go.
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