ATI Radeon HD 5970 Dual-GPU Powerhouse Review @ HotHardware.com

news · November 18, 2009

Hello Everyone,

AMD's "Sweet Spot" GPU strategy over the last few years has been fairly

predictable. Instead of producing the biggest, most powerful GPU

possible--yields be damned--the company sets out to produce a relatively

high-end GPU, using a cutting edge fabrication process, that hits a

proverbial sweet spot between cost and performance. Then derivatives, and

even multiples, of that GPU are used to flesh out a top-to-bottom line-up

of graphics cards, that hit a broad range of price points.

It began with the RV670, which powered the single-GPU based Radeon HD 3870

and dual-GPU Radeon HD 3870 X2--hence the X2. Then came the RV770, which

powered the Radeon HD 4870 and eventually the Radeon HD 4870 X2. The

strategy has obviously paid off, as AMD is once again a price/performance

leader in the GPU space, after some not-so-great performances like the

R600, better known as the Radeon HD 2900 XT. Knowing their strategy, it

should almost come as no surprise that the graphics card we'll be showing

you today, the Radeon HD 5970, has come to fruition. Although it doesn't

follow the same naming convention as AMD's previous dual-GPU powered cards,

the Radeon HD 5970 is nonetheless powered by a pair of ATI "Cypress" Radeon

HD 5800 series GPUs, linked together on a single PCB by a PCI Express

bridge, very much like previous X2 iterations. Come on by and check it

out...

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