GTX 570 or Radeon HD 6970?

[cheezburger]

in what tests other then physx? also how bout after overclocking? also cdan i have a list of games that support tessilation? im curious.

first off you'd need to realize there aint much of room for 69xx to oc because they are already clocked very high while gtx 570 has a lot of room to grow plus non of any amd card can run extreme tessellation on the part with gtx 570/580. unless 6970/6950 can drop price to below $250or i would not suggest people to buy that card. it's basically not worth $350 to buy them if gtx 570 is also at that price range.

 

[Solaris17]

first off you'd need to realize there aint much of room for 69xx to oc because they are already clocked very high while gtx 570 has a lot of room to grow plus non of any amd card can run extreme tessellation on the part with gtx 570/580. unless 6970/6950 can drop price to below $250or i would not suggest people to buy that card. it's basically not worth $350 to buy them if gtx 570 is also at that price range.

do you own a 6970/50? do you KNOW for a FACT they cant clock? what is the use of tessellation at this point other then demos? please explain.

 

[fusionblu]

After todays newest discovery it would have to be the AMD HD6950 because that can be unlocked to run the same as a 6970:
http://www.techpowerup.com/137140/AMD-Radeon-HD-6950-Can-be-Unlocked-to-HD-6970.html

 

[cheezburger]

do you own a 6970/50? do you KNOW for a FACT they cant clock? what is the use of tessellation at this point other then demos? please explain.

how much room do you think that can be oc on 69xx when their clock speed are nearly hitting 1ghz barrier(880mhz!!)? while gtx 570 is only 725 mhz and having more head room for oc. that's say, if ut has to take a 6970 at 950mhz to tight up with gtx 570 at stock that mean when gtx 570 clock up to 800mhz 6970 would have to clock up to 1.13ghz to match an oc gtx 570 and it may cause stable/voltage issue but main while gtx 570 can theoretically go up to 950mhz. even if you can tweak higher voltage and manage to go up to 1.2ghz you will find it very little room to go higher and wouldn't performing better than oc gtx 570. unless someone can bring up example that 6970's oc range can be up to 25% like gtx 570 does.

however if you are fanboi you can choose to ignore this post. simple.

 

[Steve-007UK]

I like the way tessellation is mentioned so much and how much nvidia is better at it, But from what i see at high res (1920/1200 4xaa) the hd 6950 is 0.1fps slower than a 570 in Unigine Heaven so if nvidia is so good why do i see 0.1 fps diffrence. And sorry to say but low res scores don't count in my eyes because only a fool would buy such powerfull cards to play at a shity low res.

 

[wolf]

how much room do you think that can be oc on 69xx when their clock speed are nearly hitting 1ghz barrier(880mhz!!)? while gtx 570 is only 725 mhz and having more head room for oc. that's say, if ut has to take a 6970 at 950mhz to tight up with gtx 570 at stock that mean when gtx 570 clock up to 800mhz 6970 would have to clock up to 1.13ghz to match an oc gtx 570 and it may cause stable/voltage issue but main while gtx 570 can theoretically go up to 950mhz. even if you can tweak higher voltage and manage to go up to 1.2ghz you will find it very little room to go higher and wouldn't performing better than oc gtx 570. unless someone can bring up example that 6970's oc range can be up to 25% like gtx 570 does.

however if you are fanboi you can choose to ignore this post. simple.

1ghz isn't really a barrier as such, it's apples to oranges to compare the speeds of both cores and say that the 6900's are closer to 1ghz and thus less overclockable. Intel i7's clock better than phenom 2's even when you buy one @ 3.33ghz as oppose to a phenom 2 @ 2.8ghz, you may get the PII to 4ghz but you'll likely get the i7 to 4.5ghz with the same cooling. apples to oranges.

 

[the54thvoid]

I've only read the title and not anything else i between (avoids the mud slinging).

Buy a 6970.

 

[erocker]

Okay, well these XXX card vs. XXX card threads need to stop. Instead of making these threads, do this:

1. Read reviews for the cards you are interested in.

2. Find what is in your budget.

3. Buy card.

It's really that simple.