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Old Dec 15, 2010, 03:57 AM   #1
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6970/6950 Video Card Review thread

AMD's Cayman GPU Architecture
Anandtech Catalyst 8.79.6.2 RC2
Benchmark Review Catalyst 10.11 (8.790.6.2000)
Computer Base Catalyst 8.79.6.2 RC2
Guru3D Catalyst Beta 8.97.6.101206a
Hardware Canucks Catalyst 10.12 Beta RC2
Hardware.Fr Catalyst 8.79.6.2RC2 of CAP1Catalyst10.12
Hardware Heaven Catalyst 10.12 ??
Hardware.Info Pre-released Cat 10.12 (no version number provided)
HardOPC Catalyst 8.79.6.2 RC2
Hot Hardware Catalyst 10.11b
IXBT Catalyst 10.11 (8.790.6.2000)
PC In Life Catalyst 10.11 (8.790.6.2000)
PC Perspective which includes 5870 2Gig & CF (8.790.6.2000)
Rage3D Catalyst 8.890 + CAP 10.12. Also reviews the performance difference between MSAA, MLAA and EQAA
TPU 6970 Catalyst 8.79.6.2 RC2
TPU 6950 Catalyst 8.79.6.2 RC2
Toms Hardware (including CF results) Catalyst 8.79.6.2 RC2
TweakTown Catalyst 10.10 beta
vrzone Catalyst 10.11 (8.790.6.2000)
Wide Screen Gaming Forum using both widescreen and Eyefinity. Using pre-released drivers??

Post will be updated once more reviews are available.

Note:
Earlier drivers don't seem to allow for any control of PowerTune from CCC. It appears that driver support for that seem to start with Catalyst 8.79.6.2 RC2

Edit 2:
2 Observations so far.
1. EQAA seems to be AMD's version of CSAA. So IMO would be worth using over MSAA for a performance boost.
2. Powertuner doesn't seem to help at stock clocks. I'm guessing there maybe something there if the card is over clocked but I've not come across any reviews showing this yet.

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