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I found a bios that worked great for me :). (Asus 6950 DirectCUII 2GB) I benchmarked before and after with ShaderToyMark and got about 3.5% improvement. Gpuz shows the shaders are unlocked. I included the bios in the automatic install package from tpu for easy installation...

Your bios worked great for me :). (Asus 6950 DirectCUII 2GB) I benchmarked before and after with ShaderToyMark and got about 3.5% improvement.. gpuz shows the shaders are unlocked =). I included your bios in the automatic install package from tpu for easy installation...

I have a DirectCUII 2GB and this bios worked for me just fine! http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2310388&postcount=5 I benchmarked and can confirm that found some improvement.. so something must have happened.

same for me! HD 6950

Yes, rumors are rumors. You are right and it's unfortunate that it's the only thing we can use right now. You say, "we can't compare". But what can you do? Benchmarks are the only thing we have to compare! In fact, there are loads of benchmarks that do compare a 3870x2 against the 4870. And...

Well, as the stats already said. The 6970 probably won't be any faster. But although the performance is about the same, buying an 5970 would be a bad choice in my opinion because of the things I said earlier. Buying a 6990 (/6970x2) on the other hand can be a good choice too.

I'm sorry but I did not do such thing. I was comparing the dual-core 5970 with the single-core 6970 since it's expected to have about the same performance. The only dual core is the 6990.

Pixmania is an international shop and sells a 6870 for ƒ191 in the UK. They also sell 5970's for around ƒ500. Much less than the €700 you quoted earlier, But as I told you, I would not buy it.

But, If you can't stand the wait. Do what i did: Buy one 6870 right now so you can play games and sell it in 3 weeks for about the same price. Then buy a 6990/6970 when it comes out. You will propably loose a maximum of 15-20 euro's because of the second-hand selling. It gives a good...

Yes but because it's internally linked in crossfire it only uses 1gb. (Like two 5850 1gb in crossfire has 2gb of total, but can only use one). It's dirty marketing.. the 5970 which can use 2gb is the 4gb version which costs around 800 euro's.

2 6870 are likely to be better then one 5970 or a 6970. But has less memory then a 6970.. so will bottleneck you. I certainly would not buy a 5970 since it's from the old series, and the 6970 will give you much more bang for your bucks + 1,5GB of memory. The 5970 only uses 1gb since it's...

damn. you should order abroad: Here in holland they are only 500! http://tweakers.net/pricewatch/cat/807/radeon-hd5xxx-serie.html

I think you forgot about the dual-core 6990 which will be at the top, just like the 5970. My bet will be that the prices will be chosen in comparison to the low-end cards. The 6870 - €200 / $240 -> performs like the 5870, but has become mid-range, so it's less expensive. The 6950 - €300 /...

Why don't you think so? The 6870 is about the same performance as a 5870 (just like the 6970 is expected to be in comparison to the 5970), and right now the 6870 is about 80-100 dollars less expensive than his brother, the 5870.

Nobody can say for sure. But it looks it is going to be about the same. Less powerfull in 3D Mark, and about 1-2fps more powerfull in unigine (5970 scores 35 vs 36,6 for the 6970) source: http://videocardz.com/27483/amd-radeon-hd-6970-vantage-results-leaked But the 6970 is expected to have...