HD 6970 benchmark with i7-975 1080p, 1440p, Ultrawide, 4K benchmarks at Ultra Quality
It is worth noting that the HD 6970 is a very power hungry card and requires a decent power supply unit. With current 2048 MB RAM, the HD 6970 can have serious memory-related bottlenecks in more modern games. This combination between HD 6970 and Intel Core i7-975 @ 3.33GHz has less than 15% bottleneck in many games and can cause minor FPS loss. This combination between HD 6970 and Intel Core i7-975 @ 3.33GHz has less than 8% bottleneck in many games and is perfect match to avoid FPS loss. With current 2048 MB RAM, the HD 6970 can have very few memory-related bottlenecks in more modern games.
The release year of the graphics card. The newer the better technology and performance optimization and
driver support.
Year
2016
2019
13
2015
2016
11
2014
2015
8
2013
2014
4
2007
2013
2
The price of the graphics card. The cheaper the better.
Price
0
250
35
250
400
30
400
550
25
550
650
15
650
9999
5
Power Supply Wattage required for overall system. The lower the better.
PSU
0
350
4
350
450
4
450
550
3
550
650
2
650
9999
1
Maximum recorded temperature under load. The lower the better for longer life of the graphics card.
Temp
0
70
2
70
75
2
75
80
1
80
85
1
85
999
1
Noise Levels under load. The lower the better.
Noise
0
45
2
45
48
2
48
50
2
50
55
1
55
999
1
Full HD performance at 1080p resolution. The higher the better.
FHD
60
9999
18
55
60
13
45
55
11
35
45
7
0
35
5
Quad HD performance at 1440p resolution. The higher the better.
QHD
60
9999
10
55
60
8
45
55
5
35
45
4
0
35
2
4K performance at 2160p resolution. The higher the better.
F4K
60
9999
5
55
60
4
45
55
3
35
45
2
0
35
1
Current CPU Impact on performance with respect to the highest performing CPU used for benchmark at the
time this graphics card was released.
CPU
-5
9999
5
-7
-5
4
-10
-7
3
-15
-10
2
-9999
-15
1
Graphics card memory (RAM) capacity. The higher the better for higher resolution textures and future
demanding games.
MEM
8
9999
5
4
8
4
2
4
3
1
2
2
0
1
1
FROM
TO
VERDICT
The overall score is determined based on the calculated weightings for the individual components.
OVERALL SCORE
80
99
Excellent
70
80
Very Good
60
70
Good
40
60
Acceptable
0
40
Weak
48/100
Acceptable
AMD ’s xx70 cards have always been defined by mid-range prices with performance that knocks on the door of high-end graphics cards – especially when overclocked. After taking the time to fully test the TeraScale 3 graphics card inside the HD 6970, we can say without a doubt that it continues the trend. The HD 6970 is much more expensive than the HD 6870 as it costs a whopping $ 369. Compare this to the HD 6870, which came originally at a price of $ 239. Meanwhile, the NVIDIA closest equivalent card is the GTX 560 Ti 448 which costs $ 289.
Spec for spec, this HD 6970 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the HD 6870, by boasting 23.4 % more fps. The HD 6970 has 2 GB RAM compared to the HD 6870 's 1 GB video memory.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The HD 6970 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the HD 6870 and it really justifies an upgrade.
The HD 6970 sits between the GTX 660 and the GTX 480, falling slower than GTX 660 by 4.1% and faster than GTX 480 by 5.1%. It has an average relative performance against every graphics card here. In addition, the HD 6970 was also faster than the HD 6870 by a good margin.
The HD 6970 sits between the GTX 660 and the GTX 480, falling slower than GTX 660 by 4.1% and faster than GTX 480 by 5.1%. It has an average relative performance against every graphics card here. In addition, the HD 6970 was also faster than the HD 6870 by a good margin.
The HD 6970 sits between the GTX 660 and the GTX 480, falling slower than GTX 660 by 4% and faster than GTX 480 by 4.8%. It has an average relative performance against every graphics card here. In addition, the HD 6970 was also faster than the HD 6870 by a good margin.
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The AMD Radeon HD 6970 is a first-class, single-GPU gaming video card that costs only $369.
A few weeks ago AMD released the Radeon HD 6970 and Radeon HD 6950. Both cards are based on AMD's new Cayman core which is their first graphics processor to use a VLIW4 shader configuration. Just like on all other similar products, AMD's two Cayman variants, called Cayman Pro and Cayman XT, are based on the exact same GPU silicon.
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