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Jezter
03-08-2011, 03:19 PM
If you're scoring at home, NVIDIA currently holds the lead in single-GPU graphics cards with its GeForce GTX 580, but ATI's dual-chip Radeon HD 5970 has been holding down the absolute speed crown for a good long while. Now, bearing the name of AMD Radeon HD 6990, its successor sidles up to the throne and demands attention as the fastest single expansion board you can plug into your shiny new motherboard. The 6990 boasts a massive 4GB of GDDR5, 3,072 Stream Processors, 64 ROPs, and an 830MHz core clock speed. A dual-BIOS switch will let you crank that clock up to 880MHz with a corresponding increase in voltage, but don't expect to see much overclocking headroom above that.

Reviewers note, alongside their fawning assessment of the world's best performance, that the HD 6990 is a massively power-hungry card (375W TDP) and one that makes quite a bit of noise while going through its herculean tasks. That's in spite of a new vapor chamber cooling system that allegedly supports up to 450W of thermal output. If all this strikes you as a somewhat flawed execution, maybe you'll join us in hoping NVIDIA's imminently upcoming response, dubbed the GTX 590, will be able to offer a neater, more efficient assault on the extreme peaks of graphical performance.

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Goofy
03-08-2011, 05:57 PM
Hal needs to get one of these in his new rig......... by the time he finally decides to buy one the price should be down to around $100 or so......... and my hair will be grey :-k

Godfather
03-08-2011, 06:00 PM
Crazy... I want :lol:


I'm sure there are snobs out there who love Nvedia or AMD over the other... but for the average gamer does it matter aside from what your budget is and which card at the time gives you best bang for your buck??

Hal-9000
03-08-2011, 06:49 PM
I would NEVER use an ATI card....they run hotter, louder and use more power.

Also, I've been reading quite a bit about monitors lately and some users are having problems after they hook up their new 24 inch monitors.It won't display the entire 1920 x 1080 area and leaves black borders.The commonality to the problem? Every user has an ATI card with the catalyst control center and drivers.

Also...ATI has buggy drivers.I've never had a problem using a Nvidia card for the last 3 purchases :thumbsup: