BSN* review of the 5970

[Russianhaxor]

Not too long ago AMD took the lead in the GPU world, it was not a massive performance lead at first. No, it was merely a simple yet massively important move. This was the move to 40nm. This move was the opening move a new game of chess between AMD and their rivals, nVidia, and it spelled out something that was either overlooked or ignored.

The company wasn't afraid of jumping the gun to the latest process note, and just as AMD skipped 65nm and went from 80nm to 55nm for their Radeon 3800 series, AMD worked in secrecy to push out a new generation of GPUs on TSMC's new 40nm process. These would become the 5800 series - the first DirectX 11 GPUs in the world. The 5800 series also brought the speed crown back to AMD. For the first time in a long time AMD did not sit back and wait. Instead they forged ahead and are now pushing out the fastest single card on the planet. This comes to you in the form of the Dual 5870 GPU card, formerly known as Hemlock. AMD decided to change the name from the expected 5870X2 and instead named the product ATI Radeon HD 5970. We took one of these for a quick spin and are eager to tell you about it.

http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/11/17/amds-radeon-hd5970-hemlock---is-wickedly-fast.aspx

[Neuromancer]

Interesting point about the name, can we expect a 5980 or 5990 before the 6000 series cards come out??

[karmakazi]

Interesting point about the name, can we expect a 5980 or 5990 before the 6000 series cards come out??

Im sure we could see 5990, 5790 etc. The 5890 is already confirmed with stock air cooler core clock on 1Ghz, there are some floating around in hongkong already

[DrNip]

Nice. Call of Duty 6? Strange, I don't even remember Call of Duty 5 being released... :laughing:

[Neuromancer]

I get all confused by the naming structure. Buddy of mine was talking about COD5. How he has not played it yet. I was thinking "Today, this week what?" Since he has been playing the "one that came after 4" for about a year now lol