News - Gigabyte to launch super-overclocked Radeon HD 5870 - set to challenge Fermi

[HEXUS]

Almost as fast as a twin-GPU Radeon HD 5970, Gigabyte claims.

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[HW_90]

only 950MHz? lame

should just about beat fermi since GTX470 is supposed to be between 5850 and 5870 in performance.

[miniyazz]

So, just to clarify, they've released a card that's clocked.. 31% faster on the core, 25% faster on the memory, than the 5970. But the 5970 has two of the slower 5870s, essentially making it.. 50% faster on the core, and 60% faster on the memory, than the 'super-overclocked' 5870. That's hardly close, even when taking in poor Crossfire support.

[.havoc]

is it just me or does that look like it has a triple slot cooler?