News - More Radeon 6700 specs leak?

[[GSV]Trig]

So mine being underclocked then would mean I could get a less than stellar passive 5770 then?!
Sweet

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

So mine being underclocked then would mean I could get a less than stellar passive 5770 then?!
Sweet

An HD5750 is around the same as an HD4850. Since you have got your memory underclocked 500MHZ it would mean your HD4870 has similar memory bandwidth to an HD4850. However the HD4850 has the core running at 625MHZ. Hence at 500MHZ your HD4870 is between an HD4850 and an HD4830 in performance IMHO.

[Perfectionist]

passive seems to be the way to go if you want silence? Watercooling seems still very loud cos of the pump, unless there's some way to shut it up? http://forums.hexus.net/3xs-systems-...ml#post1985075

[chis]

Unless a more established manufacturer such as Sapphire, Gigabyte, XFX or Asus step in with a passive 57xx derivative, I certainly have no wish to purchase a Powercolor card, and would prefer to play safe and do without.

Why? Can anyone here vouch for their reliability, quality, warranty and support?

I'd rather wait for the 6xxx series, anyway.

[[GSV]Trig]

Yes I'd rather wait for 7xxxx series, oh, erm hang on, they were about 10 years ago

I'll get a 5xxx when the 6xxx makes them come down in price, for me its the lack of fan that I want not the poke of the GPU, all I play is CS:S and IL2 and my underclocked card does that fine so small die process and less heat gets the win for me..

[kalniel]

Unless a more established manufacturer such as Sapphire, Gigabyte, XFX or Asus step in with a passive 57xx derivative, I certainly have no wish to purchase a Powercolor card, and would prefer to play safe and do without.

XFX over powercolor??!

Sorry, not a chance IMHO. Powercolor are fine - they don't give you any extras but they don't tinker with the products from AMD that much either, so the quality is fine especially if you go for a normal model.

Sapphire are my top choice, but Powercolor are quite close in my list. Asus tinker a lot, but usually with some competence. XFX.. well, I don't think I'll say anything about them - forum search might work

[sammorris]

I hear all sorts of horror stories about XFX non-reference cards, yet the only one I own is the best non-reference card I have ever owned (XFX HD4830). What I will say though, as a general sweeping statement (and a true one) is that all non-reference ATI cards are terrible.
Sapphire's are an absolute disaster (not a single one of their £850 4GB HD5970s was even quality tested for POSTing, let alone stability, and as a result both of mine were DOA, and that's just one of several examples), Asus cards are unlikely to be built to any better standard than their pretty poor motherboards (and the one Asus non-ref card I had, while very quiet, was unstable). Yet, every ATI reference card I've had has lasted, well, not one of them has not lasted. They all still work today, even some that are 6+ years old. I challenge anyone to get that sort of lifespan out of a Geforce.

Personally, I'm very wary of any non-reference card and always try to get reference where I can. Often noisier, but less pain in the long run having to go through RMA after RMA.
That is of course assuming you don't fit an aftermarket cooler from Arctic, in which case good luck, you'll need it, and a lot of it!

Oh and I also agree with chis, I think Powercolor are very much bottom-tier for quality. It shows on their cards, you can bend their coolers out of shape with your bare hands.

Why is it that every site has a different opinion on the nomenclature of the HD6 series?
I was beginning to feel secure with
HD5770->HD6770 rebrand
HD5770 successor -> HD6870 Barts
HD5870 successor -> HD6970 Cayman
HD5970 successor -> HD6990 Antilles

But now that seems to be being ditched in favour of
HD5770->HD6750 rebrand
HD5770 successor -> HD6770 Barts
HD5870 successor -> HD6870 Cayman
HD5970 successor -> HD6970 Antilles
(Which I would be more happy with).

Anyone able to shed any truthful light on this? (Not that it matters, I'm not going to be buying a 6 series as soon as they hit the shelves anyway)

[badass]

Yes I'd rather wait for 7xxxx series, oh, erm hang on, they were about 10 years ago

I'll get a 5xxx when the 6xxx makes them come down in price

You'll probably be waiting forever then. Historically, the older generation cards don't change in price when the new generation come out. They drop in price steadily before the launch usually.