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ATi Radeon HD 5970
At A Glance
Manufacturer:ATi
Series:Radeon HD 5k
GPU:RV870 x 2
Release Date:2009-11-18
Interface:PCI-E 2.0 x16
Core Clock:725 MHz
Shader Clock:725 MHz
Memory Clock:2000 MHz (4000 DDR)
Memory Bandwidth:256 GB/sec
FLOPS:4640 GFLOPS
Pixel Fill Rate:46400 MPixels/sec
Texture Fill Rate:116000 MTexels/sec
Details
Max Power Draw:300 W
Noise Level:Loud
Framebuffer:2048,4096 MB
Memory Type:GDDR5
Memory Bus Type:64x4 (256 bit)
DirectX Compliance:11.0
OpenGL Compliance:3.2
PS/VS Version:5.0/5.0
Process:40 nm
Shader Processors:3200 (1600)
Pipeline Layout:VLIW5
Texture Units:160 (80)
Raster Operators64 (32)
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Camera Club3D Radeon HD 5970 DiRT 2 Edition 725 2000 256 bit 2048 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera XFX Radeon HD 5970 Black Edition 725 2000 256 bit 2048 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera XFX Radeon HD 5970 725 2000 256 bit 2048 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera MSI R5970-P2D2G 725 2000 256 bit 2048 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera Gigabyte Radeon HD 5970 725 2000 256 bit 2048 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera PowerColor Radeon HD 5970 (DiRT 2) 725 2000 256 bit 2048 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera Diamond Radeon HD 5970 725 2000 256 bit 2048 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera Sapphire HD 5970 OC (DiRT 2, Battle F... 735 2020 256 bit 2048 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera HIS Radeon HD 5970 (DiRT 2) 725 2000 256 bit 2048 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera ASUS EAH5970/G/2DIS/2GD5 (DiRT 2) 725 2000 256 bit 2048 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera HIS Radeon HD 5970 (Modern Warfare 2) 725 2000 256 bit 2048 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 (DiRT 2) 725 2000 256 bit 2048 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera Sapphire HD 5970 3 Slot (DiRT 2 Mod W... 850 2400 256 bit 4096 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera Sapphire HD 5970 Toxic 3 Slot (DiRT 2... 900 2400 256 bit 4096 MB DP / DL-DVI y - y d y
Camera XFX HD 5970 Black Edition (Gun box) 850 2400 256 bit 4096 MB mDP / mDP y - y d y
Axle Radeon HD 5970 725 2000 256 bit 2048 MB DP / HDMI y - y d y
Camera ASUS EAH5970/2DIS/2GD5/A 725 2000 256 bit 2048 MB mDP / DL-DVI y - y d y
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12 Comments
Friday, November 20, 2009 5:20:46 PM
teklord00
n00b
The new king until team green shows us their dual Fermi GPU. Fermi will probably be more powerful. Hopefully supply will catch up to demand and prices will fall on AMD GPUs.
Friday, November 20, 2009 5:35:41 PM
Die Auslese
n00b
Whos leg do you have to hump to get one of these!!
Well now that I know that the down clock is so severe I'm torn between this, and the 5870. However the 5870 is about a 30% increase of power over my old 9800GX2, GAH!
Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:38:42 AM

My next beast (L) I mean, videocard haha
Anyway, 'till DX11 games are here, my 4890 is giving me all the love I need.
Saturday, November 21, 2009 8:56:51 AM

Same as recent HD 4870x2 dual GPU solution but renamed into HD 5970. WTF 300watt power consumption !!! but its ok if compare to crossfire HD 5870 (2x 178watt)
Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:16:34 AM

i love to update all the news as well as new graphic card on this site...LOL...recently i'm using N9800gt, i only play fifa on my pc so i find that there is no necessity to buy such a extreme powerful card...anyway, ATI gradually attracts customers as well as gamers by its quality and price. I believe ATI will make a big change this year in graphic card industry...
Monday, November 30, 2009 8:51:44 PM
Radiator
Senior Member
A dual GPU fermi... wonder how much power is that going to draw... you'll need an extra 1 kW PSU just to power that thing lol .
And as far as I know this thing here uses far less than 300W .
Sunday, December 06, 2009 12:30:45 AM
-RK
Senior Member
Remember when they were saying that this would be clocked HIGHER than the 5870?

Hmmm...
Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:45:22 AM
Kraven
n00b
They CAN!! XD
The coolers are supposed to be rated for up to 400watts of pwer

AMD ftw!!!
Monday, December 14, 2009 5:36:03 AM
CFOShock
n00b
i overclocked this to the HD 5870's 850 with crysis on 100fps
Monday, February 22, 2010 10:23:00 AM
sedrin
n00b
Shouldn't this card be the fastest video card in the superlatives section?
Monday, April 19, 2010 11:26:26 AM
H4rbr1ng3r
n00b
Hey guys, watch out for the Hecatoncheires, ATI's forth coming GPU core.
Saturday, July 31, 2010 7:32:29 PM
Kenai
n00b
If I recall correctly, HD 5970 has a memory bus of 512 bits, not 256 bits as stated on the info here.

correct me if I'm wrong?
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