The Radeon HD 6970 and its slower buddy, the HD 6950, were launched this morning… and kind of blow. OK, they're not bad cards, they're actually better than the HD 5870 and 5850, which they replace and which were already quite good, but the improvement falls seriously short of expectations: basically, the HD 6970 is about equal to the GeForce GTX 570, while the HD 6950 is just a bit faster than the HD 5870.
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They also draw a bit more power than the HD 5800s, so there isn't much of an improvement in the performance/W department. I'll probably have further comments on those cards later, but for now, here are a few reviews worth reading:
- The Tech Report
- AnandTech
- Hardware.fr [French]
- PCGamesHardware [German]
- iXBT [Russian]
And here is a more comprehensive list.
Furthermore, I think that AMD and NVIDIA's renaming practices are dishonest and harmful to consumers, and that they need to stop.
Furthermore, I think that AMD and NVIDIA's renaming practices are dishonest and harmful to consumers, and that they need to stop.
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