5970 leaked spec

PrincessFrosty said:
The ABT article was updated (due to contact from AMD) to say that the board was a leaked engineering sample and not final, which means its specs are probably not final. I would expect them to reach the 5870 speeds to be honest, the cooling on these boards always has loads of headroom the fans tend to run at about 30% at max load.

I have a question, I don't know if anyone can answer...these new 8 pin PCI-E power cables, I dont have any on my Antec Quattro PSU only the 6 Pin ones, do these cards come with a converter to add 2 6 Pins into 1 8 Pin or something like that, or does it mean buying a new PSU with 8 pin support?
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Yes we did accommodate AMD and removed the benchmarks. I agreed with their reasons; they were put in a very bad spot.

The cards do not usually come with an adapter although you can buy them online. For the past year, i have used my older PSU (6-pin PCIe) with an alligator clip connected to the two uncovered pins and then to a molex ground, for my 4870-X2 and GTX 280. IF you have an otherwise capable PSU, it is a workaround - if not, you can do damage.
 
I wonder why they didn't put dual fans on the 5970? 2 fans usually cools better than 1 in my experience, and it would allow the fans to run at a slower speed while keeping the card cooled.
 
Then you have to deal with a 14-15" card, or one that dumps all that heat into the case...
 
apoppin said:
Yes we did accommodate AMD and removed the benchmarks. I agreed with their reasons; they were put in a very bad spot.

The cards do not usually come with an adapter although you can buy them online. For the past year, i have used my older PSU (6-pin PCIe) with an alligator clip connected to the two uncovered pins and then to a molex ground, for my 4870-X2 and GTX 280. IF you have an otherwise capable PSU, it is a workaround - if not, you can do damage.
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That sounds...dodgy.

I think i'll be ordering an adaptor then, although the cards should really come with one since PSUs that sport these 8 pins can't be very common yet.

vjcsmoke said:
I wonder why they didn't put dual fans on the 5970? 2 fans usually cools better than 1 in my experience, and it would allow the fans to run at a slower speed while keeping the card cooled.
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Actually the leaked photos at Hardware Canucks show the 5850x2 (5950) with a dual orb cooler, I dont know if thats accurate or not, but it also shows the same card covered with only 1 fan slot. The cards also sport slits down the side, could these be air vents to aid in airflow around a dual orb cooler? if the 5950 sports one then I should imagine the 5970 cooler is at least as good.

Pics - http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/news/video/ati-radeon-hd-5870-x2-images-surface/
 
I could see a 5970/5870x2 being under 300 watts. A 4870x2 only adds about 100 watts over a 4870 which is less than two 4870 cards which is about how much a 3870x2 adds over a single 3870. 5870 is rated 188 watts so another 100 watts would put it just under the max of 300 watts with a 6 and 8 pin connector plus pcie. ATI cards have been noted to cause problems on EVGA boards because they pull a lot of power through the slot according to an EVGA engineer on XS.
 
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