Engineering Sample ATI Radeon HD 6970 2GB

[erek]

I asked the seller for a close up of the yellow label. not sure if it's a pre-release or post-release retail sample, but checking anyhow:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/ATI-Radeon...643223?hash=item467d48f1d7:g:lIUAAOSwgSRbCCTZ

 

[FrgMstr]

Looks like one to me. But why?

 

[dexvx]

Shipping kills it

 

[erek]

erek: i got a response from that ES 6970 ebay
erek: Released
Dec 14th, 2010
erek: so only 1 month before release 11/11/10 :-\
erek: seems likely a retail card basically