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Author Topic: HD5970 and such.  (Read 735 times)

Dwarf

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HD5970 and such.
« on: January 06, 2011, 07:31:19 pm »
So, there are like a bazillion builders of HD5970s. Sapphire, XFX, Club 3D, Gigabyte etc. come to mind.
Is there any actual difference between them?
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Re: HD5970 and such.
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2011, 08:09:30 pm »
Usually its company branding for distribution but usually they'll tweak the card like XFX overclocks some of their cards and Sapphire uses slower memory for cheaper prices.
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Re: HD5970 and such.
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2011, 03:21:04 am »
Fun fact: with a simple hack and a good cooling solution, an HD6950 can become an HD6970 due to laziness at AMD! May be something to consider.


For my Radeon I bought a PowerColor but that was mostly due to a supply shortage, although they did also provide an extra game with it. Go for whatever sounds best at the time with all with prices to settings comparison.
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