SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5970 OC REVIEW

"Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC review also features Sapphire Radeon HD 5870. Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC has 14% lower clock speed, 17% lower memory speed but twice the Shader Processors compared to the Sapphire Radeon HD 5870. Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC and Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 both have GDDR5 memory but the Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC has 2GB while the Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 has 1GB."

"The Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC Edition ships with enhanced clock speeds of 735MHz core and 1010MHz (4.04GHz effective) - faster than the standard model, making the Sapphire Radeon HD 5870 OC the fastest card in its class, and the fastest in the world. Enthusiasts will also be able to tune performance of these Sapphire cards using the Sapphire Redline voltage tweaker tool** to enable higher levels of overclocking. With 2GB of fifth generation GDDR5 memory and a new architecture with a total of 3200 stream processors and 160 texture units the Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC is lightning fast with existing DirectX10.1, DirectX 10 and DirectX 9.0 games and applications, and will support stunning new levels of detail, transparency and lighting effects in new releases of software using DirectX 11. All of this comes with a modest active power consumption and ATI Powerplay Dynamic Power Management to achieve super-low power consumption in 2D and idle modes. These cards incorporate the latest architectural features from the ATI division of AMD in order to fully support Microsoft DirectX 11, including DirectCompute 11 instructions, hardware Tessellation and multi-threaded communications with the system CPU. These combine to provide new capabilities such as the interaction between transparent objects, new lighting and accelerated post processing effects as well as supporting ATI Stream for accelerating applications such as video transcoding."

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5970 OC FEATURES

DirectX11

"DirectX® 11 you can play the latest HD games with unrivalled visual quality, astonishing realism and ultra-fast frame rates. Get unrivalled visual quality and intense gaming performance and for today and tomorrow with support for Microsoft® DirectX® 11. Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC graphics accelerators and software drivers are the first to offer full support for Microsoft DirectX® 11. Get striking 3D visual effects and dynamic interactivity with DirectX® 11 support, including features like HDR Texture Compression, DirectCompute and Tessellation. DirectX® 11 brings new levels of visual realism to gaming on the PC and you'll get top-notch performance for these titles."

AMD Advanced Technology

"Get AMDs most advanced technology and massive compute power with Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC. AMD's 2nd generation TeraScale engine dramatically increases the processing power over the previous generation. Feel the power of more than 2 teraFLOPS plowing through the most demanding games. Experience the speed, responsiveness and performance of ultra-high bandwidth GDDR5memory. Get up to 1.8X of a graphics performance boost with ATI CrossFireX technology in dual mode."

Microsoft Windows 7

"Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC are designed to deliver all the benefits of Microsoft Windows® 7. Engineered to take advantage of all the graphical features within the new Windows 7 operating system, Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC delivers a visually compelling experience and a fast, responsive PC."

ATI Eyefinity Technology

"ATI Eyefinity technology is ideal for multimedia applications; it allows you to keep several palettes or panels open while you edit images or videos. The perfect solution for your home or office, ATI Eyefinity technology makes multi-tasking a snap by eliminating the need to flip between windows. Surf the internet, do email, edit photos or videos, track your stocks and much more all at the same time."

Accelerate

"Perform tasks on a PC faster with ATI Stream technology, speed up demanding everyday applications and get more done in less time. Unleash the massive parallel processing power of your GPU to help you do more with your PC than ever before. With multimedia softwares that support ATI Stream, users can enjoy fast video encoding and transcoding so video playback, editing and transferring content to portable media players is quick and easy."

"DirectCompute presents even more opportunities for you to take advantage of your Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC for tasks other than just rendering DirectCompute, helps improve PC performance by taking on some or all of a DirectX 11-enabled application's processing load, freeing up the computer's mainprocessor to take on additional tasks. DirectX 11-enabled applications are designed for fast performance on your PC running Windows 7. In addition, programs designed for Windows 7 can convert a digital media file to a different size or format can perform a faster conversion (i.e. transcode) under Windows 7 than under previous versions of WIndows. Windows® 7 with built-in drag and drop transcoding is a great example how Sapphire Radeon HD 5970 OC provide an exceptional experience for the upcoming operating system. High performance anisotropic filtering and 24x custom filter anti-aliasing (CFAA) smooth jagged edges and create true-to-life graphics."

Games

"Flight Sim and Racing Games - Create the ultimate flight or racing simulation platform by extending supported games across multiple displays for a panoramic view that gives you a true sense of speed."

"Role-playing Games (RPG) - Get a bird's-eye view and spread out game information across multiple screens and still stay in the center of the action."

"Real-time strategy (RTS) - See more of the battlefield without having to zoom."

"First-Person Shooter (FPS) - Get a better view of what's going on around you, use your peripheral vision so you can see the enemy before they see you."

SAPPHIRE RADEON HD 5970 OC FEATURES