Test: AMD Radeon HD 6970

Konklusion

Således nåede vi til enden af testen, af AMD's nye high-end grafikkort. Kortet er sat i verden for at slås imod nVIDIAs GTX 570 - og dette klarer kortet faktisk generelt ganske fint. Især taget i betragtning, at vi har testet op imod et overclocket GTX 570 kort, og nogle meget tidlige drivere til HD 6970.
HD 6970 er AMD's hurtigste enkelt GPU grafikkort - og der er sket en betragtelig forbedring siden sidste generation. Ydelsen er i mange tilfælde væsentligt højere, mens strømforbruget omtrent er det samme.
AMD's DX 11 ydelse var i nogle tests meget forbedret, mens den i andre var mere middelmådig. HD 6900 serien bringer mange nye smarte ting med sig, men det er især PowerTune teknologien, der er det nyeste tiltag der er interessant. Denne teknologi nåede vi ikke at teste 100% i dybden, men det kommer i næste test. Nu er det tid til nogle point.

Innovation/Teknologi - 5
HD 6900 serien bringer AMD op på et nyt niveau i forhold til tidligere. Væsentligt forbedret ydelse, et hav af tilslutningsmuligheder, mulighed for Eyefinity, PowerTune teknologien og meget mere, gør det umuligt at tildele andet end 5 point.

Design/Layout - 5
AMD har gjort et rigtigt godt stykke arbejde med designet af Radeon HD 6900. Der er tale om et højt ydende kort der, til trods for den høje ydelse, ikke lider af støjende blæsere. Den nye kølerteknik viser sig at være virkeligt effektiv, selv ved overclocking. Derfor 5 point.

Ydelse - 4
Ydelsen var i størstedelen af testene rigtig god, og på højde med det overclockede nVIDIA GTX 570. HD 6970 uddeler også slag til HD 5870 og GTX 480. Der var dog visse udfald, især under DX 11, der gør at det kun kan blive til 4 point.

Pris - 4
Kortet forventes at blive introduceret til lige under 3000 kroner for standard versionen. Dette skal sammenholdes med GTX 570, der har været på markedet et stykke tid, som kan købes for knap 2700. Dette er en fin pris set i forhold til at man får et kort med den nyeste teknologi, et lavere strømforbrug end GTX 570, og næsten samme ydelse. Da prisen ikke er 100% fastlagt, bliver det til et forsigtigt 4-tal.

Test: AMD Radeon HD 6970

Innovation / Teknologi	5
Design - Layout	5
Ydelse	4
Pris	4
Samlet	90%

UK summary

We've finally reached the end of the test of AMD's new high-end graphics card. The card is deployed in the world of gaming to fight the GTX 570 - which it handles quite good. Especially taking into consideration that we have benchmarked against an overclocked GTX 570, and with some very early drivers for the HD 6970. HD 6970 is by far AMD's fastest single GPU graphics card - and there has been a significant improvement since the last generation. The performance is in many cases significantly higher, while power consumption is roughly the same. AMD's DX-11 performance in some tests was improved a lot, while in others it was mediocore. The HD 6900 series brings many new cool things with it, but it is mainly the PowerTune technology that is interesting. This technology we did not test in depth, but it comes in the next review. Now it's time for the scores.

Innovation / Technology - 5
The HD 6900 series really brings AMD to the next level. Significant improved performance, a lot of connectivity options, Eyefinity, PowerTune technology, and much more, makes it impossible to assign more than 5 points.

Design / Layout - 5
AMD has done a really good job with the design of the Radeon HD 6900th There is a high performance card which, despite its high performance does not suffer from noisy fans. The new cooling technique proves to be truly effective, even when overclocking. Therefore, 5 points.

Performance - 4
The performance was in the majority of the tests pretty good and on par with the overclocked GTX 570th HD 6970 awards also blow to HD 5870 and GTX 480th However, there were some outages, especially during DX 11 makes that it can only be for 4 points.

Price - 4
The card is expected to be introduced to just under 3000 dollars for the standard version. This compares with the GTX 570 which has been around a while, which can be purchased for just 2700th This is a nice price compared to that you get a card with the latest technology, lower power consumption than the GTX 570, and almost same performance. Since the price is not 100% established, it becomes a conservative 4-figures.