ccokeman takes her through the paces http://www.overclock...apphire_hd6990/
Sapphire 6990 Reviewed
Started by Bosco, Mar 13 2011 08:23 PM
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 08:23 PM
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Posted 13 March 2011 - 09:52 PM
great review 
. also nice to see the crossfire / sli comparisons.
cant wait to see the cooling solutions gigabyte, saphire etc. make to improve the poor design.
i feel sorry for ccokeman's ears. it must have been loud if he could only manage to turn the fan up to 80%
EDIT: grammar
. also nice to see the crossfire / sli comparisons. cant wait to see the cooling solutions gigabyte, saphire etc. make to improve the poor design.
i feel sorry for ccokeman's ears. it must have been loud if he could only manage to turn the fan up to 80%
EDIT: grammar
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Posted 14 March 2011 - 10:53 AM
I could hear the damn thing when I was on the phone with him 
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Posted 14 March 2011 - 11:36 AM
great review
cant wait to see the cooling solutions gigabyte, saphire etc. make to improve the poor design.
i feel sorry for ccokeman's ears. it must have been loud if he could only manage to turn the fan up to 80%
EDIT: grammar
I don't think the solution is poor since its essentially 2 6970's on a pcb only a couple of inches longer...they could always make it a triple slot and fit a few larger fans or bigger heatsink?
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Posted 14 March 2011 - 11:42 AM
Can someone please answer this question. Is the 6990 better then the 5970? 
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Posted 14 March 2011 - 11:43 AM
Can someone please answer this question. Is the 6990 better then the 5970?
Yes lol
check out the occ review!
Edited by Dan The Gamer, 14 March 2011 - 11:44 AM.
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Posted 14 March 2011 - 11:45 AM
Yes lol
check out the occ review!
Well not just in terms of raw power but in also cooling, quiet and power usage.
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Posted 14 March 2011 - 11:49 AM
I could hear the damn thing when I was on the phone with him
Yea these 6000 series cards from AMD are freaking loud! I could not believe the noise level when you ramp the fan speed up! Bosco, you probably could of heard them just opening your front door
Which is why I will have to put these 6970's under water, the noise is just too rediculous!Awesome review ccokeman
It was sd, but I have to 2nd the on the xfire/sli comparision numbers. Really gives us a better look at performance!Also, there have been many OCC members talking trash about the temps on this dual gpu card, long before it came out! Where are you now
Guess you will have to start talking about the noise 
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Posted 14 March 2011 - 11:52 AM
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Read the review lol.
Temps and power are covered on those pages.
Read the review lol.
Temps and power are covered on those pages.
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Posted 14 March 2011 - 11:54 AM
Well not just in terms of raw power but in also cooling, quiet and power usage.
well the power usage is the same really..except when you switch the switch...cooling? I think the 6990 wins in quietness(Very Very Load and people werecomplaining about the 6970 and 6950!)
Bosco is the card really that load that you could hear it on a phone?
Edited by Dan The Gamer, 14 March 2011 - 11:55 AM.
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Posted 14 March 2011 - 12:03 PM
Ya sounded like a Vacuum. I didn't ask him what load he was running at but even still to drown him out thats BS. AMD needs to get better cooling this stupid stock crap is for the birds.
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Posted 14 March 2011 - 12:05 PM
Ya sounded like a Vacuum. I didn't ask him what load he was running at but even still to drown him out thats BS. AMD needs to get better cooling this stupid stock crap is for the birds.
annd its using vapor thingy too! Its just the fan though...shoulda went triple slot and slapped on 3 120mm's on it...
Next time ya close my Survarium thread don't be a hypocrite and make a thread under the same conditions
