Official HD6990 Review Thread (*updated* with 21 reviews at this time)

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Arkadrel

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Skurge said:
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Good to see. :thumbsup:
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Thats some Cheeky AMD guy,...Nvidia babes are get it, one thinks its funny... other one not so much.



endlessmike133 said:
Can you believe if the new XBOX and PS3 launch in 2013/2014 they could have twice the power of this GPUs?
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No I couldnt.... even if 3 years from now, makeing such a chip costs 1/3... it d still be to expensive for a PS or Xbox.
 
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Grooveriding

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I the 6990 is only $600. I'm picking up two tonight. I doubt it will be that cheap though.
 
notty22

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REVIEW UP :
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.p...sk=view&id=702&Itemid=72&limit=1&limitstart=1
Radeon HD 6990 Conclusion

IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to ensure that all aspects of the product are considered, there are often times unforeseen market conditions and manufacturer changes which occur after publication that could render our rating obsolete. Please do not base any purchase solely on our conclusion, as it represents our product rating specifically for the product tested which may differ from future versions. Benchmark Reviews begins our conclusion with a short summary for each of the areas that we rate.​
AMD designed the Radeon HD 6990 to be the best graphics card available on the market, and based on our results they've succeeded. The closest competition is the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 in terms of single-card graphics, or two GeForce GTX 570's paired together into a SLI set. We've included a pair of AMD Radeon HD 6870's joined in a CrossFireX set, just to illustrate other options. Obviously two AMD Radeon HD 6970's could be combined into a CrossFireX set, but the performance would approximately match what we've received out of the Radeon HD 6990. AMD HD3D technology was not tested for this review, or the impact it has on video game frame rates.​
Beginning with graphics performance, the Radeon HD 6990 video card confirmed AMD's promise to gamers that they would deliver the best possible solutions. At the 830 MHz default speed setting, the Radeon HD 6990 performed extremely well against any perceivable competition. Switching the dual-BIOS to the OC setting unlocked another 50 MHz from both Cayman GPUs, good for a 2-3 FPS boost to video frame rate performance. DirectX-9 games performed extremely well with all of the setting turned up high and played at 1920x1200 resolution. Mafia-II with SSAO enabled and PhysX turned off easily pushed past 80 FPS but couldn't match GeForce GTX 570 SLI performance. Call of Duty: Black Ops was tweaked to use the absolute highest settings possible, and yet still had extremely fluid performance during action-packed multiplayer maps.​
In the more modern DirectX 10 game tests, Crysis Warhead kept an average 55 FPS and edged out the GTX 570 SLI set while matching up against two GTX 580's in SLI. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 used 8x anti-aliasing and 16x anisotropic filtering to produce 124 FPS, but trailed the pair GTX 570's in SLI. Futuremark's 3DMark11 benchmark suite strained our high-end graphics cards with only mid-level DirectX-11 settings displayed at 720p, yet the HD6990 generally matched up well to the GTX 570 SLI pair in these test. DX11 Aliens vs Predator pushed the Radeon HD 6990 to produce 76 FPS on average while easily surpassing the GeForce GTX 570 SLI set. Lost Planet 2 played at 57 FPS with 2x AA, but performance fell behind the competition. Metro 2033 is a demanding game even when played with high-end graphics, but the Radeon HD 6990 delivered 54 FPS and edged past the GTX 570 SLI set. Unigine Heaven positioned the Radeon HD 6990 ahead of the GTX 570 SLI pair, and nearly matched up against the GTX 580 SLI set.​
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notty22

notty22

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Toms Hardware :


AMD Radeon HD 6990 4 GB Review: Antilles Makes (Too Much) Noise

As the title feels, TH can't get past the noise
There’s no excuse for a graphics card to be this loud and, if spinning its cooling fan up to 3600 RPM is the only way to keep the Radeon HD 6990 from overheating, then this product simply isn’t ready for consumption. Because the problem is related to fan speed, there’s a chance an updated firmware could smooth out the way AMD handles heat. Right now, though, there’s no way I’d install one of these things in a gaming machine.
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Update: Hours before launching the Radeon HD 6990, we're happy to report that AMD decided on a price: $699. That's $20 higher than a pair of Radeon HD 6970s, not counting $40 worth of rebates. AMD counts the three adapters bundled with the 6990 as a $60 value, but we maintain that the two single-GPU boards in CrossFire are a superior choice.
 
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toyota

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$649 would make much more sense for this card as $699 just isn't good based on 6970 prices.
 
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