3DVagabond
Lifer
Just saw THIS and thought it was pretty cool. It's actually getting pretty old, all of these "special games editions". This one offers a bit more though.
It's a 6970 with an AUSUM switch! 😛 Curious to see temps and noise.
excerpt from the article said:Celebrating the launch of the much anticipated Battlefield 3 game, SAPPHIRE Technology is introducing the SAPPHIRE HD 6970 BF3 Special Edition featuring two SAPPHIRE exclusive technologies, SAPPHIRE FleX and Vapor-X cooling as well as performance enhancing options for the enthusiast and access to a FREE copy of the full game!...
...On this card, a Dual BIOS switch allows users to choose between two performance settings delivering the best performance in its class. The normal setting has clock speeds of 880MHz for the core and 1375Mhz (5.5Gb/sec effective) for the memory, and a quiet fan profile, whilst the boost setting raises the core clock to 930MHz, as well as increasing the core voltage, fan speed and overclock limits to deliver higher performance.
It's a 6970 with an AUSUM switch! 😛 Curious to see temps and noise.