Two BEASTS: MSI GTX580 vs MSI R6970 - Chip Hell Review

[1h4x4s3x]

Some reviewers are either not aware of that or simply don't care. *coughguru3dcough*

 

[MrK6]

Cool, another review site I can write off as "having no clue whatsoever." Chiphell has been good with new hardware leaks in the past, and the review covered the cards' designs and features well, but the performance summary is just a mess. For instance, in the Call of Pripyat numbers, the 6970 Lightning is anywhere from ~5-58% faster than the stock 6970. What? They either copy and pasted old benchmarks or just ran the tests regardless of whether or not they ran correctly. Either way, they're lazy and it shows. Also, how'd they test power consumption? They didn't even bother mentioning it.

Read TPU's review if you want to read a professional write-up - http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/MSI/GTX_580_Lightning/1.html

 

[taltamir]

http://www.chiphell.com/en/graphics/msi-n580gtx-lightning-r6970-lightning-review/

as far as i can tell, these cards are not available stateside *yet. interested to see the pricing.

benchmarks

oh god! the hilarious engrish!

Overclocker's must have weapon for world record broken

 

[SolMiester]

Is it me, or does anyone else see the 6990 @ 601w and the GTX590 @ 446w under load?...that cant be right...perhaps its just the games theyused, but looked like their is nothing between the 2 cards at default speeds!...
The 580 lighten looks wicked...Id love to see Fermi on 28 node!, I dont think we have seen the best of it yet!