Sapphire Radeon 6970
Introduction
When AMD launched the 6800 series graphics cards not long ago, they made some changes designed to move forward, with new naming conventions, new architecture, and new expectations. Nvidia’s GTX 480 flagship card proved to be a failure, but the new 500 series cards have hit the market and shown considerable improvements.
But as we know, AMD isn’t about to sit idly by, and you’re only as good as your last success. So AMD kept on the offensive, now releasing the 6900 series cards, and this brings us to the topic of today’s discussion: the Sapphire Radeon 6970.
The 6900 series cards are the new AMD flagship cards, specifically the 6970, signalling their top single-GPU card in the lineup. But can these cards withstand Nvidia’s recent success?
Let’s dive right in and find out.
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