ASUS HD 6970 DirectCU II - Triple Slot Monster
Published by Marc Büchel on 01.02.11Page:
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| The HD 6970 DirectCU II with two Gigabyte memory is ASUS' first high-end AMD graphics card that features an improved power design as well as a more powerful cooler than the reference design. The fact that this thing occupies three slots in a system makes it a monster. Unfortunately the cooler hasn't been able to convince us entirely. In 2D-mode the DirectCU II cooler is noisier than the reference model but luckily as soon as there is 3D load on the card the page turns and the new cooler does operates more silent. | - 3D silent | ||
| Delivery | + | - | |
| The delivery of the ASUS 6970 DirectCU II is sufficient. In the box you find everything you need to setup the card appropriately as well as a HDMI adaptor. Again you wont find a game which would be a really nice addition to a high-end graphics card which has been designed for gamers. | - HDMI adaptor | - No game included | |
| Performance | + | - | |
| Regarding the performance the DirectCU II shows about the same numbers and figures like the EAH6970. As expected there were no glitches and what you get is a homogenous picture throughout our comparison tables. | |||
| Overclocking | + | - | |
| Included in the bundle you get the software ASUS Smartdoctor, using which you can adjust the GPU voltage as well as GPU and memory frequency. It has been possible to run 3DMark Vantage and 3DMark 11 with 974 MHz on the GPU and 5'872 MHz on the memory. Therefore overclockig this card really was fun. From a card which features an overworked power design as well as an improved cooler we would have expected to show better overclockability than the reference model which in our tests wasn't the case. |
- Overclocking GPU 974 MHz
/ Mem 5'872 MHz |
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| Recommendation | + | - | |
| If you should be looking for a Radeon HD 6970 card which comes with a huge cooler and good overclockability then you definitely wont make a mistake buying an ASUS HD 6970 DirectCUII. | - High-End Gaming | ||
Author: Marc Voser, m.voser@ocaholic.ch Copy edited by: Marc Büchel, m.buechel@ocaholic.ch
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