ATI Radeon™ HD 5970
Technology takes a trip down the fast lane with the XFX ATI Radeon™ 5970 graphics card. The fastest dual GPU-on-a-PCB card on the planet, this powerhouse also comes in a "I've-never-seen-that-kind-of-speed-before" Black Edition. Powered by two brutally fast GPUs and 3200 stream processors, the 5970 delivers shockingly fast frame rates and is supported by the most robust advanced feature set available today, including support for up to three displays with ATI Eyefinity technology. Created for the true performance enthusiast, the 5970 offers the ultimate in speed, performance, energy efficiency and support.

Now bundled with an XFX exclusive OverVolt Tool. Take charge of the GPU and memory voltages with an exclusive performance enhancing tool only available for use with the XFX HD 5970 Black Edition. With this tool, you can give your GPU performance an increase of up to 30%.* Product registration required to access this tool and the power to fine tune the voltage settings and unleash the performance limits.

*The HD 5970 Black Edition ships with default GPU and memory clocks set at 725 MHz and 4.0 GHz respectively. It's overclock performance will depend on the graphics card, other system components, and may also be affected by environmental conditions.
KEY FEATURES
- 2GB GDDR5 memory
- ATI Eyefinity technology with support for up to three displays (1,3)
- Window 7 support
- ATI Sream technology (2)
- Designed for DirectCompute 5.0 and OpenCL
- Accelerated Video Transcoding (AVT) (2,4)
- Compliant with DirectX® 11 and earlier revisions
- Supports OpenGL 3.2
- 40 nm Process technology
- ATI CrossFireX™ multi-GPU support for highly scalable performance (5)
- ATI Avivo™ HD video and display technology (6,7)
- Dynamic power management with ATI PowerPlay™ technology (6)
- Display Port, HDMI, 2xDL-DVI
- PCI Express® 2.0 support
(1) To enable a third display you require one panel with a DisplayPort connector.
(2) Requires application support for ATI stream technology.
(3) ATI Eyefinity technology works with games that support non-standard aspect ratios which is required for spanning across three displays
(4) Digital rights management restrictions may apply.
(5) ATI CrossFireX™ technology requires an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard, an ATI CrossFireX™ Bridge Interconnect(s) and may require a specialized power supply.
(6) ATI PowerPlay™, ATI Avivo™ and ATI Stream are technology platforms that include a broad set of capabilities offered by certain XFX Radeon™ HD GPUs. Not all products have all features and full enablement of some capabilities and may require complementary products.
(7) HD capable display required.
GPU Clock MHz
The main attributes of the GPU are the core clock rate, which typically ranges from 250 MHz to 1200 MHz in modern cards.
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725 MHz |
Stream Processors
Through the use of stream processing, computer benefit from the ability to transparently access a large number of 'cores' (or, computational units) on a chip without having to separately manage each and every one of them along with their associated busses, memories, I/O, etc.
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3200 |
Bus Type
N/A
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PCI-E 2.0 |
Performance
N/A
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Black, Standard |
Memory Interface Bus (bit)
The bit data rate between memory and the GPU.
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512 |
Memory Type
VRAM was typically based on DDR technology. During and after that year, manufacturers moved towards the vastly superior DDR2, GDDR3 and GDDR4.
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DDR5 |
Memory Size (MB)
the video card will have its own video memory which is called Video RAM or VRAM. The VRAM capacity of most modern video cards range from 128 MB to 2.0 GB.
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2000 MB |
Memory Clock (MHz)
The memory clock rate in modern cards are generally between 400 MHz and 2.4 GHz.
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4000 MHz |
Microsoft® DirectX® Support
The standard for today's PCs and next-generation consoles enables stunning and complex effects for cinematic realism. XFX graphics cards offer the most complete implementation of the Shader Model feature set-including vertex texture fetch (VTF)-to ensure top-notch compatibility and performance for all DirectX applications.
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11 |
Shader Model Support
Enables stunning and complex special effects. Next-generation shader architecture delivers faster and smoother gameplay.
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5.0 |
Open GL Optimization and Support
Ensures top-notch compatibility and performance for OpenGL applications.
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3.2 |
Cooling Fansink
Sometimes known as an active cooling device, a small electrical fan which drives air across a heat sink and as such will generate a small amount of noise. It is more effective than a heat sink alone at cooling.
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√ |
ROHS
The RoHS Directive stands for "the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment". This Directive bans the placing on the EU market of new electrical and electronic equipment containing more than agreed levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyl (PBB) and polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants.
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√ |
Profile
Some graphics cards have the capability to swap out the current bracket to make it compatible with low-profile computer systems that require a lower bracket card.
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Double |
Dimensions (Imperial)
N/A
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12 X 4.376 X 1.5 |
Dimensions (Metric)
N/A
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30.5 X 11 X 3.8 |
Max Resolution Analog
Maximum Screen Resolution indicates the maxiumum possible sharpness and clarity of an image that a monitor can display, measured in number of dots (pixels).
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2048 x 1536 |
Max Resolution Digital
Maximum Screen Resolution indicates the maxiumum possible sharpness and clarity of an image that a monitor can display, measured in number of dots (pixels).
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2560 x 1600 |
ATI Radeon CrossFireX™ Technology
ATI CrossFireX™Technology with up to quad GPU support offers superior scalability so your system is ready to level up when you are.
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√ |
ATI Radeon PowerPlay™
Advanced power management technology for optimal performance and power savings. Performance-on-Demand allows you to constantly monitor GPU activity and dynamically adjust clocks and voltage based on user scenarios.
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√ |
ATI Radeon Stream Technology
ATI Radeon Stream technology is a set of advanced hardware and software technologies that enable AMD graphics processors (GPU), working in concert with the system’s central processor (CPU), to accelerate many applications beyond just graphics. This enables better balanced platforms capable of running demanding computing tasks faster than ever.
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√ |
ATI Eyefinity Technology
Enjoy the ultimate immersive gaming experience with innovative “wrap around” multi-display capabilities. Run up to 3 display from a single graphics card and expand your gaming field of view across all displays.
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√ |
DisplayPort
DisplayPort is designed to be the future-ready, scalable solution for high performance digital display connectivity. It enables the highest resolutions, the fastest refresh rates and deepest color depths over standard cables.
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1 |