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Powercolor HD6970 PCS+ Review – silent and deadly

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A single card can handle Valve's Source engine easily. The PCS+ version generates around 3+ fps, although it is not really noticeable at these settings.

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  1. Some very nice hardware this week Zardon. thanks man.

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  2. Great pictures of the board, great looking card that, very hefty

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  3. I always like their PCS+ cards, but I never know what their UK warranty is like, so I buy sapphire everytime.

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  4. That is fucking killer looking ! those heatpipes are wicked. Are yoyotech going to stock it?

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  5. Dual fans always works for me, better coverage and slower speeds. makes sense to everyone.

    Apart from AMD.

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  6. As much as I love Sapphire and XFX, I think PC get ignored a lot and its not really fair, some of their designs are just as radical as sapphire. I think this card is brilliant, those noise levels are class leading

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  7. The cooler is awesome, really works well. I think their balance might be a bit in favour of noise though, but I suppose you could set up a manual profile for a little more noise for slightly lower temps

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  8. Its all good. apart from the free game. seriously, its over a year old now, can none of these manufacturers clear stock? how about Dead space 2 or something people really want?

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  9. WHats the price? dont see it anywhere 🙁

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  10. I dont think its out yet man. probably £20-30 more, as usual. worth it. I might sell my 6850 cf setup and get one of these, to lower the noise levels, as my system is quite bad atm

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  11. Seems its quite near the core limit. wonder why they went with such a relaxed memory timing, clearly that hynix is way capable of more. that OC was very good indeed.

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  12. Hmmm, looking at the cooler taken out from the video card. I am wondering what is cooling the memory chips and other components?

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  13. @rickshaw – the dual fans are. Clearly indicated by the huge oc potential on the memory.

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  14. Nice~~~ Powercolor has done it again, cant wait to get one of those

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  15. Wow, just wow, ultra heavy wow! After my comment on the PCS+ 6870, this was exactly what I was expecting, and that’s why I asked you to ask them for a sample to review.

    I’m going to buy it right now. Enough said!

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