PowerColor LCS HD6970 Review
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Published: 22nd April 2011 | Source: PowerColor | Price: £359.33 |
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Stripped of its plastic shroud the HD6970 looks much better in our opinion. There certainly are enough screws keeping the waterblock tight to the PCB.
As you can see there is plenty of room "left over" as the waterblock is only a single-slot deep but with the twin DVI connections it's still a two slot card.
The looks and quality of the waterblock are both fantastic. Outputs are handled by the standard combination of DVI, DisplayPort and HDMI.
The LCS is provided with fittings for both 1/2 and 3/8 tubing. For our testing we're using 1/2" hose. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
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I must admit i'm impressed. After the first review of the 6970 with an air cooler the 6970 seemed pointless but this version is definietly worth the money especially after looking at the performance results.
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Always liked the look of this. Watercooling without the warranty voiding.
Hope you get to do a review of the 6990 version when its released.
Hope you get to do a review of the 6990 version when its released.
Yeah just tweaking my xfx 6970 that I put a xspc razor block on a few days ago. Sitting at 950mhz and 1425 on the ram amazing what watercooling can do. This card running heaven never breaches 53 Degrees. That's in loop with one 360 rad and a 950 cpu @ 4.0 ghz.
Would love one of these too add too my rig 
Personally I would prefer a waterblock that completely covers the card, even though they won't really change the performance it will look nicer imo.
who wrote this ? there's no-one next to author
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The 6990 version though does have a full waterblock that completely covers the card.
http://www.nordichardware.com/news/71-graphics/42908-powercolor-shows-water-cooled-hd-6990-and-hd-6950-vortex-2.html
Sorry I keep harping on about the 6990. Just really looking forward to that one.
Why it still dual slots card? they should make it one slot card.
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Why it still dual slots card? they should make it one slot card. |
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I actually welcome this card and really hope we see more cards being sold with waterblocks, hopefully bellow the £300 mark, but at the moment with only the real enthusiasts using watercooling its hard to know how cost effective cards like this are.
I didn't read the full review I watched the benches.
I didn't know that the redesign will coast too much. But I think if they make it one slot card it will sell more.
I didn't know that the redesign will coast too much. But I think if they make it one slot card it will sell more.
Not enough to justify redesigning PCB to wack off that top dvi port.
Will a Razor 6970 waterblock fit the 6950?
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