Good thing SOW is Nvidia's friendly !

[Triggaaar]

Originally Posted by klem

Power and Heat: The 570 edges the 6970 out by something like 30w and 10 degrees under load.

You seem have compared them fairly, but the 570 uses a little more power than the 6970.

AnAnd - Load Power Consumption - Crysis
570 = 361 Watts
6970 = 340 Watts
(I'll ignore Furmark as it's limited, but amd much less)

Hardware Canucks - 1hr 3DMark Batch size test
570 = 337 Watts
6970 = 364 Watts

That's a 48 Watt swing. Watt is that all about?

Now checking Guru3d, which calculates the GPU load:
570 = 213
6970 = 207
And HardOCP, which calculates total system
570 = 454W
6970 = 428W
And BitTech
570 = 330
6970 = 306

[klem]

Originally Posted by Triggaaar

You seem have compared them fairly, but the 570 uses a little more power than the 6970.

AnAnd - Load Power Consumption - Crysis
570 = 361 Watts
6970 = 340 Watts
(I'll ignore Furmark as it's limited, but amd much less)

Hardware Canucks - 1hr 3DMark Batch size test
570 = 337 Watts
6970 = 364 Watts

That's a 48 Watt swing. Watt is that all about?

Now checking Guru3d, which calculates the GPU load:
570 = 213
6970 = 207
And HardOCP, which calculates total system
570 = 454W
6970 = 428W
And BitTech
570 = 330
6970 = 306

Yes Triggaaar, it was Hardware Canuck's figures I noted down. I seem to have overlooked the others
My brain was probably addled by then

For those pointing out the mimimal difference between the 570/6950 I can only say I had to decide where to throw my £300. And I don't throw money easily so I got quite deeply into those small differences

And they are right. Between the two, it probably doesn't matter too much which way you jump if you are only considering "My Position". High tesselation and resolution needs would have pushed me towards the 6970.