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Glad you got it sorted, and glad you like the review.

So I just noticed something. The 6900 series only have 1 DL-DVI port. Why is that?

I was going to buy a 6970, but now it seems i'll be only getting rid of one of these cursed adapters.

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So I just noticed something. The 6900 series only have 1 DL-DVI port. Why is that?

I was going to buy a 6970, but now it seems i'll be only getting rid of one of these cursed adapters.

All of the 6800/6900 series have 2x-Mini-DP, 1xHDMI, 1xDL-DVI and 1xSL-DVI.

Guess I'll just have to see what the 6990 brings to the table. There just isn't enough performance from a 6970 IMO over a 5870 (with the games I play) to warrant me selling it for next to nothing to be able to upgrade.

If my local shop was able to price match sites like Newegg then I'd buy, but the 40$ premium for living way out here (Atlantic Canada) isn't worth it, I'd rather just drink more beer for 2 months.

If 6990 = 2x6950, then that makes it much easier to ease into the new gen.

I hope they get some info out on the 6990 EARLY in Jan. I really really hope they make the 6990 ready for 5x1p out of the box. The wait is killing me! :cry:

In your next review, could you also tell us something about the temperatures the card is running at? Especially with 1,2 and 3 screens?

It turns out that the 6950 idles @ 60 degrees with 3 screens... and 40 degrees with 1.. which I didn't know :(

In your next review, could you also tell us something about the temperatures the card is running at? Especially with 1,2 and 3 screens?

It turns out that the 6950 idles @ 60 degrees with 3 screens... and 40 degrees with 1.. which I didn't know :(

It needs to increase the 2D clocks if it's running with more than 1 monitor. Both nvidia and ATI cards do this. It's normal.

In your next review, could you also tell us something about the temperatures the card is running at? Especially with 1,2 and 3 screens?

It turns out that the 6950 idles @ 60 degrees with 3 screens... and 40 degrees with 1.. which I didn't know :(

Sorry. I wasn't able to do any thermal testing at the time. It may be a while before I can get back to testing the cards again.

Well my two 6950's flashed to a 6970's on the desktop, are running at 63 Degrees and 50 Degress, the latter obviously being the bottom card. Although this is in a CM ATCS 840 which aren't great for gpu on air.

Whilst gaming the the fans do become quite noticable but not something that bothers me too much.

Note: This is with 3 screens.

Edit: Couple of hours on Dead Space and my GPU's were 85 Degrees and 75.

All of the 6800/6900 series have 2x-Mini-DP, 1xHDMI, 1xDL-DVI and 1xSL-DVI.

Can I just say that is not quite the full story. one of the DVI ports is SL-DVI-D and one is DL-DVI-I