HD5970 new in stock newegg 499$ ! - page 3.

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Quote from: MajorMiner on August 31, 2011, 08:59:29 PM

Quote from: jamesg on August 31, 2011, 08:35:08 PM

Looks like they are out of stock now.

Looks like there are a bunch here http://www.buy.com/prod/ati-radeon-hd-5970-pci-e-pci-express-x16-2gb-gddr5-2560x1600-video-card/q/loc/101/223771192.html and they give you a $10 coupon to cover the shipping, so you pay $497.55.

Still trying to decide if I should buy 3 more.

I say do it Tongue

I guarantee you'll have fun building your next rig Wink

Is this the only location that's left that has 5970's?

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Quote from: jamesg on August 31, 2011, 08:35:08 PM

Looks like they are out of stock now.

Looks like there are a bunch here http://www.buy.com/prod/ati-radeon-hd-5970-pci-e-pci-express-x16-2gb-gddr5-2560x1600-video-card/q/loc/101/223771192.html and they give you a $10 coupon to cover the shipping, so you pay $497.55.

Still trying to decide if I should buy 3 more.

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^Lol,Don't even think about selling just yet.

I think the 5970's were longer than I anticipated but have barely just enough room in my case for both,but will have to do open case for second PSU though.

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Looks like they are out of stock now.

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Quote from: AngelusWebDesign on August 31, 2011, 04:24:30 PM

What struck me about the 5970s --

You essentially have the shaders of TWO 5870's in ONE card -- and with a cooling fan -- that isn't much bigger than a single 5870. How the heck does all the heat get out?

No wonder they're hard to overclock.

I'd rather have (2) 5870's for $250 each. Getting another PC isn't *that* big of a deal for me, especially since I go Linux. So density per slot isn't a priority.

I guess it's like a strategy game or RPG -- If your main character is from the "Linux" race you can easily have multiple machines, but you can't overvolt. Everything has downsides and upsides.

It depends on your situation I guess. I didn't have the space for another 5870 and I ended up having to remove my old 5850 just to have a spot for the new 5970. Plus I've always wanted a 5970 and now have an extra 5850 to either sell or build a new system with.

Oh yeah and it looks like the 2nd core is downstream of the 1st core in the cooling path. So that's why it gets so hot compared to the 1st core since it gets sloppy seconds for its air supply.

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What struck me about the 5970s --

You essentially have the shaders of TWO 5870's in ONE card -- and with a cooling fan -- that isn't much bigger than a single 5870. How the heck does all the heat get out?

No wonder they're hard to overclock.

I'd rather have (2) 5870's for $250 each. Getting another PC isn't *that* big of a deal for me, especially since I go Linux. So density per slot isn't a priority.

I guess it's like a strategy game or RPG -- If your main character is from the "Linux" race you can easily have multiple machines, but you can't overvolt. Everything has downsides and upsides.

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Just got mine,the packaging was subpar but considering it was OEM not a bad deal.I also had no issues with anything being bent and will try the actual cards tomorrow.The two of them felt like I was carrying the ten commandments,lol.

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I decided to just keep mine and not RMA it since I was able to bend the bracket back into shape. It doesn't look too bad now. But yeah, packaging sucked ass.

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received mine just now... packaging is for shit, that's for sure!
but nothing was terribly bent... only one outta 4 had the top lip slightly bent, pliers to the rescue...
next, installation and fire them up.

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Quote from: newguy05 on August 30, 2011, 10:51:15 PM

i have been running a pair of 5970 for a while, not that impressed. 5870s are still much better bang for buck. with win7 64bit and guiminer, any kind of overclock makes the pc crash after a few days of running. Now i just run everything at default, gets 1200MH for the pair - 300MH per gpu. You will definitely need some space between the cards if running 2 of those otherwise the fan cannot keep up. I had to get a pcie extender and an utility blower fan. Now it runs at around 70 degress with 60% fan speed.

With so many people buying this card, hopefully someone can post some stable config for win7 running guiminer.

If you want a stable overclock over 825mhz or so you need to overvolt as well. Stock 5970 gpus are 1049mV whereas stock 5870 gpus are 1175mV. You SHOULD be able to safely overvolt to that level but your current draw will be significantly higher. Also you will need to keep a sharp eye on the 'hot' gpu. Decouple the gpus using Afterburner so you can OC independently.

Good luck!

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Cool, thank Canary. I'll check it out when I get out of work.

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Quote from: Mousepotato on August 31, 2011, 11:31:26 AM

Quote from: mike678 on August 31, 2011, 09:54:05 AM

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Just got mine set up. I'm getting 377-378 Mhash per core using guiminer 2011-07-01 with poclbm on Windows7 64bit, flags -v -w128. I could not get it to OC past 850. In an open case my temps are an off the hook 90c+. I also could not get the memory to down clock that far without crashing. How did you do it? I tried Rivatuner and MSI Afterburner.

Trixx tends to be more reliable. I have no clue why but I have had problems going below 500 mhz and with trixx that problem does not exists.

Yeah I used Trixx to set the clocks and voltage. I think I can probably go higher than 910MHz but I'm scared heh

there's no reason to be scared. just watch them temps and keep them in a reasonable range. if it runs stable, you're good. Keep in mind that you might want to consider running the "cooler" gpu at a higher clock rate than the second one rather than running both at same clock speeds.

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Quote from: mike678 on August 31, 2011, 09:54:05 AM

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Just got mine set up. I'm getting 377-378 Mhash per core using guiminer 2011-07-01 with poclbm on Windows7 64bit, flags -v -w128. I could not get it to OC past 850. In an open case my temps are an off the hook 90c+. I also could not get the memory to down clock that far without crashing. How did you do it? I tried Rivatuner and MSI Afterburner.

Trixx tends to be more reliable. I have no clue why but I have had problems going below 500 mhz and with trixx that problem does not exists.

Yeah I used Trixx to set the clocks and voltage. I think I can probably go higher than 910MHz but I'm scared heh

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Quote from: Mousepotato on August 31, 2011, 11:28:47 AM

Quote from: fcmatt on August 31, 2011, 09:27:23 AM

switch to phatk2.2 if you are not already.

This is the first I've heard of phatk 2.2, but I don't really keep up on the latest & greatest. Is it faster?

yes. it's also better on execution of code where I've noticed a 2 degree temp drop. which ofcourse allowed me to increase OC

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Quote from: fcmatt on August 31, 2011, 09:27:23 AM

switch to phatk2.2 if you are not already.

This is the first I've heard of phatk 2.2, but I don't really keep up on the latest & greatest. Is it faster?

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Quote from: Mousepotato on August 31, 2011, 06:51:48 AM

Quote from: newguy05 on August 30, 2011, 10:51:15 PM

With so many people buying this card, hopefully someone can post some stable config for win7 running guiminer.

I'm getting 409-410 MH/s per core @ 910 on a PCI-E 2.1 x1 extender/adapter. Phoenix 1.50/Win7 64. AMD driver v11.5, Memory @ 300MHz, 1.112v, 3% phatk mod. 73C/88C with a tabletop fan blowing on it. Also running two 5870s @ 450-460 MH/s on the same mobo.

AGGRESSION=12 WORKSIZE=256 BFI_INT VECTORS -k phatk

Just got mine set up. I'm getting 377-378 Mhash per core using guiminer 2011-07-01 with poclbm on Windows7 64bit, flags -v -w128. I could not get it to OC past 850. In an open case my temps are an off the hook 90c+. I also could not get the memory to down clock that far without crashing. How did you do it? I tried Rivatuner and MSI Afterburner.

Trixx tends to be more reliable. I have no clue why but I have had problems going below 500 mhz and with trixx that problem does not exists.

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Quote from: Mousepotato on August 31, 2011, 06:51:48 AM

Quote from: newguy05 on August 30, 2011, 10:51:15 PM

With so many people buying this card, hopefully someone can post some stable config for win7 running guiminer.

I'm getting 409-410 MH/s per core @ 910 on a PCI-E 2.1 x1 extender/adapter. Phoenix 1.50/Win7 64. AMD driver v11.5, Memory @ 300MHz, 1.112v, 3% phatk mod. 73C/88C with a tabletop fan blowing on it. Also running two 5870s @ 450-460 MH/s on the same mobo.

AGGRESSION=12 WORKSIZE=256 BFI_INT VECTORS -k phatk

switch to phatk2.2 if you are not already.

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Quote from: newguy05 on August 30, 2011, 10:51:15 PM

With so many people buying this card, hopefully someone can post some stable config for win7 running guiminer.

I'm getting 409-410 MH/s per core @ 910 on a PCI-E 2.1 x1 extender/adapter. Phoenix 1.50/Win7 64. AMD driver v11.5, Memory @ 300MHz, 1.112v, 3% phatk mod. 73C/88C with a tabletop fan blowing on it. Also running two 5870s @ 450-460 MH/s on the same mobo.

AGGRESSION=12 WORKSIZE=256 BFI_INT VECTORS -k phatk

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Quote from: newguy05 on August 30, 2011, 10:52:56 PM

are you using win 7? can you post your driver version and overclock program used if so, thanks!

I am running the default build of BAMT on a USB. -> https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/bamt-easy-persistent-usb-key-based-linux-for-dedicated-minersmining-farms-28967

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Quote from: jamesg on August 30, 2011, 10:45:09 PM

I have my first 3 running at 825/300 doing 380Mh/s per GPU. Anything above this seems to be unstable since you are pulling so much juice through the motherboard. You would probably need 16x extenders with the extra molex to be able to do higher Mh/s per GPU.

are you using win 7? can you post your driver version and overclock program used if so, thanks!

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