Mega fast card, but can't help but think the cooling system is poorly implemented and it's too noisy to not be called a fail. The GTX480 got slammed for being noisy and hot, and although the 6990 is dual GPU, it's still unacceptable really given it makes the GTX480 look cool and quiet
I suggest everyone who wanna buy a 6990 to wait for Arctic Cooler to release an Aftermarket Cooler. Unless you're happy with 50 dB noises. >_>
For watercooling user, EK will release the 6990 waterblock soon.. Acetal Copper version: http://ekwaterblocks.com/
Hmm, full copper eh? Looks heavy on the PCI-E Slot. I wonder how they gonna sort that in the future with even longer cards.
That water block will be a life saver. I have been really contemplating this card, but the heat/noise has been a real strike against it in my book. Watercooling looks great for this.
Ive just ordered a 6990 to replace my 5970 +5870 which i want for another build should have new card tomorrow. Just run 3 benchmarks with the old cards so ill have some comparison with the new im expecting around same kind of scores marks.
what i find interesting is that the 6990 is faster than the 580 by 80% and only cost 200 hundred more and it only draws 100 more watts than the 580.
Don't forget that its a dual gpu and it has its advantages and disadvantages. (Heat and noise) Luckily there's always custom options.
I am thinking of getting one of these, but I have a question about 2 x 6970s vs a 6990. I only have one 16x PCI slot, the other is 8x on the Asus Sabertooth. Is that going to make a big difference? and if so would it be better to go with the 6990 because of that?
When you go crossfire/sli with that board both slots will run at 8x by 8x, there isn't a difference in performance compared to 16x Two HD 6970's are faster than an HD 6990.
My HD 6990 came yesterday, very very very fast :-D, it does run loud when stressed but not so loud that is annoying, 3rd party cooling will be welcomed though lol. 3D mark scores at stock bios 2, 830mhz 9726 3D marks Link - http://3dmark.com/3dm11/890994 3D mark scores at stock bios 2 but overclocked, 900/1400 10401 3D marks http://3dmark.com/3dm11/895937 Unigine Stock Bios 2 830mhz
My 3dmark11 with card stock clocks using the slowest bios scores 9600 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/904022 cpu at same clocks with my 5970 + 5870 scores 10081 cpu at 5.2 and old cards overclocked get P12455 3DMarks http://3dmark.com/3dm11/580218 Cpu at my usual 4.5 but using 6990 bast bios 3dmark11 scored P9985 3DMarks http://3dmark.com/3dm11/905902
What is the actual length of the 6990, the Guru3d review says 31cm which is 12.22 inches, HIS says 318mm which is 12.5 inches. A little clarity would be mucho apreciated.
Your potential placement of a 6990 has a 0.28" tolerance? 0.28" = 7mm Video here shows it as 12" long or 30.5cm (305mm) or about 0.6 of a cat! http://www.geektv.info/mobile/video...e--length-vs-gtx-580-6970-460-linus-tech-tips
So far on AMD website, it says there the HD 6990 length is 31cm, but I dunno why HIS listed their version of HD 6990 is 32cm long. Could be that they are using slightly thicker cover? :S I'm really interested to get this card as well, but waiting until at least AIB put custom-cooling solution on it and upgrading my case