Should Have Called It THE SUB
At least that is Tony’s take on it. And what is “it”? It’s the AMD ATI Radeon HD 5970. That thing is a monster! No other way to put it. While I, myself, am a Nvidia fan boy of sorts there is no denying the power this card commands. Simply put there really is no card from Nvidias line up that can compete with it on a real level. The only benefits that Nvidia has is having such a large fan base to drowned out the sound of AMD/ATI shouting “Look at me!” from the corner of the room.
Now as to Tony’s take on the name “The Sub” I feel there are many possible reasons for this. Perhaps it is due to is giant size and usually all black design. Perhaps because like a sub diving below the waters your wallet will take a dive with you shelling out over $600+ for this beast. Or perhaps he was just damn hungry for a Subway sub and read that this card measures in at almost a foot long. To bad this thing doesn’t cost anywhere near $5.00.
As for the hefty price tag with purchase of the card alone, I feel most will be ponying up a bit more coin in order to buy a case that would be large enough to support its length. Every time I look at the measurements again I just get this image of me trying to shove my shoe into my computer case and that being about what it’d be like having this card inside.
For a full read up on review and specs you can check out the article at bit-tech.net.
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2009/11/18/amd-ati-radeon-hd-5970-review/