SAPPHIRE DUAL-X Radeon HD 6970 DirectX 11 100314-4L 2GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Video Card

Pros: -Excellent GPU cooling. I added this card to my system to crossfire it with a preexisting XFX 6970 I had, and the temperature of the Sapphire lingers around 73 degrees under heavy load. My XFX 6970 equipped with a stock 'blower' style cooler becomes much hotter when running stress test style benchmarks. What's even more remarkable is that in my crossfire setup, this Sapphire card is located just above my XFX card on my motherboard, and is thus the card that can be considered starved for air. -Even by today's standards, the 6970 presents itself as a powerful video card. Keep in mind the 6970 was released as an enthusiast level GPU back in its day (late 2010), compared to say, the 6800 series cards which were considered more mid-level. The card has no problems running Skyrim on ultra (I would not suggest enabling ENBs, however) or many other titles released before 2012 on highest settings. The card begins to show its age with more recent titles, and if someone were to have no issues changing several graphics setting from Ultra to High (or worst case: High to Med) then this card would be fine to purchase and use with the many games of today.

Cons: -The memory used with this card is ‘Elpida’ GDDR5, as opposed to ‘Hynix’ memory. Cards which use Hynix memory (such as my XFX 6970) are better overclockers, and don't suffer from periodic black screen issues present with even casual levels of overclock. I'd love to overclock my crossfire setup further than what I currently have (920/1410) but any higher adjustments leads to the black screen issues. -If you are interested in setting up a Tri-fire setup with three of these specific Sapphire 6970 cards, I can tell you now that you are out of luck. This Sapphire card differs from my XFX 6970 in that there is only one location on the card where a crossfire cable can be connected. My XFX card has 2 such locations. In a Tri-fire setup, 2 crossfire connect cables are required to connect three cards together, essentially meaning that one card requires 2 separate points of connection. That setup is simply not possible with these Sapphire cards.

Overall Review: As I’ve made it clear that this Sapphire card was added to my system which already contained a XFX 6970, this review contains extra information for those interested in doing the same (ie upgrading to a crossfire setup). Refer to my points below. -For the budget minded, I would recommend the purchase of this video card as a standalone GPU for the reasons I've stated above. -For those interested in adding this Sapphire 6970 to an already owned 6970 (or bios updated 6950) I would also recommend this card. -For those thinking about purchasing two of these video cards for the sole purpose of setting up a crossfire 6970 configuration - I would advise against such action. Crossfire setups present a slew of added problems and issues, and while I've spent the time tinkering and figuring out solutions to many of the problems, I've willingly done so because with everything working as it should, I've essentially doubled my FPS in games with the purchase and addition of a single ($150) card. Rather than spending $300+ on two Sapphire 6970s, I would recommend purchasing a different card, and avoid SLI or crossfire configurations altogether. The upcoming Radeon 300 series cards look very promising, and I now have a setup that I can feel confident about using until the price of these new Radeons (and even other recently released Nvidia cards) become more appealing to me. Happy gaming.

Pros: This is the GPU deal of 2015. This has increased my game play. Granted I am coming from a EVGA GTS 250. Yes that card has seen better days. I was Leary on buying an older card like the 6970 but that fear has been laid to rest. This is a great budget card.

Cons: No complaints. Smooth as silk.

Overall Review: Bought mostly to play Cities: Skylines. Runs the game maxed out.

Pros: Small price, big payload, big value. Crossfire ready so you can run 2 or more.

Cons: Uses more power than a similar card, so have a bigger PSU if you're gonna run multiple gpu's.

Overall Review: This card maxes out skyrim with the texture pack to give you an idea, runs GTAV at high settings with 35FPS. I hope this helps.

Pros: 1. An older enthusiast card now available at a budget card price. 2. Combination of high bitrate and GDDR5 makes this a beast. 3. It plays modern games at max graphics without breaking a sweat. 4. Good heatsink/fans that are both efficient and silent, even at load. 5. The maniacal laughter you'll be doing when you don't have to worry whether your card will run something anymore.

Cons: None.

Overall Review: This version has 3 ports on the back: DP, DVI, and HDMI. It differs from the one on the Sapphire website. If you want a high-end card gaming card that doesn't break the bank you've found it!

Pros: For the price, it's a steal considering it's as powerful as a r7 265, which is $30 more. Yes, it uses more power and it is long, but it still delivers a lot of frames for a great price.

Cons: It is long. It will hang and it could warp. After a little work, some fishing line easily supported the end of this beastly card. Uses more power than a R7 265 and runs warmer. Noose isn't bad, but you'll know it's there if you're listening for it.

Pros: - Managed to overclock to max for both the core and memory clock on AMD's Catylist program. - It could handle +20% on power, but only needed 9% to get a perfect and solid stream for processing everything. - Cheap, got it for $100 (before MIR).

Cons: - It killed my old 3 year old 575w (cheapo brand) power supply. - It's quiet enough, but once you start playing anything hardcore it tends to rev up moderately.

Overall Review: - It's now being fed by a COOLMAX ZX 600W and does more than just fine.

Pros: Super fast 7.9 in windows 7 index. Slams every game I have tried on high to ultra. Eve online, Swtor, Repopulation, ultra without skipping a beat. Super quiet. And Its under 100 bucks you cannot go wrong. One thing you need to be sure your psu has a 6+2 and a 6 pin you need both pci hook ups. Which any decent modern psu should have.

Cons: none

Pros: Still running no overheating.Crossfired with a powercolor 6970. Plays cod waw,fallout 3,farcry 3,and others on ultra high settings with no problems so far. Heat is normal range 65 c according to next cam report cpu phenom II 955 55 c. Cpu may be a little of a bottleneck,but works fine so far.

Cons: none at this time. Will update if I encounter any.

Overall Review: Get 2 of these cards for around $200 set up crossfire and you will not regret it at all. My pc spec. cpu phenom II 955 x4 ram Kingston hyper x 1600 2x4 gig =8 gig motherboard Gigabyte ga990fx-ud3 rev 4.0 videocard 6970 powercolor,6970 sapphire crossfired. ssd samsong 250 gig hdd 1000 gig off brand x 2 powersupply generic modular galaxis 600 w case antec darkfleet x 3 fans cpu cooler XIGMATEK