AMD Radeon HD 6970 benchmark numbers leaked?

I will gladly invest my savings in this card, I just hope the price will be awesome like the card

Is not all that impressive when the next gen Dual-GPU (6970) produces approximately 19% more fps than 5870!

Firstly, I'd say that NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) means nothing in the Chinese tech community- You may have noted that China plays by it's own set of rules. Secondly, most "leaks" like this are condoned, if not prompted by the company itself. Gradual "leaking" of specs and appearance ramp interest in a product without the company itself having to resort to a "paper launch" (Fermi excepted) and risking a waning of that interest by the time of actual product launch.
Speculation on what could/should/will be fuels the internet forums generating a much more long-lived PR campaign than does a simple company press release and slide deck at a trade show.

Regarding the HD 6970....I thought the numbers seemed a little low. I was fully expecting a 25-30% improvement over the HD 5870 (so 15-20% over the GTX 480 by extrapolation). Either AMD is leaving some performance on the table for future upgrades, they are foxing just in case nvidia is toying with a GTX 580 release, or the thermals of the new chip are higher than expected.

Depending on price of the HD6970 the HD6870 looks good to me right now.

6850 and 6870 are based on Barts single core technology
6950 and 6970 will be based on Cayman single core technology
6990 will be based on Antilles dual core technology
this means that 6970 is a Single core GPU and it is the replacement for today's 5870 GPU.

I'd bank on the final performance numbers being higher. As dividedbyzero noted, they may be lowballing some of the specs, to lull the competition into a false sense of security (and giving them a misleadingly low performance target to try to best). But, it's also quite possible that it's just the base numbers running off current drivers, with no optimization for the new cards in place yet. Judging by AMD's previous recent launches, there is usually a performance jump right as the product is launching, when they have shiny new drivers that can really get those graphics hamsters in there running on their wheels.

23,499 on 3DMark Vantage and 36.6fps Unigine Heaven ?! .... WOW Great... numbers! Right there two of my favorite games ever! I must have spent about hundred of hours playing them... o wait a minute i was thinking about price of Persia... the first one. good times.

These early leaks are also famous for using tweaked custom drivers, especially ATI.

Honestly, if I want a Dual-Gpu card, I hope the ones about the dual Zotac GTX 460 is true and runs like SLI 460s. If it's under $400, then there is no point in buying a GTX 480 or a 6870.

really? i was under the impression they were made in taiwan

6970 is the next gen 5870.
5750<6850
5770<6870
5850<6950
5870<6970
Get it?

that is very confusing nomenclature. then again, nvidia is weird too. gt, gts, gtx and a whole alphabet soup...

AMD has had the performance crown since the introduction of the 4870 x2 in 2008. The 480 was a strong push by nVidia to change that, but most benchmarks put the 5970 as the top card today. If this is reliable news, which I suspect it isn't, then its just more beat down delivered by AMD with a 2 year advantage.

Personally, I'm disappointed in nVidia's offerings and hope the soon return with a stronger more power efficient offering.

Stunning! What usually happens is that performance improves after the video card drivers mature. So to have these kind of raw numbers before the drivers have matured, these cards look amazing!

Assuming that this is all real of course.

now this is awesome if its indeed true, but what about the supposed gtx 580?....i am sure nvidia is preparing something serious.......only time would tell.

The 6970 is a single GPU, Its the 6990 that will be Dual-Core.

very excited by this arms race. Much better than the days when nVidia basically had the market cornered.

I really hope that whenever a new lineup of graphics cards is being launched nowadays that 3rd party manufacturers are allowed to ship the PCB's with their own custom cooling solutions right off the bat. I am very willing to pay a small premium for a Twin Frozr fan setup from MSI or any other equivalent cooling. These high end cards tend to run a little too hot for my taste with their default solutions. That being said, I am super excited for this launch, and I am eager to see how Nvidia will react with their pricing strategies and their upcoming GTX5XX.

i have only recently gotten a 5000 series card and 6000 is arleady around the corner? whoa, may be in a couple years we will have a new series of cards each quarter !

better they launch when they double the performance. that is the right way.