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ethomaz said:

Yeap.... the permance/watt of HD 6900 is better than HD 5800... there are improviments here but there is no miracle the HD 6900 consumes more than HD 5800.

From your link (Load consumption)...

HD 6970 (880/5500Mhz): 340w
HD 5870 (850/4800Mhz): 310w
HD 6950 (800/5000Mhz): 292w
HD 5850 (725/4000Mhz): 277w

The Volcanic Islands will have better performance but the consumption will be higher too.

The White elephant though is the 6950, both faster (More so after a couple years of driver updates!) and uses less power than the 5870, with a larger die-size on top of it.




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