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We should work out some sort of group buy for some of these limited edition cards.

http://www.fudzilla.com/content/view/18299/1/

xfx is making a black edition 5970 4gb card. the description of the "included" is interesting.

Accessories bundle includes:

3x MiniDP (Male) to DP (Female) adapter
1x MiniDP to HDMI Dongle
2x MiniDP to SL-DVI Dongle
1x CrossFire bridge
1x QIG Quick installation guide
1x driver CD installation guide **new driver CD format
1x Black Edition Door Hanger (Quick Access for Technical Support)
1x Exclusive Black Edition case badge
1x Black Edition sticker
1 x XFX OC TOOL

does this mean that you don't need active adapter for this card?

Yeah these card can run 2 Passive DP->DVI Connections as almost every card i've seen has two right on the PCB. Hell even the 5870 Eyefinity 6 will include 2 passive DP->DVI adapters.

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Heaps of EyeFinity 1GB vs 2GB 5870 reviews up, and it seems to make not a blind bit of difference at even EF res :(

In some games it does if you enable AA. All of the scores quoted in another thread from the Anandtech article had 0xAA. Writing the article is taking me a bit longer than expected. Will have it done shortly.

[quote]Heaps of EyeFinity 1GB vs 2GB 5870 reviews up, and it seems to make not a blind bit of difference at even EF res :(

In some games it does if you enable AA. All of the scores quoted in another thread from the Anandtech article had 0xAA. Writing the article is taking me a bit longer than expected. Will have it done shortly.
Oh yeah AA is going to make a difference but is being able to put 4x or 8x AA instead of 1/2x on my games worth it? Not to me.

Still looking forward to your review. Did you test BFBC2? Only thing I am playing ATM.

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nvm i have found the answer, seems that april will be the non reference card month as asus is releasing their ares? 2gb 5870 and sapphire with their 5870 toxic 2gb card april 8th.