Sapphire Radeon Drivers

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Radeon 6970 Drivers

I bought this card to pair up with my existing Sapphire Radeon HD 6970 (Game Edition) because I wanted to use Crossfire to drive three screens in my games. The card installed easily and works great - super fast and super good looking. I use the card to run 3 monitors for my desktop and run games like Battlefield Bad Company 2, F1 2010, iRacing, etc. using Eyefinity and Crossfire. Works like a charm (except for iRacing because it doesn't work well with Crossfire yet). My monitors are connected to the two DVI ports and the mini-Displayport connector with an active adapter (all on one card) - this newly purchased card is connected to my existing card internally with a single Crossfire bridge.
My fps in games jumped significantly now that I use Crossfire and I have no complaints. The card can run pretty hot (almost 100 degrees C) at full load with no manual fan speed increase, but I have had no issues with it at all. At idle this card runs about 42 degrees C (it reduces clock speed significantly since it isn't being used). The core and memory clocks drop significantly in order to conserve power (also reducing heat) until they're needed during a game or other GPU-intensive activity.
In short, great card, great warranty, no problems.
One warning - you may have to do a complete uninstall of your existing Catalyst video drivers in order to get Crossfire to work. I had problems enabling Crossfire until I uninstalled my existing Catalyst drivers by first using the Windows Control Panel, then by using Driver Sweeper (to clear out driver remnants not removed by the Windows Control Panel). Once the existing drivers were fully removed, I was able to install the latest drivers and Crossfire worked like a charm.
EDIT: Forgot to add that when I bought it, the game Dirt3 was included which you download from Steam. What a great deal that was for a good game. Racing games are my favorite type, so that was a plus for me.