Aparantly the 6970 in xfire has an 80% gain in 5870 in xfire but, 1 card vs another they are piratically identical, I just want them there for the 6990. Also there is news that Nvidia are releasing a dual GPU gfx card with 3 120mm fans on it. (Dual fermi). Should be released in the upcoming spring. God I just can't keep up with all these updates.