benchmarks are in this things kicks ass!! not to mention its has similar crossfire powers as sli does for nvidia in that it can mix with ANY hd 5800 series and 5900 series that is out/will be made

like it or not this gpu is now the FASTEST GRAPHICS CARD ON THE PLANET!
power consumption is about the sae as a regular 5970 so is noise and heat performance wise its 10% better than the 5970 4gb toxic from sapphire and scales much better in crossfire. for all its fixings its a great card but impractically priced at exactly 1000 US
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/ARES/ (single card)
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ASUS/ARES_CrossFire/ (2 card crossfire scores (all of them))

also on another note this gpu DOES finally knock the gtx 480 off its ungine heaven throne by about ooh 16fps hahahaha