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December 2011
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The editors liked
The Radeon HD 7970 overclocks at over 1GHz
Great Performance
Awesome Feature Set
Good Power Consumption
DX11.1 Support (eventually)
Driver Maturity Likely To Further Enhance Performance
Fastest single-GPU graphics card we've tested to date
Significantly faster than Nvidia's GeForce GTX 580
Especially at extreme resolutions
Improved power savings when idle
Support for 4K video and other forward-looking features
Best-in-class video performance
Low all-around power usage
Solid performance increase
Low power consumption
Excellent overclocking potential
Native full-size HDMI & DisplayPort output
Dual BIOS
3 GB of memory
Adds support for PCI-Express 3.0 and DirectX 11.1
Support for multiple independent audio streams
The editors didn't like
The card is very big and generates more heat than competing cards do
Not Available Yet
Going To Be Pricey
Extremely expensive
4K video content and TVs likely won't be common for a year or more
Expensive
Performance advantage edges off at highest resolutions
Requires two PCIe power connectors
Blocks a second expansion slot
Noisy in 3D
High price
CCC Overdrive limits too low
PowerTune and ZeroCore may complicate advanced overclocking
Solid performance increase, Low power consumption, Excellent overclocking potential, Native full-size HDMI & DisplayPort output, Dual BIOS, 3 GB of memory, Adds support for PCI-Express 3.0 and DirectX 11.1, Support for multiple independent audio streams
Noisy in 3D, High price, CCC Overdrive limits too low, PowerTune and ZeroCore may complicate advanced overclocking
AMD's new Radeon HD 7970 successfully introduces the company's new Graphics Core Next GPU architecture to the market. The move away from the VLIW shaders promises increased flexibility and higher performance, while still retaining compatibility with dr...
The Radeon HD 7970 proved to be the fastest single-GPU video card ever released. It was between 8% and 33% faster than the GeForce GTX 580 in most games we ran. The exceptions were Deus Ex: Human Revolution, where both video cards achieved the same per...
The introduction of a new architecture always carries with it a fair amount of hope and in many cases, a healthy dose of apprehension as well. On one hand, if all the right pieces fall into place a company could be well positioned for the future but if...
With the last generation of video cards from AMD and NVIDIA, a lot of people felt a bit hard done by. Sure, the GTX 480 to GTX 580 and HD 5970 to HD 6970 brought with it some nice performance gains, but there wasn't the technological leap that we wou...
Huge pricetag, Cannot justify it with enough performance gains, Immature drivers
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Published: 2012-03-26, Author: Paul , review by: pcworld.co.nz
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