Testseek.com have collected 276 expert reviews of the AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 PCIe and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Radeon HD 7970 3GB GDDR5 PCIe.
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
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Silly fast FPS figures, Blistering Performance, Cool running, Low Noise, Good overall package, Small dimensions, Competitive pricing,
Do not scale as well as AMD cards, More expensive than the AMD competition
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Jump in performance on old generation, Improved standby energy consumption with ZeroCore Power, Quiet in idle, DirectX 11.1 compatible
Noisy during gaming, 3D energy consumption is relatively high
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