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
Amazing GPU core overclocking, Good memory overclocking, Good cooling, Great performance especially at Highres, Quiet (when fan below 40%), Good looking design, Black PCB,
Expensive, Loud fan above 40%, deafening at 100%, Only one DVI port
So there we have it. AMD have made some great leaps today. Not only are they the first to the GPU scene with 28nm archetecture but they have implemented some neat little features, an improved cooling design and best of all, very impressive overclockin...
New performance leader in the single GPU sector, latest vapor cooler is a solid advancement for AMD, power drain is excellent,
Single fan, around £450, it is expensive, our sample experienced some unusual horizontal sync lock issues with some monitors/televisions, Kitguru says: A new performance leader for AMD and a strong end to the year, Rating: 9.0, Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The battle for graphics card dominance in the high end sector rarely slows down. The AMD HD7970 is the first major release for AMD in a very long time and it has succeeded in ousting the nVidia GTX580 from the top position in the single GPU marketplace.Th...
Abstract: A sample of AMD's next-generation Radeon HD 7970 landed in our lab just before Santa. Don't cross your fingers for one of these in your stocking, though. It's not available yet. Is it fast, though? Our benchmarks suggest yes, but more testing remains! ...
tarting with the build quality and design of the 7970 we have a card which very clearly improves on the 6970 and AMD's last generation architecture. This is the case with more obvious aspects such as the cooler down to the more technical aspects such a...
