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
ASUS or Sapphire?While both of these cards are based on the same high-end GPU, they represent opposite ends of the spectrum in their manufacturer's approach. Compared to the reference card, ASUS has gone all out, beefing up the card, changing the configur...
Abstract: By now you would have seen the notable improvements made by the new GeForce GTX 680 graphics card from NVIDIA, which is the first SKU based on the Kepler architecture. With class leading performance that can outrun the higher TDP based Radeon HD 7970 grap...
AMD may not have done well with their CPU products but they have undeniably made a great GPU against offerings from NVIDIA. However, AMD have opted for a different pricing compared to their previous generation GPUs, 50USD higher based on the SRP of NVIDIA...
Abstract: In December, 2011, AMD announced the launch of a new generation graphic card the Radeon HD 7000. Radeon HD 7970 and HD 7950 into two AMD champion the first time comes to the market.A new chapter in the graphics card war has begun. Just as before, AMD star...
In total, our 2-way GeForce GTX 680 SLI setup featured 3073 CUDA cores and the raw computing power showed in the performance benchmarks - some of the time. During our testing, significant performance scaling was only apparent at the highest tested resolut...
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Published: 2012-10-07, Author: Alfred , review by: techgoondu.com
Abstract: It's a sign of the crazy level of competition in PC graphics cards these days that I can buy a top-end card over the weekend with S$539 , instead of the usual S$700 to S$900 asking price.The Powercolor HD7970 , using AMD's top-end graphics chip and with 3...
Abstract: Armed with only our fists, we slayed the murderous fire breathing dragon and rescued the princess (actually the last HD 7970 to complete our 4-way quadfire feature). This time, we have also included 5760×1080 Eyefinity tests in Battlefield 3 and DiRT3, co...
Abstract: We are still missing one card for quadfire (Kim Jong-un aides probably hijacked the package for his Christmas present), but till then, here are some 3-way Crossfire results…Test Setup:As the software voltage tool we used for our 1.26GHz core overclock yes...
Abstract: One week ago, Santa Claus brought us the red themed AMD Radeon HD 7970, which practically smoked previous generation cards and showed great overclocking headroom. For our first feature in 2012, we sacrificed our holiday weekend to bring you an exclusive l...
Abstract: The AMD Radeon HD 'Tahiti XT' 7970 features a redesigned PCB, 3GB of GDDR5 384bit memory ring bus configuration and an optimized heatsink design.The dashing looking Radeon HD 7970 measures 11.5 inches long (29.21cm), which should fit in most modern day ga...
