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[Official] HD 7970 Reviews
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hehe aye.
people waiting for Kepler I be having fun with a 7900 serie card and when kepler is out I might get a 7980 or if the whining is hard for kepler due to a lack of perrfomance I will
Kepler must double the 580gtx performance or its a failure.
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I only say more mature drivers could deliver much better performance because this is a completely new architecture, and that's the only reason.
yes, we seen a 5% increase in Bf3 already due to the gcn arch.
skyrim might be the worst consol coded game brought to PC ever.
I foretell, 1200mhz oc achived with 7970 in common places.
I take note drivers will mature and add especially for crossfire a load of fun.
cost is high no doubt but if you want the king of the hill then you pay premium, always been like that.
Just echoing what several others have said really... It looks like a really nice card, and when you take into account the rushed release and early drivers I think it has allot of potential for future improvement too. But I'm not going to rush out and buy one, especially not at release prices. In its current form its not quite enough of an improvement on my 580 to justify the cost. So I'll be waiting to see what Kepler brings to the table before I make a decision.
I think its a good start for AMD though, with a couple of months head-start on Kepler hopefully it'll make them a nice profit. And its nice to see them release a quality product again, especially after the bulldozer shenanigans.
I think its a good start for AMD though, with a couple of months head-start on Kepler hopefully it'll make them a nice profit. And its nice to see them release a quality product again, especially after the bulldozer shenanigans.
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So you are telling me that people will buy a 7970 for its compute performance over its gaming performance? Are you actually serious?
You're putting words into my mouth. I said the main focus of the GCN architecture is GPGPU/Compute performance.
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i think this card needs the high resolution set up to stretch its legs, i like the bit tech reviews even if at times i find them a bit nvidia bias, but for a single card to come in roughly beetween 580 and 590 performance looks pretty good to me
Power to the people?
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Performace, noise and cooling wise, the card looks very elegant.
Just need those prices to drop.
When do they come in stock?
Its a bit of a paper launch isnt it? It seems AMD have lifted the NDA, just to stop people going and buying Nvidia cards for Xmas, rather choosing to wait!
Just need those prices to drop.
When do they come in stock?
Its a bit of a paper launch isnt it? It seems AMD have lifted the NDA, just to stop people going and buying Nvidia cards for Xmas, rather choosing to wait!
Would definitely consider 350-380 for one of these, but over the 400 mark is just too much for me personally.
Looking at the techpowerup review for example on shogun 2 the 580 at 1920 gets 55fps whereas the 7970 gets 81fps, pretty good no?
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7970/21.html
Looking at the techpowerup review for example on shogun 2 the 580 at 1920 gets 55fps whereas the 7970 gets 81fps, pretty good no?
http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7970/21.html
what? can you be clearer, that makes no sense.
What I meant was your original post made no sense, as in I couldn't understand what you were talking about. But now I do, you got a link to any non-reference design 7970 reviews?
I prefer the aesthetics over the previous two series of AMD cards. So far it looks like a job well done to me, a fair bit better than I expected in all honesty. Aside from apparent acoustic issues for some, overclocking and performance looks to be solid, even touching the heels of the 590 in quite a few cases, and invariably not that far behind the 6990 either. Of course, value is a different story, though not surprising when all considered.
GTX580 performance at 300 notes would be nice for sure
It wont be GTX580 performance, more inbetween 570 and 580. I'll get one if there's a custom fan version as the 7970 under full load is as loud as a GTX580! Im dubious though as ATI drivers have always let their cards down in crossfire and I plan to crossfire 7950s eventually.
Looking good! Though I got a 6970 at launch and only recently put an Accelero XTREME Plus II on it, it's powering one 2560*1600 and two 1920*1200 cards and copes well.
While I'd love to upgrade I think I'll hold off for Kepler to shake things up, that way I can get a 7970 a littler cheaper or go back to nVidia for the first time in a long time.
While I'd love to upgrade I think I'll hold off for Kepler to shake things up, that way I can get a 7970 a littler cheaper or go back to nVidia for the first time in a long time.
GTX580 performance at 300 notes would be nice for sure
If AMD can do that then they may be onto a winner, but if a 7950 comes in at 300, where will the 7870 and 7850 come in? Are they going to be around similair performance of the current 6970 and 6950?