Well i have gone and ordered it!

[borley]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-097-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=
Hope i'm not disappointed!

 

[arc@css]

That's the one I would have ordered if I was going for the 7970. Enjoy.

 

[Ciff1]

Well chuffed with mine, so smooth in BF3 compared with my 5870. Also quiet and cool running.

 

[Marine-RX179]

As long as you got a decent CPU to work alongside it, don't think you would be dissappointed.

 

[borley]

As long as you got a decent CPU to work alongside it, don't think you would be dissappointed.

Hi yeah my CPU should be good enough it's an i5 2500k oc@ 4.3ghz

 

[psychodil]

Great choice
Let us know how you get on with overclocking please

 

[Tonester0011]

Don't forget to post in the Heaven benchmark when you get it

 

[Ciff1]

Mine scored 1793 in heaven bench out of the box, has a asic value of 72% and stock voltage of 1174mv. Looking forward to overclocking seeing what it can really do. Highest temps so far 58° and idle of around 30°.

 

[borley]

I know i'm being dumb but what does the Asic value mean?
Thanks

 

[Ciff1]

The higher the number means less voltage is needed to run gpu at its default freq, higher generally means better o/c on air and more voltage headroom to play with.
Lower values are ment to be better o/c when gpu core put water cooled.

 

[RizlaKing]

Ordered mine today hopefully have it tomorrow and will get playing once i have took my wc loop apart and sorted it .

 

[Stelly]

nvidia, nvidia.... blah blah blah... 680, humbug... *Stelly runs away*

 

[Gregster]

7970 is a cracking card and Gigabyte have a good reputation. Enjoy it bud

 

[KraniX]

The higher the number means less voltage is needed to run gpu at its default freq, higher generally means better o/c on air and more voltage headroom to play with.
Lower values are ment to be better o/c when gpu core put water cooled.

Seems to be a bit iffy how this is being calculated currently as some people had values over 100% which shouldn't be possible.

Plus in a few recent updates of GPU-Z people reported receiving different results with the same hardware so I wouldn't put too much faith in this just yet.

 

[borley]

Hi again just got my card delivered to my mums, where I am at the moment, need to get home and install!
Anyway can people confirm that have this card that you only get power cables?
I thought I saw a vid where you get monitor adapters/leads, but I have also seen vids where it's just power leads!
Also what version CCC drivers are you using?
Thanks

 

[chipachap]

I know i'm being dumb but what does the Asic value mean?
Thanks

It's the term used to describe the electronic "leakage" that a chip and/or board has. A higher value means less leakage therefore less voltage is needed.

 

[borley]

Me again I take it the drivers/CCC I have installed for my hd 6970 do I just use them for this card and it auto detects?
Or are there versions that are more stable for the 7970?
Thanks again

 

[subbytna]

Worst "I've got money to spend" and you poor minions don't, thread ever

 

[up2nogooduk]

It's the term used to describe the electronic "leakage" that a chip and/or board has. A higher value means less leakage therefore less voltage is needed.

Sounds like the sort of thing mines making.. it just started to happen in games, like a electrical buzz! is this common.. really annoying

 

[andybird123]

Sounds like the sort of thing mines making.. it just started to happen in games, like a electrical buzz! is this common.. really annoying

hahaha... ASIC quality has nothing to do with coil whine
yes it is quite common, RMAing the card is often the only non-warranty-voiding method of fixing it