Asus HD 7970 Matrix Platinum 3072MB

Demon[KcsF] · 14 Oct 2013 at 14:20

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-293-AS

Long time since I posted on here, I am always lurking though

I missed the 7970 Matrix Platinum over the weekend due to being on nightshift and was just wondering if the price is going to drop back to £221.99 at anytime.
I saw it on the way home this morning on my phone but by the time I had got in the house it had gone back up to its current price which has gutted me as I was all set to grab it to replace my ageing 580GTX.

Anyway heres hoping it comes back down so I can grab one

Cheers

Bry.

Sh4rkie · 14 Oct 2013 at 14:39

From Gibbo in another post:

Gibbo said:
Yes we did!

We set about 160 to sell, we actually sold 283, oooops.

TOP's are now nearly gone, shall be no more offers on those.

On Matrix less than 200 left now, so any future offers won't be as good, so those who got one, well done.

Demon[KcsF] · 14 Oct 2013 at 14:41

Bugger, cheers mate.

Bry.

Davanius · 14 Oct 2013 at 15:14

Future offers might be close though especially when the r9 290's come out.

I did order a matrix last night which has now been shipped. I was going to wait till this morning as well.

Demon[KcsF] · 14 Oct 2013 at 15:19

Yeh I will keep my eyes open and fingers crossed

Bry.

psychas · 14 Oct 2013 at 15:33

unlucky m8 , i got one ,now need to get rid of mine 7950. figured that 290 will be to expensive anyway.

rolypolyman · 14 Oct 2013 at 15:51

psychas said:
unlucky m8 , i got one ,now need to get rid of mine 7950. figured that 290 will be to expensive anyway.

I take it you couldn't xfire your 7950?

psychas · 14 Oct 2013 at 18:41

since i had 3870cf , i don't like having multiple cards in the system , to hot uses to much power and other cf issues , i know most of them are fixed but still.

also matrix should look well with all black/red build

Blackhorse · 14 Oct 2013 at 19:57

rolypolyman said:
I take it you couldn't xfire your 7950?

I also thought about that, and glad I didn't
My 7950 is basic and already very noisy in games

This new 7970, barely even raises a decibel when under load
Which is exactly what I was going for

Very happy with the purchase, now to flog the 7950 and recoup some money before the credit card bill comes!!

Buckster · 14 Oct 2013 at 20:23

would a Matrix Platinum fit on a Gene V board ? (just worried about the size ... mATX vs massive triple slot GPU) -not intending to crossfire

mjenabi2 · 14 Oct 2013 at 23:04

erm, i dont know if this helps you or not. Im just returning my matrix plat and although it was a great deal at £230, at the current price i would defo not advise anyone to get it.

it simply wont overclock. and i would rather buy a cheaper card if the plat offers nothing extra.

im thinking of either buying the new Saphire R9 280X (http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-324-SP ) or just be done with AMD and get a 770...

Uncle Petey · 14 Oct 2013 at 23:07

What was the best you could get out of it?

mjenabi2 · 15 Oct 2013 at 00:47

Uncle Petey said:
What was the best you could get out of it?

the 1100 deafult clock. even the slightest oc would result in artifications in some games and crashes in others

even at stock it wouldnt render things properly... it might have been a faulty card though

Uncle Petey · 15 Oct 2013 at 01:00

Definitely sounds like a dodgy one. Probably just got very unlucky on the chip lottery.

280X sounds like a good shout. 770 too if you don't mind paying the extra

Davanius · 15 Oct 2013 at 07:17

mjenabi2 said:
the 1100 deafult clock. even the slightest oc would result in artifications in some games and crashes in others

even at stock it wouldnt render things properly... it might have been a faulty card though

I hope I get better results later today when it comes. I will return it if it doesn't overclock at all.

I know that there isn't a standard that it should overclock to but to have no headroom at all on a card such as this is not good. Even a small overclock to at least 1170 would make me a happy chappy.

psychas · 15 Oct 2013 at 19:51

was looking around and seen that some matrixes and dcu coolers have problems with screws not tight enough and some artifacts , hopefully mine will be okai fingers crossed.

killoc · 15 Oct 2013 at 20:01

Mine havent crashed yet but its running very unstable, temp goes 99c, gpu usage 100%, fan duty 100% straight away on any game on lowest setting!

And unplayable since it jerks every second.

psychas · 15 Oct 2013 at 20:07

try tighten the screws as when i was looking around people say they were loose and cooler doesn't have good contact with gpu , also found out that thermal paste applied badly and that VRM gets hot and video memory can be unstable.

that is very weird for premium gpu that should have been hand picked for clocking.

mine should arrive end of the week or in few days, and if its that bad will DSR it , hopefully it will be okay , if not it is a shame as it such good looking card.

killoc · 15 Oct 2013 at 20:11

I think your right psychas as my one would just overheat straight away. But I dont think i want to scratch it up which might mess up the DSR. Real shame, first AMD card in 6 years and first purchase with ocuk.

mjenabi2 · 15 Oct 2013 at 20:53

Uncle Petey said:
Definitely sounds like a dodgy one. Probably just got very unlucky on the chip lottery.

280X sounds like a good shout. 770 too if you don't mind paying the extra

im actually going to wait. i might get he 290 or 290x depending on the prices