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7970 After one day

TheRealDeal said:
Its a good move in pretty much every way. Even sli/cf users will agree that a single card of the same speed is the best option. He even says he never lost any money moving to the 7970. I cant understand the negative comments either. He now has the option to crossfire for an even bigger gain and is happy with the way his machine looks. It seems to be a win all round for him.
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so your telling me a 7970 is the same as a 570 in sli in games right?
 
Locky said:
so your telling me a 7970 is the same as a 570 in sli in games right?
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It would depend on the resolution. At high resolution the gtx570 sli will be struggling to even run the games because of its memory limitation. I have not seen to many results from people with watercooling but the few that i have were running around 1300mhz core. At these clocks it is just as fast as stock gtx570sli. Even if it is slightly slower then who cares as its so close there will be no real difference to the gameplay experience and all this from a single card. Theres a few guys around the net reporting there cards stable at 1200mhz core on stock voltage. These cards may go even further.
 
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Locky said:
Rubbish, I have 480 sli system and it plays games perfectly fine max settings at 2560x1600.

it matched gibbos 7970 cross-fire system in bf3.
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my 480 sli system did better than the single 7970 in bf3 @ 2560x1600

i cant see how a single 7970 beats a 570sli setup unless its running out of vram
 
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Locky said:
Rubbish, I have 480 sli system and it plays games perfectly fine max settings at 2560x1600.

it matched gibbos 7970 cross-fire system in bf3.
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The gtx570 has less memory than the gtx480 for a start. In the case of gibbo's results imo his cpu was holding the 7970's back as it was only clocked at around 3.4ghz. This probably would have effected the gtx580sli as well but from other crossfire video's i have seen the 7970 crossfire runs bf3 smooth at higher resolution. Heres a look at results on bf3 with similar gpu power to yours. The 7970's are at stock.

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/reviews/1372/pg5/powercolor-radeon-hd-7970-crossfire-graphics-card-review-battlefield-3.html
 
Locky said:
so your telling me a 7970 is the same as a 570 in sli in games right?
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I'd say only in some games. When I compared a 7970 to my single 570 in Battlefield 3 (the main game I'm playing atm), I can safely say that it wasn't worth the upgrade at 1080p over a single 570 nevermind sli 570s.

When I played other games such as Deus Ex and Dirt 3 I noticed substantial gains though, but then the 570 was no slouch either and is certainly good enough for these games.

The real limitation for me is the 570's vram so I'm eager to change it, but I'm honestly not too impressed by these 7970s in bf3, hence why I'm probably going to return it this week.

I must be the only one that's dissappointed by the cards performance, but hey that's just my opinion.
 
For 1080p and below the 7970 is complete overkill. I have been using mine for a few days and at 1080p I notice no difference ingame over a 6970.
With the 3 screens running it's a different matter though the 7970 really is something special then.
 
arc@css said:
Ideally more of a card for 1440p and above then?
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Absolutely, you should see noticeable gains over current gpus at that res and above.

At 1080p though it's difficult to recommend. You'll either see no difference coming from a previous gen card as it was already performing well enough or you'll find no substantial improvement in games such as bf3 or swtor (based on my own findings).
 
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MOOGLEYS said:
For 1080p and below the 7970 is complete overkill. I have been using mine for a few days and at 1080p I notice no difference ingame over a 6970.
With the 3 screens running it's a different matter though the 7970 really is something special then.
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Surely you'd need at least 2 in XF to get decent frame rates and med-ultra settings (game dependent, of course) ?
 
f00f1ght0r said:
Surely you'd need at least 2 in XF to get decent frame rates and med-ultra settings (game dependent, of course) ?
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When overclocked the 7970 is like a 6990 or gtx590 which are dual gpu cards. Its underwhelming at stock but a powerhouse when overclocked. There is probably the odd game like metro that will need 2 with multi monitor setups. It also depends on what a person thinks is playable frame rates.
 
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TheRealDeal said:
When overclocked the 7970 is like a 6990 or gtx590 which are dual gpu cards. Its underwhelming at stock but a powerhouse when overclocked. There is probably the odd game like metro that will need 2 with multi monitor setups. It also depends on what a person thinks is playable frame rates.
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I'm using SkyRim to judge my system at the moment - everything is ramped up and when mouse-looking around whilst moving, there is noticeable judder. That is with a mild OC on the HD6990.

On BF3, on Wake Island with 32 or 64 players, if you get a 12x Sniper Scope and look at a distant battle, the game will lag up too.

I guess it is the difference between highest FPS and lowest FPS.
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No point getting a monster card that delivers 20000FPS, if it alternates between 20000 and 1 regularly, as it would be unplayable. Whereas lowest FPS of say, 60 (ideal world) would be absolutely perfect even if the highest it delivered was 61FPS.
 
MOOGLEYS said:
For 1080p and below the 7970 is complete overkill. I have been using mine for a few days and at 1080p I notice no difference ingame over a 6970.
With the 3 screens running it's a different matter though the 7970 really is something special then.
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I came from an overclocked 6870 to an overclocked 7970, I game at 1080 and noticed an enormous improvement. Can play BF3 at ultra settings vsynced at 60fps, and it has better graphics than real life :D
 
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