** ALL HAIL THE NEW HEAVEN KING - ATI 7970 3GB!! (TRI-FIRE TESTED)**

[Gibbo]

Hi there


Well as promised here is some insight to some of the early benchmarks we've managed with the new ATI 7970's (Yes OcUK has 100+ in stock). The following benchmarks are just Heaven for now with the settings taken from the forum benchmarking thread. I shall do some more benchmarks tomorrow at maximum 2560x1600 resolution as this is where these cards excel.

For now though:-
7970 3GB
Core Clock - 1125MHz
Memory Clock - 6300MHz
Voltage - NO CHANGE (Stock)


SINGLE CARD

DUAL CARDS

TRIPLE CARDS

The scaling is very impressive and at these clock speeds there was zero signs are corruption or micro stuttering. Needless to say I am amazed and very happy.

Also another keypoint, even with three cards, maximum temperature recorded was 92c, with a single card it was 72c. They run cooler and quieter than previous generation 7970.

Well done ATI!

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

Here is some 2560x1600 Heaven benchmarks:-

Very impressive for 2560x1600 resolution, look at the settings too.

 

[Gibbo]

Andrew Moore did some testing last night in his home system with a pair of GTX 580 3GB in SLI with a CPU clocked at 5.3GHz, compared to my CPU here at 3.4GHz.

However even with that CPU advantage and him clocking his 3GB GTX 580's he could not break 3000 points in the Heaven benchmark. Wheras the ATI Cards break 3500 with absolute ease.