Sorry, i shouldn't of goaded you for i know that you will pound me into oblivion with your water cooling when the time comes. However the accelero is not to be smirked at and has give my card a new lease of life.
Using 13.2 beta drivers + latest caps + windows 8. Windows 8 gives me better scores in everything compared to windows 7 + extra fps in games. Its not a huge difference, but im telling you its there.
I'll look into 13.2 B's in due course
That accelero is holding up very very well matt, you don't see very many 7970's hitting 1300mhz+ on air. Heck I didn't even push my old lightning that far on air due to temps!
What voltage did you have to use to hit that clock? You'd probably manage an easy 1900mhz out of the memory too if you keep an eye out for correction.