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Sapphire has toxic pre clocked 7970 in the works with core speed of 1335MHz as default
** SINGLE GTX 580 3GB VS SINGLE 7970 3GB MINI REVIEW BY OcUK **
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That is surprising, only 20 odd % faster than a 580, that's not great as I'm hearing between 50-100% performance increase for the new nvidia cards. I'll be hanging on to my 580 and 3D vision untill Kepler arives. Great review Gibbo, very informative. Happy new year to all.
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Nice one Red team, looks like they are onto a corker of a card.
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Here is a link to a 7970 review with some comparisons to the GTX 590 for those who are interested. 
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2011/12/22/amd-radeon-hd-7970-3gb-review/1
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/graphics/2011/12/22/amd-radeon-hd-7970-3gb-review/1
Appreciate the hard work, superb, keep it coming.
But left wondering what it means to i5 2500K users here on Earth
Hi there
New scores from myself.
1x 7970 @ 1140MHz core & 7100MHz memory (Stock voltage & Stock cooler)
I've managed to unlock the clocks a little more by using an older version of MSI afterburner (1.6.0 Beta 5). Voltage is still locked though.
The maximum stable and visual corruption free I've managed is 1140MHz core and 7100MHz memory.
This has given another 5-7% performance boost over the previous OC scores, very impressed.
New scores from myself.
1x 7970 @ 1140MHz core & 7100MHz memory (Stock voltage & Stock cooler)
I've managed to unlock the clocks a little more by using an older version of MSI afterburner (1.6.0 Beta 5). Voltage is still locked though.
The maximum stable and visual corruption free I've managed is 1140MHz core and 7100MHz memory.
This has given another 5-7% performance boost over the previous OC scores, very impressed.
Nice BUT... not as nice as I was hoping...
Seen so many of the 7970 benchmarks now... impressed for a single card but after recently upgrading my GPU's, there's nothing here to upgrade to me thinks... 7970 being around what, 20-30% slower than a 6990... is great... but anyone like originally stated on 6950's in crossfire or above, don't bother upgrading really i think we gleam from this? For now, I'll hold onto what I have, and see what nVidia have to offer.
if you now building a new system, to NOT go 7 series would be daft though although i think the prices are a little high tbh.
Seen so many of the 7970 benchmarks now... impressed for a single card but after recently upgrading my GPU's, there's nothing here to upgrade to me thinks... 7970 being around what, 20-30% slower than a 6990... is great... but anyone like originally stated on 6950's in crossfire or above, don't bother upgrading really i think we gleam from this? For now, I'll hold onto what I have, and see what nVidia have to offer.
if you now building a new system, to NOT go 7 series would be daft though although i think the prices are a little high tbh.
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Stop posting these things Gibbo, now I want 2 even more
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Hmm, well, however good the performance is, a lot will come down to price
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Sexy time.
So with a single 7970 I could probably get an average of 60fps in unigine with my Hazro at 2560x1440 at these clocks hmm.
Not to mention once more stable drivers have been released.
So with a single 7970 I could probably get an average of 60fps in unigine with my Hazro at 2560x1440 at these clocks hmm.
Not to mention once more stable drivers have been released.
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No doubt there will be even better results with improved drivers.
