***AMD Radeon HD7970 GHZ Edition - Official Reviews Thread***

[Termie]

Have at it gentlemen...

Anandtech: http://www.anandtech.com/show/6025/radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-review-catching-up-to-gtx-680

[H]: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/06/21/amd_radeon_hd_7970_ghz_edition_video_card_review

HardwareCanucks: http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/foru...md-radeon-hd-7970-3gb-ghz-edition-review.html

Guru3d: http://www.guru3d.com/article/radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-review/

HotHardware: http://hothardware.com/Reviews/AMD-Radeon-HD-7970-GHz-Edition-Review/

ComputerBase: http://www.computerbase.de/artikel/grafikkarten/2012/test-amd-radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition/

Hardware.Fr: http://www.hardware.fr/articles/869-1/amd-radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-test.html

TechReport: http://techreport.com/articles.x/23150

TechSpot: http://www.techspot.com/review/546-amd-radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition/

TechPowerUp: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_7970_GHz_Edition/

HardwareHeaven: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/revie...dition-graphics-card-review-introduction.html

VRZone: http://vr-zone.com/articles/amd-rad...st-from-overclocking-and-drivers/16362-2.html

Toms: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-7970-ghz-edition-review-benchmark,3232.html

Tweaktown: http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/47..._ghz_edition_3gb_video_card_review/index.html

PCPer: http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Graphics-Cards/AMD-Radeon-HD-7970-3GB-GHz-Edition-Review-Taking-GTX-680

Post other reviews, I'll add them here.

 

[railven]

$500 for a card that is on-par with the GTX 680 but loses in power, heat and noise? Morons.

$450 should have been the spot, then users can buy a custom cooler with the diff and be happy - or make custom AIBs at the $500 price point.

Oh well. Wonder if I can use that BIOS on my 7970

WTB Beta 7 drivers too!

 

[toyota]

the performance is really good as it beats the 680 most of the time but yeah that power consumption, heat, and noise levels are silly.

and I knew the rumor was total bs that the card would only have a voltage 1.02. lol

 

[Don Karnage]

1200 boost core and it only ties the 100 dollar less 670

 

[toyota]

1200 boost core and it only ties the 100 dollar less 670

http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph6025/47616.png

why would you cherry pick just that game? looking at most of the games even the stock 7970 ghz is faster than than 670 and usually 680.

 

[master_shake_]

since when did power efficiency, heat, and noise ever become relevant in buying a graphic card?

didn't the gtx 480 destroy the notion that a noisy, hot, power sucking card was bad?

 

[tigersty1e]

whats to stop a partner to take existing 7970 stock and flash a ghz edition bios to the existing stock?

 

[master_shake_]

whats to stop a partner to take existing 7970 stock and flash a ghz edition bios to the existing stock?

scruples :biggrin:

 

[(sic)Klown12]

whats to stop a partner to take existing 7970 stock and flash a ghz edition bios to the existing stock?

Powertune is a feature with roots in both hardware and software. If one of the changes they made for it with their version of boost relies on a new or tweaked hardware component, simply using a new BIOS wouldn't work.

 

[AnandThenMan]

1200 boost core and it only ties the 100 dollar less 670

Cherry pick much? Here you will love this.

 

[tviceman]

The combo of noise and power consumption just to essentially tie the gtx680 makes this card a losing proposition for all but multi-monitor gamers. Nvidia is making bank on their smaller chip coupled with less cram and a cheaper PCB.

 

[AnandThenMan]

The less RAM is not a positive IMO, going forward I think it will become an issue. Agreed with the rest.

 

[Don Karnage]

why would you cherry pick just that game? looking at most of the games even the stock 7970 ghz is faster than than 670 and usually 680.

Oh I don't know. Because 10 million plus are probably playing that game at this moment.

Also to the poster above. Warhead? Way to link a 4 year old game. No one cares about warhead

 

[AnandThenMan]

Also to the poster above. Warhead? Way to link a 4 year old game. No one cares about warhead

Try reading the entire review instead of posting cherry picked benches. Smart people that actually care about the overall picture do this.

 

[Don Karnage]

Try reading the entire review instead of posting cherry picked benches. Smart people that actually care about the overall picture do this.

Whats you're excuse then because you're not one of the smart people. Overall picture you say?

7970GE runs Hotter, Eats more power , Makes more noise and STILL loses to the vanilla 680. Great product Amd

 

[The_Golden_Man]

I agree with Don Karnage here.. Who cares about an old game like Warhead..

I'm not impressed at all by AMD/ATI's desperate approach.

To top it all off, the card is utterly ugly.

 

[badb0y]

6 years is a long time to wait, but patience, perseverance, and more than a few snub moves against NVIDIA have paid off for AMD. For the first time in 6 years we can say that AMD is truly competitive for the single-GPU performance crown.

About time, now will the CPU division please deliver something competitive?

 

[Final8ty]

LOL damn, should of put "rumor" in the title, i'm told it stops the flames.
I'm looking forwards to playing Warhead after i finish Crysis.

 

[Don Karnage]

Lets add in another game that everyone loves

 

[boxleitnerb]

I thought this card should offer better performance at the same power consumption. Matured 28nm process and all. I thought wrong. This card reaches consumption and noise levels of the GTX480 which is nothing short of astonishing.

One positive thing remains, though:
Maybe AMD will now consider staying in this segment permanently and make chips as large as Nvidia.

 

[Don Karnage]

I thought this card should offer better performance at the same power consumption. Matured 28nm process and all. I thought wrong. This card reaches consumption and noise levels of the GTX480 which is nothing short of astonishing.

One positive thing remains, though:
Maybe AMD will now consider staying in this segment permanently and make chips as large as Nvidia.

I still can't get over how this card eats 168 more watts then a 670

 

[Homeles]

Lets add in another game that everyone loves

And of course you picked the lower resolution chart, lol.

Obviously this card is not the second coming of the X1950, but it's good to see competition.

 

[Jaydip]

Funny thing is NV doesn't even have to release a new edition to beat this,the custom edition 680's already do the job nicely.

 

[Don Karnage]

And of course you picked the lower resolution chart, lol.

Obviously this card is not the second coming of the X1950, but it's good to see competition.

What percentage of gamers do you think game at 2560x1440? It's like 2%. The majority of gamers game at 1920X1080. I believe the number is like 86%

 

[AnandThenMan]

If you buy a $500 video card to play on a $150 monitor, well what can I say about that.