HIS HD 7970 X (Gigahertz Edition) review

[3DVagabond]

Seeing the Sapphire Toxic is out, this can't be far behind and for a much smaller premium. "Only" 3gig vram, but most believe that's enough, anyway.

Seems like Tweaktown is getting all the good kit lately. Being in Taiwan sure is benefiting them. Although, they go from one extreme to the other. When they first got the Toxic they only reviewed it at stock clocks (no O/C), this time they've only done O/C'd. LOL I guess it doesn't matter. They have performance graphs for all of the comparable models included. You can ascertain the stock performance, if you need to. Of course, it's fast as hell.

"Only" a 2 slot card and the cooler seems to do fine. It's hard to tell about noise because of the retarded way TT does there acoustic tests. This should be a reasonably quiet cooler. HIS does a good job with their custom coolers.

 

[The_Golden_Man]

Very nice card. If the price is right, this may be a hit :thumbsup:

 

[Shmee]

Wonder what actual prices may be. Looks cool anyways.

 

[chimaxi83]

Yes, please test more Mafia, Just Cause, and Far Cry. Good job TT, good job

 

[3DVagabond]

Yes, please test more Mafia, Just Cause, and Far Cry. Good job TT, good job

True. It is what it is, though. One can only hope they decide to update their test suite.

 

[RussianSensation]

If these "GE" editions push the prices of the "obsoleted" vanilla 7970 cards to $360-380 soon, that's going to make things very interesting. There is already a $70-80 price premium forming between 1000-1100mhz after-market HD7970s and the $499 MSRP of the GE cards. 1180mhz factory clocks are pretty impressive though for this particular card. That would beat just about any factory pre-overclocked GTX680.

 

[Zanovar]

If these "GE" editions push the prices of the "obsoleted" vanilla 7970 cards to $360-380 soon, that's going to make things very interesting. There is already a $70-80 price premium forming between 1000-1100mhz after-market HD7970s and the $499 MSRP of the GE cards. 1180mhz factory clocks are pretty impressive though for this particular card. That would beat just about any factory pre-overclocked GTX680.

Jesus,didnt realise 1180,wasnt gonna read that review,think i will now.TT though:S,i shall take from it what i can

 

[RussianSensation]

Jesus,didnt realise 1180,wasnt gonna read that review,think i will now.TT though:S,i shall take from it what i can

The review is terrible. Here is a quick review of HD7970 @ 1200mhz which is more or less the same level of performance. Alternatively check out Kit Guru with HD7970 @ 1200mhz and 1280mhz.

 

[Zanovar]

The review is terrible. Here is a quick review of HD7970 @ 1200mhz which is more or less the same level of performance. Alternatively check out Kit Guru with HD7970 @ 1200mhz and 1280mhz.

The 7970 is shaping up to be a damn fine card,even with chronic coil whine(sounded like a cicada on meth),i nearly kept mine.wanna swap russian? i know you really want to ,i jest .

 

[RussianSensation]

The 7970 is shaping up to be a damn fine card,even with chronic coil whine(sounded like a cicada on meth),i nearly kept mine.wanna swap russian? i know you really want to ,i jest .

Mine is nothing special. Can't overclock to even 1230mhz. Also, in some cases Kepler flies.

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

Mine is nothing special. Can't overclock to even 1230mhz. Also, in some cases Kepler flies.

Now that is one game that I REALLY don't care about.

 

[blackened23]

Mine is nothing special. Can't overclock to even 1230mhz. Also, in some cases Kepler flies.

Hmm, I think 1230 is a pretty darn good OC to be honest. :thumbsup: I used 1150 in crossfire for mine when I had them, although both cards could do near 1200 in single card mode. Although, I was subject to 100% manual fan torture chamber cooling (thanks AMD reference fan) at 1200mhz lol.